Bad Day at the Ball Game

In today's Times, another look at the strange relationship of Bush père et fils.

To me, the most telling point is that Poppy has "expressed irritation" at various aides instead of at his son. That suggests how Junior became such a screw-up in the first place: the blame was always placed somewhere else.

The friend who forwarded the story was more perturbed by Dad's Little League analogy: "Aw, kiddo, you're not doin' so well in the kids' baseball game -- you killed 3,000 of your teammates. Gosh dang!!!"