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David Brooks has written an love letter op-ed after having spent some quality time with Bush. Get your hankey ready ....

Far from being beleaguered, Bush was assertive and good-humored. While some in his administration may be looking for exit strategies, he is unshakably committed to stabilizing Iraq…. I left the 110-minute session thinking that far from being worn down by the past few years, Bush seems empowered. His self-confidence is the most remarkable feature of his presidency. [Some would call that clueless or lacking conscience]

All this will be taken as evidence by many that Bush is delusional. He’s living in a cocoon. He doesn’t see or can’t face how badly the war is going and how awfully he has performed. [ ok, I'll play that strawman ..... Ah .... Yeah?!]

But Bush is not blind to the realities in Iraq…. Rather, his self-confidence survives because it flows from two sources. The first is his unconquerable faith in the rightness of his Big Idea. Bush is convinced that history is moving in the direction of democracy, or as he said Friday: “It’s more of a theological perspective. I do believe there is an Almighty, and I believe a gift of that Almighty to all is freedom. And I will tell you that is a principle that no one can convince me that doesn’t exist.” [this isn't delusional? Freedom may be a gift of the almighty, but it ain't arriving via the Bushmobile]

Brooks goes on and on, but the bottom line is his analysis is about as vacant as MoDo's schoolgirl rumor mill. And the NY Times expects people to pay for this crap? No wonder papers are going under.