Bush has been saying, "Wait till we hear from Petraeus" so many times that I start to feel sorry for the guy -- What a position to be in: He's got the entire hopes of the Bush Administration and the Iraq War Supporters (tm) pinned upon him. So much so that people are talking about how Petraeus is the New Jesus.
James Fallows:
The New Jesus is the guy the boss has just brought in to solve the problems that the slackers and idiots already on the staff cannot handle. Of course sooner or later the New Jesus himself turns into a slacker or idiot, and the search for the next Jesus begins.
So where does that put us now, now that The Gospel According to the New Jesus (the Petraeus Report) is going to be written by The White House?
The twists and turns, and weird theology is, well, fascinating. Here are some possible directions:
- Bush declares Petraeus The New Jesus, writes his gospel, too.
- Petraeus: Bush came to me and spoke in a still, small voice.
- Wait, Bush, wait, how can you declare someone else The New Jesus --come to bail you out of your slackerness-- if you tie his hands with your own words? Aah, I see how we got ourselves into this problem in the first place
- Truly we (er, that'd be Bush) have made G_d in our own image. Discuss.
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