In watching George W. Bush’s sermonettes preached to a congregation of carefully-selected sycophants, it is evident that the quality of political discourse has dipped below levels that would even have embarrassed Ronald Reagan. Bush sounds like the speaker at a bowling league awards dinner; a conversationalist who would offend no one at any highway truck stop. His rhetoric is elevated no higher than that of high-schoolers running for class treasurer. There was a time when Americans were dumb enough to look to politicians – particularly presidents – for a sense of social wisdom. Men like FDR, Eisenhower, Kennedy, even Carter, … Continue reading The Cult of the Boob