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Playing with Fire
Will President Bush's attempt to confront tyranny with utopian bellicosity be the end of the conservative pendulum swing?
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In 2001, George W. Bush's hand wavered in the air as he took the oath
of office, pushing against the words "so help me God." The speech
that followed was humane and poetic, if uncertainly delivered; the
President later admitted he had been pretty nervous. Bush's hand was
rock solid last week as the oath was administered, his look calm and
confidentbut the speech that followed was far less accommodating
than the one in 2001. It was, in fact, a fearsome statement of
petulant idealism, a challenge to the nation and
the world....
