It's Not Always Good to Be Right

So, it turns out I was right about the Bush administration. Dubya is not a leader, and none of the people he appoints are leaders. They have no initiative, no imagination and precious little compassion. Finally, this has been proven to the whole world, even to people who were too thick to recognize the disaster that is Iraq. But I'm in no mood to gloat. I don't feel that it took a lot of insight for me to know what I knew. I certainly didn't have any inside information. It just sickens me to think that people are so easily fooled. What hope does our democracy have? Is it at the mercy of the Karl Roves? Whichever team has the best Karl Rove will win?

Nor does it provide me with any solace that "red states" were the ones devastated. The people suffering the most right now probably were not a Bush majority. Many probably didn't vote at all, and I'm sure the Republicans made it very difficult for those who did. But red states suffering under Bush's policies is nothing new. It's just as sad as any other suffering.