Bushworld : Enter at Your Own Risk

by Dowd, Maureen

• ISBN13: 9780425202760
• ISBN10: 0425202763
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

The Pulitzer-winning New York Timescolumnist takes on the Bush administration--now updated with new material. For the past two decades, Maureen Dowd has trained her binoculars-and her scorching wit-on the Bush dynasty. Here, she explores and dissects the entire story, in all its Oedipal, Orwellian, Shakespearean glory. Drawing from her New York Timescolumn, she journeys to Maine, Texas, Washington, old Europe, new Europe, and Saudi Arabia, chronicling both father and son as well as the cast of characters surrounding them. For any reader who cares about America, this is essential reading. As Dowd says about Bushworld: "It's their reality. We only live and die in it."

Author Biography

Maureen Dowd was born in Washington, D.C., received a BA in English from Catholic University in 1973, then began her career at the Washington Star. From there she went to Time magazine, then moved to The New York Times in 1986 as a Washington correspondent. She has covered four presidential campaigns and served as a White House correspondent. In 1995 she became a columnist for The New York Times's Op-Ed page and in 1999 won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(22)
Adventures in an Alternate Reality	23	(6)
THE OLD KING IS DEPOSED
In Which the Black Sheep Usurps the Dutiful Brother
Poppy Packs Up	29	(10)
Jeb and Junior: Sibling Smashdown	39	(8)
Takin' Up for Daddy	47	(3)
President Frat Boy?	50	(5)
THE REGENTS ENTER
In Which the Old King Encircles the Dauphin with His Trusted Counselors
Freudian Face-Off	55	(3)
Bushfellas	58	(3)
Trust But Verify	61	(3)
Here Comes the Son	64	(3)
Name That General!	67	(3)
McCain Picks Up the Mo in Motown	70	(3)
A Babysitter for Junior	73	(3)
New Century, Old Grudges	76	(3)
Grilled Over Rats	79	(3)
West Wing Chaperone	82	(5)
WAR OF THE CHADS
In Which the High Court Purloins the Throne for the Bush Dynasty
I Feel Pretty (The View from Inside Al Gore's Head)	87	(3)
Deadlock: Which ``He'' Will It Be?	90	(3)
Oyez! Oyez! Oy Vey! This Is One Nutty Election!	93	(3)
Ahab vs. the Waco Whale	96	(3)
High and Low	99	(3)
The Beginning of the End? Or the End of the Beginning?	102	(3)
The Bloom Is Off the Robe	105	(6)
OEDIPUS WRECKS
In Which the Family Drama Aeschylates
When the Boy King Ruled	111	(4)
Pappy and Poppy	115	(6)
WASHINGTON'S TRANSIT
In Which the Politics of Seduction Give Way to the Politics of Confrontation
The Age of Mars	121	(4)
I Have a Nickname!	125	(3)
Space Cowboys, Inc.	128	(3)
Drill, Grill and Chill	131	(3)
The Asbestos President	134	(3)
How Green Is Their Valley	137	(3)
Mexico Likes Us!	140	(3)
No Whiff of Poof	143	(6)
THE BOY KING'S ENDLESS SUMMER
In Which the Fault Is in Their Star Wars and in Themselves
The Relaxation Response	149	(3)
Rip Van Rummy Awakes	152	(3)
His Magnificent Obsession	155	(3)
A Grave Silence	158	(3)
Cleopatra and Osama	161	(3)
Blessings and Bombings	164	(5)
TRANSFUSING THE BLUE BLOOD WITH RED TO PUMP UP THE RED STATES
Oedipal Loop-de-Loop	169	(3)
Who's Joey Bishop?	172	(3)
Vain or Glorious?	175	(3)
Planet of the Privileged	178	(3)
The Class President	181	(6)
SURRENDERING TO VICE
The Boy King Submits to the Dark Father
The Axis of No Access	187	(3)
Rub-a-Dub in the Hot Tub	190	(3)
Cheneyville Christmas	193	(6)
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
In Which the Saudis Fly Away from 9/11 Blame in Their Private Jets
This Dynasty Stuff	199	(3)
I'm with Dick! Let's Make War!	202	(3)
Under the Ramadan Moon	205	(3)
Frederick's of Riyadh	208	(3)
Driving While Female	211	(3)
