The Misanthrope’s Corner

THE attempted restoration of the Republic of Texas is looking better and better since the President’s Summit gathered in Philadelphia to finish off the Liberty Bell. Another country would come in handy now that Bill Clinton has redefined citizenship to include compulsory volunteerism.

Billed as “bi-partisan,” the summit attracted as sorry a band of Grand Old Compassioneers as ever was seen. There was George Bush, the reason why of the GOP Light Brigade, doing his impersonation of a grasshopper trying to be a regular guy. There was Barbara Bush, all wifed-out and breathing on cue; there was Gerald Ford, looking happy as only the seriously dumb can; and there was simpering Nancy Reagan, securing her husband’s Place in History with the vacuity of a teenager wrapping thread around her boyfriend’s oversized class ring.

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Florence King

Florence King was a contributing editor of National Review.

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THE attempted restoration of the Republic of Texas is looking better and better since the President’s Summit gathered in Philadelphia to finish off the Liberty Bell. Another country would come in handy now that Bill Clinton has redefined citizenship to include compulsory volunteerism.

Billed as “bi-partisan,” the summit attracted as sorry a band of Grand Old Compassioneers as ever was seen. There was George Bush, the reason why of the GOP Light Brigade, doing his impersonation of a grasshopper trying to be a regular guy. There was Barbara Bush, all wifed-out and breathing on cue; there was Gerald Ford, looking happy as only the seriously dumb can; and there was simpering Nancy Reagan, securing her husband’s Place in History with the vacuity of a teenager wrapping thread around her boyfriend’s oversized class ring.