In a doctor’s waiting room today I read a piece in Time magazine praising the President for his work in African aid by rocker/activist Bob Geldof of Live Aid fame. The praise is much deserved. It’s by far the best thing Bush has done, and represents his best (only?) chance to positively impact history. He has literally saved people’s lives.
Observations:
Why haven’t we heard more about this from Limbaugh and Co. or even, until Bush’s recent trip to Africa, from the administration? I suspect its because spending money in Africa doesn’t play in Red America.
The last line in Geldof’s piece said something about this representing, “American foreign policy at its best.” Amen. Most of the best things we’ve done in the world - ending the Cold War, for example - did not involve shooting people.
Jon Stewart and his crew did an excellent sketch on this last week which asked the question - Does Africa make you admire Bush, or, since it suggests he’s not utterly incompetent, annoy you with him all the more?
