I am a huge fan of Project Runway. Not because I want to see 14 variations of cocktail dresses made from recycled car parts. The draw for me is the contestants themselves. I don't care about the group dynamics, or anyone's sappy back story. What keeps me tuning in week after week is the chance to hear the contestants critiquing their own work. Nothing on this earth impresses these people more than themselves, and it is utterly fascinating to watch. These people are blown away by their own awesomeness, and say so out loud. In fact, "blown away" is one of the most frequently used terms when the contestants watch their creations come down the runway. No matter what sort of disaster they have draped on some poor stick-figured model, they tear up when they see the girl sashay down the runway draped in the hideous mess of their design. Each contestant is happy to say that his or her own work towers above anyone else in the competition, and if the judges disagree, the judges are wrong. Really, what would Michael Kors know about fashion? Listening to people so confident in their own abilities despite ample evidence to the contrary actually evokes some wistfulness from me. I do not have the ability to heap praise, warranted or not, upon myself, and mostly I think that's the way it should be. There is self confidence, and there is delusional self confidence.
Which brings me to the Bush administration. These men and women are the political equivalent of Project Runway contestants. They believe in themselves and their choices despite the fact that most of the world believes they are wrong. They don't learn from mistakes, because they don't think they've made any. They consider themselves to be divinely inspired.
Problem is, the consequences from George Bush's delusional self confidence will be around a lot longer than those fugly Project Runway dresses will be.
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