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Sam Dealey

The Washington Times Sells George W. Bush Legacy Junk

January 26, 2009 06:00 PM ET | Sam Dealey | Permanent Link | Print

By Sam Dealey, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

The following E-mail, appropriately enough, showed up in my junk box today:

Dear friend of The Washington Times,

Here's your chance to be one of the very first to own "W, The Legacy of George W. Bush" the compelling coffee table styled book about an extraordinary president in turbulent times. "W" is packed with gripping pictures and stories all beautifully presented in this historical keepsake presentation of all eight years of the Presidency of George W. Bush.

If conservatives are looking for a keepsake book on the Bush years, my suggestion is to visit the Government Printing Office for a copy of the federal budget. Far better than a book for a coffee table, after eight years of W., the budget can actually be used as a coffee table.

The Washington Times also is offering the President Bush Commemorative Cigar. Knowing Times readers as I do, my hunch is that if it were renamed after Clinton, it would fly off the shelves.

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The Legacy of George W Bush: (A Collection of Conflicting Opinions)

Can a man's legacy be drawn from an eight year period in time? What kind of a footprint has GWB left on the American people, or the world for that matter? Has he served his country well by protecting us from terrorism, or has a alienated America from the rest of the world. Has he acted as a Christian in his role as President of the United States, or has he misused the Bible as a means of procuring votes and evoking war? Was the rebuilding of Iraq set in motion years before the Twin Towers tragedy, or was this a rapid decision based on an emergent circumstance? I have tried to keep this debate as original as possible. That includes errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling. I have also tried to collect them in a somewhat chronological method in order to keep a level playing field. I have simply collected publicly posted comments of others from open sources.

The Legacy of George W Bush: (A Collection of Conflicting Opinions)

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Can a man's legacy be drawn from an eight year period in time? What kind of a footprint has GWB left on the American people, or the world for that matter? Has he served his country well by protecting us from terrorism, or has a alienated America from the rest of the world. Has he acted as a Christian in his role as President of the United States, or has he misused the Bible as a means of procuring votes and evoking war? Was the rebuilding of Iraq set in motion years before the Twin Towers tragedy, or was this a rapid decision based on an emergent circumstance? I have tried to keep this debate as original as possible. That includes errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling. I have also tried to collect them in a somewhat chronological method in order to keep a level playing field. I have simply collected publicly posted comments of others from open sources.

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Sam Dealey is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report and Reader's Digest. He has written for many publications, including Time, GQ, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

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