Nehemiah Scudder

I'm sure I'm not alone, but why do I keep thinking of Nehemiah Scudder every time I see this man's face?

Comments

[Curt Abbott]

I'm reading about the DVD "George w. Bush: Faith in the White House" and I can't help but agree. The first person that popped into my mind was Nehemiah Scudder of "Logic of Empire" and "If this Goes On."

[Theresa]

You're definitely not alone on this one. A friend and I were discussing the election during a phone conversation last night and he said the same thing. And I had to agree with him, as I had been thinking along the same lines, just hadn't gotten around to putting a name to it.

Bush reminds me of a statement a friend of mine once made: The man to fear the most is the one who begins a statement with some version of "God told me that ...."

[Richard Weil]

He's not bright enough to be Scudder, but the intent seems to be there. Actually I'd put old George somewhere between Mussolini and the last Kaiser--bombastic with lots of pretty uniforms and ready to lie his way into useless wars. Hopefully we're not living in Germany 1918 or even Italy 1938!

[decrepitoldfool]

I had a similar worry recently and began writing a post, "Could the United States become a theocracy? Then today (Googling Scudder and preparing to post) I found your blog. I like what you've got going on here!

http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/index.php/weblog/comments/ctusbat10apr05/

[-= the auditor =-]

More like Barack Obama.....

[me]

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/04/when_will_maj_freddy_j_welborn.php

[Dr William Harwood]

In reviewing (Midwestbookreview.com, Jan 2007), Variable Star, by Spider Robinson, based on an outline by Robert Heinlein, I wrote, "Robinson stops short of equating Scudder with George W. Bush..." I am delighted to find that others also see Bush as the Scudder prototype.