The Mumbai, India, Terrorist Attacks Remind Us That Bush Is Still in Charge
By Robert Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.
While Barack Obama has taken pains to say that we have only one president at a time, his rolling pronouncements about the economy have prompted some commentators to wonder whether we might have two. But the terrorist attacks in India starkly remind us that while George W. Bush may be forgotten, he's not yet gone—we do indeed have only one president right now, and it ain't Barack Obama. (Bonnie's assertion of his irrelevance notwithstanding.)
Obama can make economic pronouncements and will next week introduce his national security team, but it's still Bush who calls the shots on U.S. response to the incident. If you have any doubts about a lame duck president's power, recall George H. W. Bush committing U.S. troops to Somalia in December 1992, a mission that would have huge repercussions months later in the Clinton administration.
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the truth prevails
Bush should be admitted in some asylum to make him shed the fear of those famous Alzaidi Shoes else he will ruin everything before 20th jan.
Bush is still in charge
And he is showing more grace in ensuring a smooth handover of power than his distracters can stomach.
He has been the President since Jan 2001 and has done his best to keep us safe - some things we do not agree with, but no one can accuse him of doing things for personal reasons.
Remember the White House hotel of years gone by?
Be graceful and hope that our new President keeps as safe or safer in the years to come.
Is there a bigger Duh?
Of course Bush is still there.
But then, on January 20th, he'll be gone, and our long national nightmare will be over.
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