ABSTRACT
For George Bush is cruel as well as incompetent. And it is not merely the careless cruelty of the rich and powerful who really cannot see those smaller and frailer and less well-connected. It is something we are almost ashamed to admit is our own now-it is official sadism. Something he has made American. Beyond bullying. Beyond macho insensitivity. It is something he espouses and if you don’t like it you are unpatriotic. You’re maybe not “normal.” Maybe you’re not even “Christian.” He is indeed “God-driven.” He has used 9/11 to make himself a dictator.
