{"id":795,"date":"2004-09-13T09:48:03","date_gmt":"2004-09-13T16:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2004\/09\/all_about_him\/"},"modified":"2004-09-13T09:48:03","modified_gmt":"2004-09-13T16:48:03","slug":"all_about_him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2004\/09\/all_about_him.html","title":{"rendered":"ALL ABOUT HIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>What&#8217;s weirder? <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/election2004\/article\/0,18471,695528,00.html\"\ntarget='new\"'><B><FONT color=#003399>Time&#8217;s poll<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> last week, showing<br \/>\nthat&nbsp;the idiot in the White House continues to lead John Kerry by double digits among<br \/>\nlikely voters, or <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/archive\/preview\/0,10987,1101040906-689397,00.html\"\ntarget='new\"'><B><FONT color=#003399>Time&#8217;s interview<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>, showing that<br \/>\nthe double-digit leader has a double-digit ego telling him: &#8220;It&#8217;s all about me.&#8221;<\/P><br \/>\n<P>This is how the interview began:<BR><BR><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><B>TIME:<\/B> <I>What&#8217;s the most important thing you&#8217;ve learned from the<br \/>\npast four years?<\/I><BR><B>BUSH:<\/B> I&#8217;ve learned I really enjoy the job. It&#8217;s a fantastic<br \/>\nmoment in my life, obviously. There&#8217;s a lot of ups and downs. There&#8217;s a lot of high drama and not<br \/>\nmuch calm so far. But I&#8217;ve enjoyed doing it, to the point where I&#8217;d like to do it<br \/>\nagain.<\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><\/P><br \/>\n<P>That&#8217;s what he considers the most important thing he learned? That it&#8217;s a fantastic moment in<br \/>\n<I>his<\/I> life and, gee, it&#8217;s a thrilling ride? He sounds like a 10-year-old on a roller coaster.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s got to be weirder than&nbsp;his double-digit lead, until you wonder who the hell would<br \/>\nvote for such an idiot?<\/P><br \/>\n<P>A friend from Berkeley, Ca., writes:<\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE>My own parents, who are educated and read books &#038; newspapers [and who<br \/>\nlive in Iowa], voice opinions on every topic (except abortion) which are very nearly my own.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re horrified by corporate malfeasance, pollution, global warming, the thought of shedding<br \/>\nAmerican blood for oil. But they&#8217;ll be voting for Dopey and Dick in November. Go figure: I<br \/>\ncan&#8217;t.<\/BLOCKQUOTE>Neither can we.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s weirder? 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