2 | Addicted To Bush

Until we learn to tolerate the boredom of normal politics, we will never truly be sober. We will simply be waiting for the next cowboy to come riding over the hill, ready to give us another fix.

That clarity was the first hit. It felt good. It felt safe. But as any addict knows, the first hit is always free. As the Iraq War ground on and Katrina flooded New Orleans, the nature of the addiction mutated. We no longer needed the leader; we needed the character . addicted to bush 2

When everything is a crisis, nothing is a crisis. We forgot how to live at a baseline level of political sobriety. Then came November 4, 2008. The drug was gone. The "W." era ended. And the nation went into immediate withdrawal. Until we learn to tolerate the boredom of

We developed tolerance. A disastrous press conference wasn't a failure of governance; it was entertainment. The signing of the Patriot Act wasn't a legal shift; it was a plot point. The economic collapse of 2008 wasn't a tragedy; it was the season finale. It felt good