Hail diversity and difference of opinion. Finally, one more sign deserves note. At the edge of Lafayette Park, facing away from Bush's inaugural parade review platform and the White House in the background, someone has posted a hand-lettered sign. Fine and well, if true, but as for me I'll trade all that fabled past presidential charm, charisma and acting skills for those two simple virtues of wisdom and honesty. Because of the plethora of unresolved and postponed national problems he inherits, Bush's will be a presidency of hard choices.
None promises to be easy.
Many likely will be unpopular. Making the right choices will require something more than showmanship and performing skills. They will require care, deliberation, judgment. Too often, it seemed, presidential wisdom was in short supply. Now, it is time to appeal to America's mind.