Originally posted by kestra
Great! So what does that make the troops? Business expenses?
ROFL.

As if you give a fuck about the troops, Kestra. They are just a convenient tool when you want to trash America or the obviously worthless George Bush.

As for the main topic: this is really nothing more than an obvious, convenient, easy money grab. As much as I think George Bush has been a gigantic failure and disappointment as a President, having staffers come out with garbage "books" like this is just unseemly. The fact that we, as a country, contribute to this annihilation of the Presidency really makes me sad.

Together, Bill Clinton and George Bush, along with the pathetic pile-on haters who do everything they can to create as much drama around them as possible, have done potentially irreparable harm to the office of the Presidency. And that is actually a worse thing that you might think. Successful leadership both at home and abroad is largely about the respect one is able to command and the trust one is able to engender. When the Office of the President of the United States loses is luster, that hurts our country's ability to function.

So everyone who contributes to this is part of the problem. People who write these trashy books, people who create drama about them, people who give them more credence than they deserve, everyone.

I mean seriously... "George Bush sucks"... "Politicians are dishonest"... Wow, this justifies a book and a bunch of media attention? Give me a break. This is news?