Maybe the love of guns originates from mid-life thrill seeking. As people age, they become more aware of death and look for the most promising cop-out for the afterlife. No one turns to Sartre. No, old people favor Jerry Falwell any day. If you believe the authorities, however, he wanted to cheat time, a common mid-life issue for shallow people.
Women solve the problem with breast implants while men fix the void with avid gun ownership.
The tension is there, which satisfies the man and completes step one of his transformation into a right-winger. Then there s God. Bush has used God as a defense against his past to protect his daughters. With newfound spirituality, the man looks to a political party that will continue the ruse, and somehow, by an unknown deal with St. Peter, the Republicans managed to get God on their side, no questions asked. Because of marriage, the man is now two-thirds of a way to becoming a bona fide member of America s nastiest political group.