the infalllibles

In my day at the big state University where I taught for almost ten years, I once had to read a former's chair's self-assessment. Very revealing document insofar as it chimed in well with Bush's answer to a reporter's question, "Can you think of any mistakes you've made in the past four years?"

Bush said after a moment, "No."

My former chair when asked in his self-assessment if he could name any mistakes or weaknesses replied in the same manner as our President, perhaps a little less tersely.

Well, it must be REALLY fucking nice to be infallible, because I thought that it was only your Christian God who could make such a claim, but I must be WRONG. Silly me. Obviously, I'm not INFALLIBLE.

So now, for our new job description for positions of power in these United States: "Needed: Inflexible son of a bitch who believes in his own infallibility. Will know no self-doubt. Experienced at surrounding himself with "yes-men" and "women." Thin-skinned, self-righteous. Will demand absolute loyalty and ass-kissing from followers.Lies without blinking. Ready to purge dissenters as disloyal."

Have you hugged an authoritarian personality today?