Bush League

OK, so television and the blogosphere are lighting up with the taped video of Bush talkin’ shit with Blair. I’m sure the press is going to focus on his naughty word and the religious right in the US will want his mouth washed out with soap. But what is really scandalous is how unpresidential, isolated and disconnected this guy is sitting at a table of world leaders. He is so Bush league it’s embarrassing. It’s almost as if Blair has become his personal courrier trying to figure out how to prod the American president to become engaged in averting a worldwide catastrophe. Meanwhile Bush clearly demonstrates nothing but contempt for Kofi Annan. At least we learn that Bush is going to dispatch Condi Rice to the Middle East to smooth things over. As was noted here , sending Condi off on another mission really gives me comfort.