Presidential X-Ray Vision

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)

The headline in the Washington Post said “Aggressive Congress Eyes’ Bush’s plan. The Misanthrope is hereby warning Congress – do not go eye to eye with President George Bush.

This president has extraordinary vision, Bush has been able to look into Donald Rumsfeld’s heart and know he is a good person. The Commander in Chief peered into Vladimir Putin’s eyes and was able to see the Russian leader’s soul. After receiving briefings about Iraq, Bush can see terror is still in the soul of some of the Iraqi people. Bush looked into the soul of Jiang Zemin, the Chinese president, and apparently, he did not like what he saw, therefore no barbeque at the Texas ranch for Zemin.


Bush has the vision thing. He can see what Congress is up to and as a result has had his way with the legislative body enacting three tax-cut packages, imposing accountability standards on educators, and adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare. He even did so with smaller Republican congressional majorities than he will enjoy at the start of a second term.

The one area Bush has not seen is Vice President Dick Cheney’s heart, probably because it’s the one place that is much too dark, even for this president’s superpower.