George Bush reads Camus...
Booman looks into Dubya's book report:
" It is truly strange to consider the possibility that Tony Snow was telling the truth when he said that George W. Bush just read Albert Camus's The Stranger. For those of you that haven't read it, The Stranger is an odd little bit of existentialism, based on the life of a vaguely sociopathic anti-hero named Meursault. "
"There is a real sense in which Mersault's character can be seen as a parable for Bush's life. The death of Mersault's mother can be seen as the death of 3,000 people on 9/11. Bush tried but was incapable of feeling real empathy."
"The parallels are eerie. The only question is whether the ending will be the same? Will someone eventually arrest George W. Bush for war crimes, and will the testimony of his lover, Iraq, be what dooms him at trial? Will the jury look at Iraq and become convinced that Bush is an unfeeling sociopath?"
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" It is truly strange to consider the possibility that Tony Snow was telling the truth when he said that George W. Bush just read Albert Camus's The Stranger. For those of you that haven't read it, The Stranger is an odd little bit of existentialism, based on the life of a vaguely sociopathic anti-hero named Meursault. "
"There is a real sense in which Mersault's character can be seen as a parable for Bush's life. The death of Mersault's mother can be seen as the death of 3,000 people on 9/11. Bush tried but was incapable of feeling real empathy."
"The parallels are eerie. The only question is whether the ending will be the same? Will someone eventually arrest George W. Bush for war crimes, and will the testimony of his lover, Iraq, be what dooms him at trial? Will the jury look at Iraq and become convinced that Bush is an unfeeling sociopath?"
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