A Golden Couple Chasing Away a Black Cloud	214	(3)
Weapons of Mass Redaction	217	(6)
AS THE WORLD TURNS ON US
In Which Furious George Upends His Sire's Friendly Diplomacy
W.'s Grand Tour	223	(3)
W.'s Spaghetti Western	226	(3)
Lemon Fizzes on the Banks of the Euphrates	229	(6)
A CYNICAL CHAPTER
Feeding the Fear and Stoking the Homeland Insecurity
Dept. of Political Security	235	(3)
Aloft on Bozoloft	238	(4)
Desert Spring, Sprung	242	(3)
Ready or Not . . .	245	(3)
Scaring Up Votes	248	(5)
ON PIETY AND PETTIFOGGERY
The God Squad	253	(3)
Playing the Jesus Card	256	(3)
A Blue Burka for Justice	259	(3)
Tribulation Worketh Patience	262	(3)
A Tale of Two Fridays	265	(3)
Could Thomas Be Right?	268	(3)
Nino's Opera Bouffe	271	(3)
Butch, Butch Bush!	274	(3)
Stations of the Crass	277	(3)
Quid Pro Quack	280	(5)
IN WHICH CHENEY, RUMMY, WOLFIE, CONDI, CHALABI AND THE NEOCON GANG HIJACK THE WAR ON TERROR
Hans, Franz and W.	285	(3)
Junior Gets a Spanking	288	(3)
Who's Your Daddy?	291	(3)
Culture War with B-2s	294	(3)
No More Bratwurst!	297	(3)
Why? Because We Can	300	(4)
The Souffle Doctrine	304	(3)
The Empire Strikes First	307	(6)
IN WHICH THE READER ROOTS FOR THE GALLANT COLIN POWELL TO PREVAIL AGAINST THE PENTAGON VISIGOTHS
Powell Without Picasso	313	(3)
Bush's Warsaw War Pact	316	(3)
Bush Ex Machina	319	(3)
What Would Genghis Do?	322	(3)
The Xanax Cowboy	325	(3)
I Vant to Be Alone	328	(3)
Mashing Our Monster	331	(3)
The Perpendicular Pronoun	334	(3)
Perle's Plunder Blunder	337	(3)
No More Saddam TV	340	(3)
Back Off, Syria and Iran!	343	(3)
Dances with Wolfowitz	346	(4)
He's Out with the In Crowd	350	(3)
Hypocrisy and Apple Pie	353	(3)
The Iceman Cometh	356	(4)
Who's Losing Iraq?	360	(5)
HEY DUDE, WHERE'S MY COVERT ACTION?
In Which Top Gun Is Toppled by Sputtering Spooks
Yo, Ayatollahs!	365	(3)
Bomb and Switch	368	(3)
Desert Double Feature	371	(3)
National House of Waffles	374	(3)
Let's Blame Canada	377	(3)
Blanket of Dread	380	(3)
Neocon Coup at the Department d'Etat	383	(3)
The Jihad All-Stars	386	(3)
Empire of Novices	389	(3)
We're Not Happy Campers	392	(3)
Gunsmoke and Mirrors	395	(3)
The Spy Who Loved Him	398	(5)
UNCLE DICK OF THE UNDERWORLD
In Which the Dark Father Shows Himself in the Least Amiable Light
A Tale of Two Fathers	403	(3)
Eyes Wide Shut	406	(3)
The Chicago Way	409	(3)
Their Master's Voice	412	(3)
The Buck House Stops Here	415	(3)
Dump Cheney Now!	418	(3)
The Mirror Has Two Faces	421	(3)
Murder Most Fowl	424	(3)
The Thief of Baghdad	427	(3)
Sorry, Right Number	430	(3)
Truth as a Weapon	433	(3)
Charlie McCarthy Hearings	436	(5)
DRUNK ON RUMMY
In Which the Boy Emperor Has No Clothes (or Weapons)
Mired in a Mirage	441	(3)
The Iraqi Inversion	444	(3)
Our New No-Can-Do Nation	447	(3)
From Osama with Hate	450	(3)
House of Broken Toys	453	(3)
The Body Politic	456	(3)
Shocking and Awful	459	(3)
A World of Hurt	462	(3)
Clash of Civilizations	465	(3)
The Springs of Fate	468	(3)
What Prison Scandal?	471	(3)
Bay of Goats	474	(5)
IN WHICH THE SKULL AND BONES SCIONS, ONE WHO SAUCILY SLOUGHED OFF AND ONE WHO POMPOUSLY STRIVED UP, FACE OFF
Gotta Lotta Stigmata	479	(3)
Guns and Peanut Butter	482	(3)
I Read, I Smoke, I Spin	485	(3)
See Dick Run	488	(4)
Cultural Drifter	492	(4)
JFK, Marilyn, ``Camelot''	496	(3)
Whence the Wince?	499	(3)
The Politics of Self-Pity	502	(3)
Pride and Prejudice	505	(6)
IN MEMORIAM
``The Best Possible Life''	511	(4)
Death Be Not Loud	515	(3)
Wolfie's Fuzzy Math	518	(3)
Epitaph and Epigone	521	(6)
THE BOY KING TRUMPS DADDY (AND KERRY)
In Which W. Wages Holy Wars Here and There, and Rides a Crimson Tide
Vote and Be Damned	527	(3)
Casualties of Faith	530	(3)
White House of Horrors	533	(3)
The Red Zone	536	(3)
Rove's Revenge	539