Friday October 29, 2004

Bush AWOL Again

My friend Pat makes a good point about this whole missing explosives flap and the administration’s attempts to blame it on the troops on the ground. This would be bad for any president, but this president has explicitly defined himself, again and again, as the commander-in-chief. Or is he not up for the job now? Pat writes:

George Bush has defined himself and been defined by his administration and defenders as the Commander in Chief as though he had been elected solely to fill that function. If you run your campaign on the premise that you are the strong Commander that the nation needs you can’t just drop the chain of command when it gets hot.

Chain of command too hot? I like that.