Being in that hotel in New Orleans and not having decent internet access made me miss things like this, which of course begs the question: Fool, what the hell were you doing in your hotel room in New Orleans...okay, I got out some (note: lack o' blogging). Anyhow, I did not make the rounds and so missed this story I found at SK Bubba's fine establishment.
Trudeau said he penned his very first cartoon to illustrate an article in the Yale Daily News on Bush and allegations that his fraternity, DKE, had hazed incoming pledges by branding them with an iron.
The article in the campus paper prompted The New York Times to interview Bush, who was a senior that year. Trudeau recalled that Bush told the Times "it was just a coat hanger, and ... it didn't hurt any more than a cigarette burn."
"It does put one in mind of what his views on torture might be today," Trudeau said.
It was just such a short jump to Abu Ghraib...I wonder what Krauthammer has to say...maybe this:
Krauthammer made another point with which we lustily agree:
KRAUTHAMMER: It is part of the trivialization of politics that we give endless attention to the inner life of the politician...I don't really care what a public figure thinks. Let God probe his inner heart. Tell me about his outer acts.
