No, it's not about the Bush administration, at least on the face of it. I'm reading the Austen novel, which I don't recall ever having read before (although there are story line echoes that make me wonder if maybe I haven't). It's marvelous -- laugh-out-loud funny in places, particularly in Mr Bennet's reactions to his familly, particularly his wife.
One one level, it's about looking at evidence, realizing you could have been wrong in your assumptions, and changing your mind. On that score, Elizabeth Bennet would have made a better president than George W. Bush.
It's also a terrific read. Drawing close to the end now, and I can't believe the amount of dramatic tension that Austen was able to build into a comedy of manners. It's no wonder that in my younger days I stayed up all night reading Emma.
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