美國政治中的四人幫

３０年前，中國粉碎了四人幫。可是大家說話的時候，都明白是五人幫。

最近美國出來一個富麗門，就是年輕有為的第１６選區的國會議員，爆出比萊文斯基還嚴重的性醜聞，因為涉及了同性戀－未成年人－雙重人格，使一向以標榜宗教信仰占領道德至高點的ＧＯＰ，一下子就炸開了鍋。

民主黨就把下麵這一幅照片，帖的到處都是！

左起：布朗、小布什、結巴布什、馬克富麗在一起

小布什大概也不希望失去國會，可又有什麽辦法呢？

相媲美的，是下麵這一幅：

The facts of the photo are, no doubt, utterly mundane. It's evidently from a 2005 post-hurricane event in Florida, the type of symbolic visit everyone's familiar with, designed to show that the government - the president, FEMA, Congress, the governor - are all on the case.

But you can't look at it now without feeling a little queasy. Events have assigned the image an entirely new set of symbols.

It's the men who represent three big debacles - Katrina, the Iraq war, and Foleygate. They come from across the government - the federal bureaucracy, the White House, and Congress. They're striding forward resolutely - seemingly unaware of what's really going on around them. The one thing they should pay attention to - a stop sign - is behind them. Even the other people in the photo, folks just walking along with the crowd, take on a strangely creepy cast. Jeb Bush is hanging back. And who is the young man just behind Foley?

We've had a lot of history happen the past two years - and even more the past two weeks.