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McCain Adviser Holtz-Eakin Blasts Bush Administration on Editing Climate Change

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caddaatkin of ID 12:28PM July 05, 2009

I suppose it was a standard operating procedure for the Rove-Cheney Administration to edit facts on all sorts of foreign and domestic policy issues. The Bush Administration made one disasterous and anti-pragmatic decision after another. It is unfortunate that fine individuals like Senator McCain and Governor Palin were successfully tied to this corrupt, pro-big government, irrersponsible, fiscally disasterous failure of an administration. At least Bush put the Mexico City Gag in place to restrict abortions and appointed some good judges. The same cannot be said to his Justice Department that was as activist and broad constructionist as any activist liberal.
If the Republicans want to move forward, we need to throw the Cheney-Rove administration under the bus. I'm a Conservative Republican, voted straight Republican, and want to remain Republican, but the Bush Administration was a corrupt in too many ways. A spade is a spade.

Joe C. of VA 6:23PM January 27, 2009

Douglas Holtz-Eakin would be the guy who advised McCain to adopt the democrat position regarding the slow distruction of the energy sector. WTG. Of course, McCain picked him, so John was suffering rectal cranial inversion before this particular brand of confirmation bias.
Me, I don't know whether to kick Doug for boneheaded advice leading to MC losing the election, or shake his hand for saving us all from a McCain Presidency.
Looking back at the Bush Presidency he made a mistake not taking a forceful stand against Al Gore and the stable of zero growth initiative advocates littering NASA and acedemia. He did the country a disservice by not fighting those necessary domestic battles.

James Mayeau of CA 3:19PM January 27, 2009