Andrew, a reader sent me this earlier about “evil incarnate”:

I think this line explains completely to those who have scratched their
heads at times (like me) and said, “Is this the same Tony Blair?” why he’s
behaved the way he has over the last almost 2 years….
“I know out there, there’s a guy getting on with his life, perfectly
happily, minding his own business, saying to you, the political leaders of
this country, “Why me, and why us, and why America?” And the only answer is
because destiny put you in this place in history in this moment in time, and
the task is yours to do.”
And so he’s put aside ideology, and, at great personal cost, bucked his
peers & allies to be a part of something greater. Truly, I am no fan of many
of Blair’s policies, but for the man to have the vision to not only
recognize this singluar moment in history, but to ACT, makes him a great &
moral man.
This is all something far, far beyond politics. If I ever had any doubt
about the goodness of the man, that doubt is now gone.
Why can’t we have moral & honest liberals like this in OUR country? If the
Democrats had just ONE of him, they’d have a hell of a shot.