Norman Mailer: Works and Days

God's Chosen Envoy for America

Mailer's blog comment on the death of Ronald Reagan, whom he calls 'the most overrated president in American history, and the second most ignorant' — the most ignorant being George W. Bush, 'God's chosen envoy for America.'

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Mailer’s blog comment, posted on the Huffington Post on the occasion of the funereal coverage of Ronald Reagan’s death, calling Reagan “the most overrated president in American history, and the second most ignorant” — the most ignorant being George W. Bush, who “is also serving (with all due incandescence) as God’s chosen envoy for America.” The remark prompted Jay Rosen’s reply (05.8a).

First published: 2005-06-21
Form: essay
Lennon & Lennon: 05.8
Cite as: /works/2005-06-21-gods-chosen-envoy
Last updated: 2026-06-08