Crooks & Liars: "Repairing Bush's legacy: Lotsa luck with that"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

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Repairing Bush's legacy: Lotsa luck with that



http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/repairing-bushs-legacy-lotsa-luck

As he heads into the political sunset none too soon, Bush and his minions are busily trying to repair his image so that he can move into that new house in Texas with a nice little legacy as a "misunderestimated" preznit.

Apparently the meme that will resurrect his legacy will be the notion that somehow he kept us safe. First it was the Magic Dolphin lady; then the other day on MSNBC with David Shuster, Cheri Jacobus (identified by the universal "Republican strategist" moniker) did her game best:

I think history is going to look upon the George W. Bush presidency quite favorably. He has kept this country safe -- ah, since 9/11, we have not been attacked on our own soil. That is first and foremost the most important thing that Barack Obama can do as president, and I hope and pray that the Obama presidency is at least as successful as the Bush presidency in that regard.

If that sounds like a classic Republican setup, it is: First change the actual record, and then hold the incoming Democrat to a wholly higher standard that you've done your damnedest to ensure won't be reachable. After all, Bush did not keep us safe on 9/11 very well, did he? And moreover, he definitively made us more vulnerable to terrorist attack.

[bluestateguy]

1. Bush did not keep us safe

Your chances of being killed in a terrorist attack are close to nil. Many, many more Americans were not kept safe from losing their jobs, their health insurance, their homes, and their retirement. Furthermore, while we are on the subject of safety, there is the fact that violent crime has gone up over the last 8 years; more Americans die due to violent crime every year than were killed on 9/11. Then there is the sheer negligence this Administration has shown at enforcing our immigration laws and their "Brownie you're doing a heck of a job" during natural disasters, most notably Katrina.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. In addition to what BlueStateGuy mentioned, prez shit-for-brains did nothing to protect us from

air pollution, water pollution, destruction of our unspoiled lands, outrageous energy costs, destruction of our economy, declining health standards, declining education system, declining safety on the jobs that are left, under inspected food, over-priced pharmaceuticals, loss of life during a meaningless war, increasing national deficit and national debt.

In what way is this country and its citizens better off today than it was on Jan 19, 2000?