The only epiphany, as far as present data indicates to me, of which he is capable is the one that brought him out of a drunken stupor and into the ever-lovin' arms of Jayzus. He has talked of very little else since. It solved a lot of problems, by holding them behind a dike of sanctimony and prefabricated certainty; but it didn't help his personality much.

As fer yer question, Bobert, it is because he has used the whip and the chair against the press in such a way that they don't want to show their teeth. His machine, under Rove and Wolfowitz, has managed to buy, fire, jail, or intimidate every journalist within reach, with a few notable exceptions. He just yells "9-11" at 'em until they slink away....


:)

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