Dubya and the likes

Yesterday when the band took to the stage after the break, the vocalist said that it was second year in a row that the State of the Union coincided with Groundhog day; one involves prognostication of future by a not-so-intelligent creature and the other a rodent.

So there's another American who joins in humiliating the current leadership while Bush rules in the second term. Leadership is about the individual, one would think, and wonder how lack of charisma could get you the most coveted post in the world. I think charisma alone is enough to get you to the top but it's scarcity is not enough to keep you. Obviously, support from the senior was a factor for Bush's win but un-lively opposition was more of the reason for his win the first time and the second.

But he hasn't done anything that any other republican leader wouldn't do. So Americans should find solace in the fact that had they chosen a more eligible leader, who was republican, he would still ignore green house gas emissions, be pro-life and go to wars.

The good thing about American politics is that it carries a certain predictibility corresponding to the democrat/republican leadership, regardless of the leader himself. The bad part is it's ingrained too much to be not stubborn at times.