George Bush--An Observation

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Character and the Man in the White House

Throughout the election last year, and continuing even now, many people claim that the issue for the presidency is "character". Those who voted for Bush often claim that they "just wanted Bill Clinton out of there". They found little or no fault with Al Gore's character, but, somehow he was responsible for the actions of Clinton. According to exit polls of voters I heard mentioned throughout election night, clearly one-third of the people voting for Bush did so because they wanted to "vote against Bill Clinton". I guess no one told them that Clinton was not running.

Anyway, as I said a minute ago, sometimes small things speak very loudly about a person. And so, I will tell you how I came to lose all faith in Bush.

Maybe it is silly of me, but I can't help it. A week or so before the election, Bush appeared on Jay Leno. Jay, always looking for a laugh, asked Bush to tell a story from his childhood. One where, perhaps, he had misbehaved a little bit and got into some hot water with his parents.

Now, all of us have at least one humourous, and harmless tale to tell on ourselves from our childhood. Something we did that, while harmless now, might have caused a little grief when we were five, six, or even ten. Certainly nothing from those days could ever come back to haunt any of us or ruin us politically.

Yet, instead of telling a tale about himself, Bush chose to tell an embarrassing story about his brother, Marvin. Apparently, when young, Marvin once urinated into the family steam iron.

Now, was the story funny. Of course it was. But, afterwards it caused me to wonder about a man who, instead of telling a silly story about himself, would choose to embarrass his own brother on national television.

Yes, I know, it is a small thing. And prior to seeing it, I was thinking "no matter who wins this, we are going to be OK, they are both good men". Afterwards, I couldn't help but fear a man who has so little character he would treat his own brother as he did.



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