Is it possible that the great contribution of George W. Bush to American culture will be that he's the man who got us all ready for a black president? Who else could have been so extraordinarily bad at his job, could have turned so readily from run of the mill venality to genuine evil in search of revenge (under the unfunnily ironic banner of 'freedom'), that Americans would accede to having a Negro run the Free World? Would a less grotesque president have soured the national attitude toward Washington so thoroughly that someone like Barack Obama - a sweet-talking Ivy Leaguer with a fire-breathing reactionary-lefty pastor and the middle name 'Hussein' - could run the show?
Is this George Bush's secret plan to improve race relations in the USA?
I jest.
