A Foolish Consistency

Mr. Bush likes to portray himself as this committed and self-directed --- oh, sorry, I forget, he is only acting according to God’s instructions (which, of course, has been the fall back position of despots for millennia, but that’s a different discussion) --- leader who knows what is best and will not be dissuaded from his course by criticism (like card-carrying conservatives who are starting to say enough is enough) or a lack of support (that is, nose-diving public opinion polls).

Which always reminds me of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s comment: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”