The Irrelevance of George W. Bush
By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.
President Bush has been rather irrelevant for the better part of the last year. The country is over and done with him and IMHO he will go down as the worst president in American history. Bush and Nero have much in common. They both fiddled as their empires went down. President Bush could have cut spending, he could have avoided launching a useless war, he could have run roughshod over Wall Street so risky mortgages weren't bundled into investment vehicles and sold to investors backed by nonexistent insurance. But he did not. Here we are, and will be paying for his feckless leadership.
It struck me this week, watching President-elect Obama take ownership of the economy, exactly how irrelevant President Bush has become. Totally. The American public and Wall Street titans are much more concerned with what President-elect Obama has already done than what President Bush is doing. Obama has assembled an economic team that includes bailout-seasoned Tim Geithner as treasury secretary and Larry Summers, who actually managed the Treasury Department when the federal budget was producing a surplus—seems eons ago, but it was only eight years.
Listening to radio coverage of the Mumbai terrorist takeover on Thanksgiving, yes, President Bush's reaction was mentioned first, but President-elect Obama's reaction was mentioned second. Obama's response seemed so much more articulate, reassuring and, well, grown-up. Yes, the grown-ups are coming back to Washington, D.C. We've really been missing them since they lost control eight years ago.
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WTF?
ARE 'SOMETIMES READER' AND RON MCGEE FROM THIS PLANET? OR ARE YOU FROM PLANET PARANOID? 'WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY'....GET A GRIP.
ooo, JPlank of OK, nery nice
MM, I like your comment, very accurate discription of the slop that Democrats keep trying to feed us, to use your analogy. What America needs is an educated electorate to be able to see past face value and look at the secong and thrid tier of results and implications. Are you anti large government too! *gasp*
Erbe, not the most educated...
I just find it amusing that most of the people who responded (after those who were fixated on the word, "adult" seemed to be far more educated on the matter that Bonnie Erbe. Also an amusing point, how Erbe seems to be against the bundles, which ended up allowing people who were unqualified to own homes (byw, it's ok to rent) to walk away with loans of up to 110% of the value of the house, I hate to put words in your mouth, but many liberals are appaled that these people are being kicked out of their houses, they also hate bundles. Anyway, if the government stops trying to control our lives, (Such as tax breaks to home owners, make your own connetction) then we will finally be able to presue freedom in our own rights. I don't like the idea of a big government, but I think that if we must work within the system, Obama has some of the necessary plans to make it better. (Regulating spending and decent healthcare for our HUGE tax dollars) I would like to agree with Erbe that Obama is already effectivly the president, and is making plans for a new cabtin that is taking the place of the current one in the minds of Americans. (But Clinton as Secretary of State, really? that's the one position she should not be in! Well, that and President...) Above all, what I think that our country needs most of all right now is a leader we can look up to and say to our children, "Look, that is a respectable man, if you work hard, maybe you can be like him as well." basically, we need someone that we can be proud to represent our country. and no, Bill Clinton was not that, "What is "is'?" I mean, come on! For all of you Democrats who argue that a Presidents personal life has nothing to do with his presidency, I ask you, would you follow, a bad man? His sexual habits are his own business, but if Hilary wasn't aware, and Bill kept on lieing and lieing... BTW: BUSH ISN'T THE ONLY PRESIDENT THAT LIED TO HIS PEOPLE!!!! CLINTON DID IT OVER AND OVER!!!
Anyway, Republicans, Democrats, both have made mistakes, both are at odds, and at this point, we need unity. if we are divided, we are useless children. We don't have to agree, but we have to be able to debate, and learn from others mistakes and view points.
One last thing, Democrats, how is it that you profess to be so openminded, and yet anything with the brand REPUBLICAN makes you want to belch?
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