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"In contrast, in 2000 I had high hopes for President Bush. I thought he could be a very good president."
Right there, his credibility is shot. Does he explain on what basis, other than possibly the "I'd like to have a beer with him" phenomenon, he formed this opinion? Aren't academics supposed to provide concrete arguments for their theories?
This guy claims he supports Obama because he eschews the echo chamber, yet Bush, throughout his political life, has surrounded himself with nothing but Kool-Aid drinkers -- and named the biggest of them all as his vice presidential nominee. He rails against the Karl Rove factor, but Rove was there from the beginning, and had already proven himself to be a pernicious, even criminal element in politics by the time Bush's first election rolled around.
It must be nice to be able to view all of politics as a humongous poli-sci experiment, and to gloss over and ignore all of your own misjudgments. Unfortunately, it's the less fortunate who have to live with the consequences of your smug, insular little games.
