/blogentry/26459 dphillips's Blog: Barack Obama's Lament en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator /blogentry/26459#c31505 /blogentry/26459#c31505 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:35:12 GMT Todd <br />In Shakespeare's time they *did* have kings and queens -- rulers, not public servants. Hence, a king or queen would be uneasy because of the fear of losing that absoute power. <br /><br />Unlike a king, I think George Bush is actually relieved to pass along the role of ultimate public servant to a successor, as it is a burden to bear -- at least for those (like him) who see themselves as public servants and not rulers.<br /><br />History will be a kind judge to George Bush, long after th... [ More ]

]]> Todd /blogentry/26459 /blogentry/26459 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:26:58 GMT dphillips In William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2, Scene I -- his soliloquy reads: ...uneasy lies the head that wears the crown... Although George Bush, a lame duck president, will be passing his crown to Obama, who I hope will never echo Shakespeare's chilling words during his presidency or after his presidency.

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