Bash Bush Not, Lest Ye

Bash Bush Not, Lest Ye Be Bashed - Jonah Goldberg in a rather even-handed piece on those who are trying to tie the market correction to Bush.

The money quote, which I plan on adapting for some of my less-barnburningly-intelligent acquaintances:

Imagine that I've spent a decade bingeing on bacon, cigarettes, and Krispy Kremes (I know: It's hard to get your brain around the idea). My doctor doesn't do much to make me stop but he doesn't necessarily approve of my habits either. Then, my doctor retires. Not long thereafter, I start getting chest pains and gastrointestinal ickyness. I get a new doctor. He runs some tests and, lo' and behold, my insides look like the grease trap at a Wendy's. Maybe my old doctor should have done more when I was still feeling healthy. And, sure, maybe my new doctor doesn't care enough about me now. But, you can't blame the new doctor for anything that happened before I met him. No matter how delirious those bad clams made you.