The Bush "Turning the Corner" Schtick

As my partner and I sat over breakfast yesterday morning, listening to some of the political round-up shows, he said something split between humor and seriousness:

"Sure, turn the corner once and you're headed in a new direction. Turn it twice, however, and you come very close to heading right back in the direction from which you've started. Turn the corner several times, and you're just circling the block (or the bowl)."

This is a paraphrase but I tell you, when he said it, an alarm bell went off in my head. All of Mr. Bush's "turning the corner" talk is definitely true because we are going around in circles. Vicious ones.