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Play the role of the loser in dignity

StefanL, 14.04.06, 18:24

From "Our Religion is called America" an interview "Der Spiegel" did with Norman Mailer in 2003.

Spiegel: How are flag conservatives different from value conservatives?

Mailer: Traditionalists like Pat Buchanan believe that America should be occupied with itself in solving its problems. They hold to the family, the Fatherland and faith. They stand for hard work, honesty and a balanced state budget.

Bush is different. Flag conservatives like him act as though they believed in the old values but completely ignore them. They use the flag; they use biblical symbols like “evil” unscrupulously. They live in the illusion that America is the good and the only hope for the world. Flag conservatives believe that America can and must rule the world. Without empire, the country goes downhill economically and morally. This is the unexpressed subtext for the Iraq war that is always denied.

Spiegel: Bush is compared with President Harry Truman. Both had simple natures and were inexperienced in the world but were capable of momentous decisions.

Mailer: No. Truman was a self-made man. He had stubbornness and strong roots that Bush doesn’t have. Bush reminds me of Ronald Reagan in some regards. They both have a quality that makes them appear very endearing for Americans.

Spiegel: What is that quality?

Mailer: As a play actor, Reagan was always Number two in love stories. He won the maiden but also left her to another man – with a smile on his face. Americans loved him for that. In the biography of most men, they weren’t the first choice of the women of their dreams. Bush is just the same. As an actor, he played the role of the loser in dignity.

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last updated: 23.11.24, 18:34
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