GWB Doing the Impossible-Making Daddy Look Like a Decent President

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http://www.progressivedailybeacon.com/more.php?page=opinion&id=1398

George W. Doing the Impossible - Making Daddy Look Like a Decent President
A. Alexander, January 2nd, 2007

George W. Bush has actually accomplished the impossible. He has managed to do the one thing no person thought any man could. Comparatively speaking, he's made his father seem like a decent President.

When Bush Senior was running the show, it was hard to fathom a man of less imagination and intellect ever becoming President of the United States. Then along comes Junior and one realizes that the old saying is true: the fruit -- in this case, the nut -- never falls too far from the tree.

When Lil' George became President, he insisted that he wouldn't make the same mistakes as his Daddy. They were mistakes that had caused Big George's popularity to plummet from the 90 percent range, down to the 30's. That's right - Lil George wouldn't be doin' none of that foolish "read my lips" stuff or startin' wars and then walkin' away with the job half finished. Junior would do it right! He'd finish his wars - no matter how many had to die trying.

It turns out Lil' George avoided all of Daddy's mistakes - and instead, went about the business of rewriting the entire manual of "How to Be a Complete and Utterly Failed President." Indeed, Junior's disastrous time in office has made his Father look like Einstein and George Washington all rolled into one!

Yeah, Lil' George was goin' to set the record straight - to do right by the "Bush" name and, of course, make Momma Babs proud of her boy. Momma's lil' boy was gonna show Daddy how it was done and even save Senior's legacy....

Well, maybe Daddy Bush didn't know how the scanner at the grocery store determined the price on a can of peas and, too, maybe Daddy couldn't speak English any better than the son - but at least Daddy knew how to fight and win a war. Junior on the other hand has lost two wars: Iraq and Afghanistan.

The irony is that the boy who went to Washington to "fix" all of Daddy's mistakes; ended up needing Daddy's help to try and fix all his very own blunders. But that's not the kicker ... the kicker is that Junior wasn't even smart enough to accept Daddy's help. Yep, looks like George W. Bush has finally accomplished the impossible: comparatively speaking, he's made his father seem like a decent President.

Guess that's "Mission Accomplished." After all, George W. wanted to show Daddy how it was done and, too, rescue his legacy. When historians compare the father to the son, Junior will make Daddy look like a genius.

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1. K&R

Too true. Bush senior was one of my least faves, for many reasons. His siding with the USSR over the Baltic States independence move was unconscionable and unforgivable. his economic policies sucked. The way he has personally enriched himself, using secret briefings as an ex-president has been even more scandalous.

[flamin lib]

2. Bush 41, for all the stuff I opposed during his Presidency, was

a fiscal moderate. He spent his one term un-doing Reagan's voo-doo economics. He--gasp!--raised taxes!

Were it not for 41's prep work our guy Bill would have had to start from itch (which is one step before scratch)on the economy.

He also knew that it was important to maintain the balance of power in the Middle East. He had to give lip service to supporting the overthrow of Saddam but when the Shia took him up on it had the good sense to sit on his hands.

I didn't like his presidency, but given what he started with what more could anyone expect.

Flame on . . .