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Days before the 2006 election, Robert Draper reports in his fascinating new book, as things were looking bleaker and bleaker for House Republicans, and even the party’s chairman was predicting a G.O.P. defeat, George W. Bush brushed aside such forecasts, telling one of his worried aides that they were all being pessimists. When she protested that she was simply being realistic, he said: “Realist — I like that,” but added, “There’s a fine line between realism and pessimism.”
-- Machiko Kakautani for The New York Times
I used to try to give Dubya some benefit of the doubt about his intelligence, and although the guy is not really dumb, I have finally accepted that he is a simpleton. Still, I do like this line. Though, I'm afraid that Dubya demonstrates that there is also a fine line between optimism and delusion.
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Days before the 2006 election, Robert Draper reports in his fascinating new book, as things were looking bleaker and bleaker for House Republicans, and even the party’s chairman was predicting a G.O.P. defeat, George W. Bush brushed aside such forecasts, telling one of his worried aides that they were all being pessimists. When she protested that she was simply being realistic, he said: “Realist — I like that,” but added, “There’s a fine line between realism and pessimism.”
-- Machiko Kakautani for The New York Times
I used to try to give Dubya some benefit of the doubt about his intelligence, and although the guy is not really dumb, I have finally accepted that he is a simpleton. Still, I do like this line. Though, I'm afraid that Dubya demonstrates that there is also a fine line between optimism and delusion.
