With President Bush we got bravery, determination and marginal competence.
The “Bush legacy” pieces are starting to roll in and we must admit with no small degree of trepidation that our own complex and sometimes confusing relationship with the current Commander-in-Chief would’ve stretched thread-bare our pedestrian writing skills were we to attempt the same.
Thank god, someone did it for us.
KT summarizes in about as concise and unabashedly back-handed manner possible, the legacy of George W. Bush and does so not in an absolute fashion but rather from the mind-set of also looking at the far less desirable alternatives.
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Hey, Kool-Aid!
Sounds to me like KT didn't just drink the red (state) pleasantness.
She went down to the River of Crawford and baptized and bathed him/herself in it!
Hopefully, KT takes a look around on the last day of the current administration and takes in a big whiff of the pile of stink -- in all sectors -- that Dubya is leaving us behind.
As for me, I'm very secure in the knowledge that this world and our country would have been a helluva lot better off had those GOP justices, errrrrr, the 2000 election gone according to Hoyle.
- Mongo Offering KT a Towel to Dry Off
I'm sure KT would appreciate reading these sentiments... on his own site.
Like 18 being my limit on Schnitzlegruben -- whatever that is -- 1 neocon website is when I say when.
- Mongo typing in NYTimes.com as fast as he can after his daily dose of BwD
Mongo, you'd have to prove that things would have been better had Gore or Kerry won. I think both of them would have led to defeat in Iraq followed by worse economic woes.
As for a backhanded compliment to President Bush, I hadn't seen it like that, but I'm guilty as charged.
And yet, he is a politician whose job it is to win votes. Votes from dingbats who watch MTV count as much as votes from Augustinian priests and you're going for quantity, not quality. I think that leads to people like George Bush and, Lord help us, Barack Obama.
Mongo, I apologize for not having read your comment more carefully.
I have to say, I don't share your faith in Al Gore. My bet is that he would have left Saddam in Iraq leading to not just one, but two terrorist-sponsoring states racing to finish The Bomb. It's impossible to believe that given Iran's rush to get the Bomb that Saddam's Iraq wouldn't have been doing it as well, whatever the state of his weapons programs in 2001 as sanctions were breaking down.
As for the economy, let me offer two facts. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were the lynchpins of this meltdown. Without them buying up lousy mortgages, this would not have happened. Both are creatures of the Democratic party. I can't see a Gore administration having done any better.
Finally, this is a balance sheet recession, not a cash flow recession. Keynesian economics are doomed to fail because they exacerbate the very problems that make this crisis so bad - excess debt. And yet, Keynesian economics are at the heart of Democratic philosophy. All times are bad according to them, forcing us to always increase spending and the debt.
My backhanded compliment of President Bush was that he was only slightly better in this regard.
Allow me to correct you: since you obviously read KT's post, that would be 2 neocon websites of which only one you have the stones to leave comments.
Hey, I just go where the BwD tells me. Doesn't mean I have to write poetry on every single site.
- Mongo Picking This Bridge to Leave His Graffiti On
KT,
So YOU'RE the 22%!
- Mongo and the other 78% who have seen well beyond this Presidential sham
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