LETTERS

“Meanwhile,GW was expected to become manager of the local K-Mart. Suddenly GW is not only President, but he really does become a great one, not in his own mind, but in the hearts and minds of a large majority of Americans.This is some sort of horrible alternate universe for the in-crowd. Why, the man is stupid! Too stupid to know how to lie! He’s religious! He doesn’t even cheat on his wife! How can this be? To the in-crowd, GW is an affront to their view of the world. Only his total failure will vindicate the in-crowd’s value system. Meanwhile, GW, the sweet guy who’s too decent to hate anyone, ignores the in-crowd and gets on with his job (“I’m a loving man, but I’ve got a job to do”). The joke is that the more the in-crowd hates him, the more they destroy themselves (they have ignored Dick Nixon’s advice). Will the New York Times ever be trusted again? Will Enron Paul be read by anyone? Will any of the current crop of Democrats amount to anything? Not in a lifetime…” Check out more reader response on the Letters Page.