Frank Rich on Bush 43
by Bing on Jan.04, 2009, under history, politics
It is hard having not written anything for a long while. But a well-written essay is like a good meal that can jolt me into action.
The opening paragraph of Frank Rich’s column was the most delicious part:
WE like our failed presidents to be Shakespearean, … So here, too, George W. Bush has let us down. Even the banality of evil is too grandiose a concept for 43. He is not [even] a memorable villain … He is smaller than life.
Well said. Recently, I watched the 95 movie Nixon where Antony Hopkins played the most Shakespearean President in history. Now another, “Frost and Nixon”, is playing. As I was watching the trailer, I was just thinking along the same line …
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