A Must-Read

Very few columnists' articles merit the status of milestone works. This one does. In spades.

Before you click on the link though, let me invite you to do the following.

1. Unplug your phone or put it on DND, or let your secretary know that you're not to be disturbed. Period. If you're at home, tell your family the same thing. (then make 'em read it after you're done) *grin*

2. Set aside a good amount of time. 20 or 30 minutes. No, it doesn't take that long to read. But I've no doubt you'll want to, and need to.... read it two or three times. There's truly that much substance here.

3. Settle in with a cuppa. Or, a drink. You'll need it to raise in a toast.

4. Have your friends read this, after you've let this article sink-in. I'm not link-whoring here, hell, just cut and paste the URL and e-mail it to 'em. Or, you can refer 'em here. Either way is cool.

Here's a teaser. The rest is every bit as good.

The president's eloquence on formal occasions is right before our eyes. We have felt it. We have been moved by it. Again and again, he has surprised his chroniclers by how beautifully he has spoken when the occasion called for it. And then so many of his critics have gone right back to thinking of him as Mrs. Malaprop, even (God forbid) the moron. What a tragic sense of unreality grips his critics, not only about this president, but about the world he so realistically describes for them as he fulfills the rhetorical mission of the presidency. A curious, almost willful blindness afflicts them. Fortunately, the brave men and women who lay down their lives for all of us seem to hear him loud and true. The soldiers, the firemen, the cops in the street love him.

Huge thanks to Michael Novak at NRO for writing such a powerful summary.

Comments

[Key]

Great find, Jim! (Course, I'll have to print it and take it home; I have only 10 minutes left before I retire to the house, the house with NO INTERNET...)

[Indigo]

Huge thanks to Jim for bringing it to my attention. Emailed it already!

[Ms Anna]

I'm going to put the website address in comments to Alaa, at The Mesopotamian, and Zeyad, at Healing Iraq, immediately. They are both Iraqi's blogging from Baghdad, telling us how much they appreciate the Americans for freeing them from Sadam. They are definitely Bush fans, too.

Thank you so much for this magnificent find.