Deep in the heart of darkness: under George W. Bush, the worse of two Texas traditions is shaping America.

From: Washington Monthly | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Lind, Michael | Copyright information

WHEN LYNDON JOHNSON WAS president between 1963 and 1969, the world grew familiar with the "Western White House"--the Johnson ranch on the Pedernales River west of Austin, in the heart of his beloved central Texan hill country. Three decades later, newly elected President George W. Bush began hosting foreign leaders and American officials at his own ranch--this one north of Austin in Crawford, Texas. To make sure that television audiences got the point, Bush aides hung a pompous "We...

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