Mercy And President Bush

Slyram, a black moderate Democratic blogger writes: "I just finished reading Toni Morrison’s book A Mercy and may I keep it real by saying Nobel Prize or not, I just don’t understand her writing. The book focuses on slavery and indentured servitude in the Americas in the 1680s. One good part of the book includes the section 'You say you see slaves freer than free men. One is a lion in the skin of an ass. The other is an ass in the skin of a lion. That it is the withering inside that enslaves and opens the door for what is wild.' The last lines in the book are the best: 'It was not a miracle. Bestowed by God. It was a mercy. Offered by a human. I stayed on my knees. In the dust where my heart will remain each night and every day until you understand what I know and long to tell you: to be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing: to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing.'"

The commentary continues: "Reading about Black and White slaves and near-slaves who arrived here in the hulls of ships made me think about Africa. History should remember that President Bush’s policies and efforts in Africa were outstanding and I thank him for that — he actually walked the walk. If two others were not all up in his ear with incorrect counsel, things might have been different."