Salon: Opus Day! An interview with the Berkeley Breathed Bush has given us a gift: far from not taking himself seriously, he's become the only h
June 2, 2007

Salon: Opus Day! An interview with the Berkeley Breathed

Bush has given us a gift: far from not taking himself seriously, he's become the only human being on the planet that thinks he's not just uniquely competent ... but brilliant in his strategic, heavenly inspired prescience as to how the world works. This hilarious -- also arguably homicidal -- self-deception is what makes him a comical figure. Literally, it's as if -- I mean this with the utmost respect for both the office and the man -- my 5-year-old boy Milo was running the free world. Milo believes himself equally as shrewd in spotting who the bad guys are in any movie and declaring the complex strategy to deal with them: "Blast 'em all!"

But there's bad news for satirists. Bush has come full circle: His ridiculousness is approaching the sort of existential absurdity that is untouchable. [..]
Dick Cheney is a different matter. I'd kiss him if I could.

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