[Mb-civic] No Country Left Behind

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No Country Left Behind 
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President Bush's speech was impressive, and also frightening to those who suspect that he really meant it.


January 21 2005

President Bush stood at the apogee of his life Thursday, and he rose to the occasion. A small man (in our view), who became president through accident of birth and corruption of democracy, he has been legitimized by reelection, empowered by his party's control of all three branches of government and enlarged by history (in the form of 9/11). His second inaugural address was that of a large man indeed, eloquently weaving the big themes of his presidency and his life into a coherent philosophy and a bold vision of how he wants this country to spend the next four years. 

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