The Boston Globe reports that although former president Bush “made his disagreements known to his son, they clearly have not found fertile soil in this White House.” These disagreements mostly seem to center around W’s foreign policies, specifically his “obsessive, proposed ‘theories’ of unilateralism… and preemption,” in stark contrast to his father’s “nuanced,” “gentlemanly” policies of “moderate and intelligent internationalism.” Granted, things have changed since Bush Sr.’s reign, but his “impetuously uninformed son” seems bent on burning all of America’s bridges in the international community, “counter[ing], or even [wiping] out, his father’s entire political legacy.”
So how does Bush Sr. convey his displeasure? “Pugnaciously anti-Iraq war Democrat” Senator Ted Kennedy has been awarded the 2003 George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service, causing “so many jaws [to drop] all over Washington that usually voluble politicians were only heard swallowing their real thoughts.” I can’t believe this hasn’t been more publicized, because I can’t think of a harsher slap in the face to W than this. As the article points out, it should be pretty interesting to hear the formal presentation and its associated speeches on November 7th…
