Boy in the Bubble
Sep 25th, 2003 at 8:44 am by Susan
Even the New York Times is taking Bubble Boy to task for his insulation from anyone who disagrees.
Some of this may be a pose that is designed to tweak the media by making the news appear to be below the president’s notice. During the Iraqi invasion, when the rest of the nation was glued to TV, Mr. Bush’s spokesman claimed that his boss had barely glanced at the pictures of what was going on.
But it is worrisome when one of the most incurious men ever to occupy the White House takes pains to insist that he gets his information on what the world is saying only in predigested bits from his appointees.
Mr. Bush thinks of himself as a man of the people, but carefully staged contacts with groups of supporters or small children does not constitute getting in touch with the people. It is in Mr. Bush’s interest, as well as the nation’s, for him to burst the bubble he has been inhabiting, and take a hard look at the real world.
The apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Remember when his dad went the supermarket and saw a scanner for the first time?
