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No explanation of why Bradley's comment was "thoughtful," as opposed to, say, stupid, given the ultimate pathetic failure of Gorbachev's attempt to modify Communism rather than replace it.
Mortifyingly enough, it is all there: the difficulty, the laziness, the pathetic formlessness in youth, the round peg in the square hole, the "whatever do you want?"
When Russert reads a Naomi Wolf quote advocating that sex education instructors promote fondling and mutual masturbation as an alternative to sex, Bush says Wolf's advice is "pathetic," says condom promotion hasn't decreased teen pregnancy rates, and advocates teaching abstinence.
Aimee, on the other hand, is a pathetic big loser, weighing in at 225 pounds.
Quibbling that evil leaders are to blame, not the institution of government itself, is a pathetic evasion, reminiscent of an NRA bumper sticker that reads, "Governments don't kill people, only criminal leaders kill people."