Parade of the Puppet Masters

Scott and I just returned from seeing W, Oliver Stone's interpretation of the W presidency. Although all of Mr. Stone's films are considered opinions, I whole-hearted agreed with his representation of W. I feel like Bush's entire upbringing, entitlement and disconnect with reality all bleed through when he emits his short-breathed laugh and that smug grin he seems to flash everyone he doesn't have an answer. Its like his face is telling us that 'yeah, he really doesn't know the answer and we all know he doesn't know the answer, so he's gonna grin about it for a while."

I like to believe I have no false pretenses about being born into wealth and privilege, however, eventually that privilege needs to be earned. Bush was the chronic screw up and it he weren't born into the Bush legacy he would be standing in the unemployment and welfare lines like thousands of Americans, rather than putting them there. So, I do have a problem with his delusion that because his last name is Bush that he's got a direct line to power and corruption. Honestly, I don't think he understands the inter workings of the layers of politics to understand how else he would actually become the leader of the free world.

What I do believe and Mr. Stone backs up my stance is that George Junior really was second. He lacked the focus and polished finish that Jeb has. Junior was the liability of the family, and because of those Achilles Heels, he gained power. But at the end of the day the plummet from grace is severe and ever-lasting.

Junior surrounded himself by the same puppet masters who drove George Senior into the first Gulf War had and axe to grind in their conference room of swollen and bruised egos. They knew Junior for decades before he became a public figure and in that time, pinpointed his strengths and weaknesses. Strength = he was able to hit the political temperature on the head, as well as knowing the right questions to ask the right people. His largest weakness of many is that although he asks the right questions, he allows his cohort of puppet masters to offer him completely fabricated or false answers to his important questions. Being that these cronies advised his father and he grew up in all of their shadows he would never cross. Therefore in his attempts for good-hearted policy, Junior becomes the puppet master's mouthpieces for their bruised egos and failed decisions on national security. This is what drove us into a false war, killed thousands of Americans and has caused a near collapse of a America, which was once referred to as a super power. Now its just a late night joke about a super screw up, an embarrassment that will last us long after W is released on DVD.