---- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Helm To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 2/4/2006 11:14:53 AM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Turning the tables... Well, yes of course Bush sounds good because he is an ordinary human made up of the same things we all are. He is a pretty good person. I don't trust the evidence of the conspiracy theorists who claim to be able to read his mind and know what he really thinks. I don't believe in conspiracy theories that create monsters out of individuals or classes of people. Bush is fairly sentimental about the weak, injured, and helpless. He isn't nearly as conservative as the far right would like. Andy: Can you supply evidence of Bush's sentimentality, please? Actions, not words. As to the mission to make the world safe from democracy, yes I think a lot of people would like to do that. Andy: A variation on "I'll teach you not to hit [by beating you for hitting]." Makes perfect sense, right?