Bush's Hopeless Heirs...

This is a German's take on American politics. His sarcasm is a bit hard to take, though:

The conservative age in America is coming to an end. The president is in a seriously weakened position, and the Republican candidates vying to take his place in the White House all look like minnows in comparison.

Republican presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani (l.) and John McCain (r).
If you want to hit an American conservative where it hurts, just mention the names of the three great Republican presidents: Abraham Lincoln, the president who held America together despite the Civil War; Dwight D. Eisenhower, the World War II general who, as president, defied communism; and Ronald Reagan, the man who supposedly defeated the Soviet empire.

Read the rest of it a Spiegel Online.
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