[Mb-civic] From George W. to George W.

[Alexander Harper]

The late Enoch Powell, a scholarly, erudite and arguably certifiable 20C British politician said that all political careers end in disappointment and disillusion. Well, his certainly did. I am not certain that George W is capable of sufficient introspection or coherent thought ever to feel disillusioned or disappointed with the results of what he has done but then of course all the rest of us can feel it for him, and in spades.

AlBaraka
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Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 20:57:42 -0800 (PST)

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> > From George W. to George W.
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> By Joseph J. Ellis
> Joseph J. Ellis is the author "His Excellency" (Knopf, 2004), a 
> biography of George Washington. His previous book, "Founding 
> Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation," won the Pulitzer Prize.
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> January 2 2005
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> When F. Scott Fitzgerald said there were no second acts in American 
> life, he was not thinking of the American presidency. But the 
> dominant historical pattern reinforces Fitzgerald's point. Second 
> terms are seldom as successful as first, often disappointing, 
> sometimes disastrous. Most recently they have been defined by 
> scandal (i.e. Watergate, Irangate, Monica Lewinsky).
> 
> The complete article can be viewed at:
> http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ellis2jan02,1,4446484.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
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