President George W. Bush Legacy

[Guest American For Progress]

President Bush repeatedly argues that neither he nor his contemporaries are yet able to fully assess his legacy. Rather, he and his advisers say -- again and again and again -- that "history will judge" whether he was an effective president. Despite this oft-repeated claim, the President seems disinclined to leave any of his legacy to chance. In recent weeks, he and his advisers have offered assessments of the Bush era that are increasingly at odds with reality. Condoleezza Rice, for example, argued that Bush engaged the United Nations more than any other president. And just yesterday, Bush told a crowd that Donald Rumsfeld did an "outstanding job" as Secretary of Defense. In a similar vein, the White House recently released a report entitled, "Highlights of Accomplishments and Results of the Administration of George W. Bush" that featured a list of "100 Things Americans May Not Know About the Bush Administration Record." As Frank Rich wrote for the New York Times, "This document is the literary correlative to 'Mission Accomplished.'" As Rich notes, much of the legacy report's claims about the Bush administration's economic, social, and international accomplishments are only true under very narrow conditions, suggesting that the President hopes that Americans would blind themselves to the broader failures of his presidency.

[Guest HUMAN_*]

The Credit Crisis WAS Exacerbated by the democrats "That's the reality of it". The Republicans DID try to stop what we are ALL feeling now, but the democrats having the majority in the House, and Senate said NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO "Straight Party Line Vote".

 

The democrats can try to re-write history, but the Record says it all "You can't re-write what's in the Congressional Record".

 

Ohhh!!!! The reason Barack Obama had his press conference in Virginia over the economy IS because Gov Tim Kaine WILL HEAD THE DNC, even while he "Tim Kaine" is Governor of the State of Virginia.

 

I will give President Elect Obama credit though, HE IS USING the PERCEPTION of an economic melt down to push his agenda forward regardless of the facts.

 

Also the disinformation campaign on coal, and nuclear has already begun "Just to bring all of you up to date". Is there more? Oh Yeah!!! Am I going to post the rest? Not a chance.

 

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President Bush repeatedly argues that neither he nor his contemporaries are yet able to fully assess his legacy. Rather, he and his advisers say -- again and again and again -- that "history will judge" whether he was an effective president. Despite this oft-repeated claim, the President seems disinclined to leave any of his legacy to chance. In recent weeks, he and his advisers have offered assessments of the Bush era that are increasingly at odds with reality. Condoleezza Rice, for example, argued that Bush engaged the United Nations more than any other president. And just yesterday, Bush told a crowd that Donald Rumsfeld did an "outstanding job" as Secretary of Defense. In a similar vein, the White House recently released a report entitled, "Highlights of Accomplishments and Results of the Administration of George W. Bush" that featured a list of "100 Things Americans May Not Know About the Bush Administration Record." As Frank Rich wrote for the New York Times, "This document is the literary correlative to 'Mission Accomplished.'" As Rich notes, much of the legacy report's claims about the Bush administration's economic, social, and international accomplishments are only true under very narrow conditions, suggesting that the President hopes that Americans would blind themselves to the broader failures of his presidency.