Bauer and Bush, Running on Empty

Domestic Disturbances, by Judith Warner
NYT blog

Not 24 hours had passed since Jack Bauer began the ultimate interrogation of his sorry career, before a hostile panel of senators, when George W. Bush took the White House podium to subject himself to the “ultimate exit interview” in front of reporters.

Coincidence?

I don’t think so. Life has an eerie way of imitating “24.”

Think about it: “24” brought us our first African American president. It taught soldiers in Iraq unfortunate lessons in torture. Had the writers’ strike not intervened to delay the swearing-in of Commander in Chief Allison Taylor, it could have presaged the election of our first female president – or so the buzz went 18 months ago.

And Bauer and Bush, in their respective moments of truth this past Sunday and Monday, showed such a powerful karmic connection.

Both bravely faced their hated inquisitors and boldly drew some boundaries.

Bauer: “That information is classified.”

Bush: “I won’t be discussing pardons.”

(More here.)