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Just what we need. Another imperial president.

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Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 05:19:17 PM PDT

George Will lands a punch on St. John McMaverick:

Although his campaign is run by lobbyists; and although his dealings with lobbyists have generated what he, when judging the behavior of others, calls corrupt appearances; and although he has profited from his manipulation of the taxpayer-funding system that is celebrated by reformers -- still, he probably is innocent of insincerity. Such is his towering moral vanity, he seems sincerely to consider it theoretically impossible for him to commit the offenses of appearances that he incessantly ascribes to others.

Such certitude is, however, not merely an unattractive trait. It is disturbing righteousness in someone grasping for presidential powers.

Haven't we seen this kind of hubris somewhere before? Hmm, let me think.

In the wake of an "administration" itself making unprecedented grasps for presidential powers, can America afford to even entertain the notion of electing another jackass who always thinks he's right?

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