Vaughn Meader

I don't know why I'm thinking of Vaughn Meader today. I've almost forgotten about him since the Kennedy assassination, as have most people. He could have been Mayor Quimby on the Simpsons if he (or they) had thought of it. Too bad no one can make fun of Bush as well as Meader made fun of Kennedy. Maybe Bush isn't as funny, or maybe Bush is just no laughing matter. Maybe Bush is too good a self-satire, a sort of unconscious low-camp president, or presidential impersonator himself.

Bush reminds me of Ford in that he handles the ceremonial work that usually goes to the Vice-President, like going to Corretta King's funeral. When they don't even inform the (titular) Commander in Chief that they think the country is under attack you have to wonder how seriously the guy is president, or how seriously he takes himself.