New Yorker trashes Bush memoir, over and over again

[cal04]

New Yorker trashes Bush memoir, over and over again: ‘Was Bush this incurious all his life?’
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/yorker-trashes-bush-memoir/

If it were a question of the George W. Bush maxim "if you're not with us, you're against us," The New Yorker's George Packer is against us.

In a sprawling, multi-thousand word review of Bush's new memoir, Decision Points, Packer is generous with aquiline, laser-like criticism. He begins by predicting the book's rapid demise (“Decision Points” will not endure) and concludes equally as sharp.
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/11/29/101129crbo_books_packer#ixzz16Iu1QJ74

"During his years in office, two wars turned into needless disasters, and the freedom agenda created such deep cynicism around the world that the word itself was spoiled," Packer writes. "In America, the gap between the rich few and the vast majority widened dramatically, contributing to a historic financial crisis and an ongoing recession; the poisoning of the atmosphere continued unabated; and the Constitution had less and less say over the exercise of executive power. Whatever the judgments of historians, these will remain foregone conclusions."

(snip)
"By Bush’s own account, revenge was among his chief motives in sanctioning torture," Packer writes.

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Sneer. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

[G_j]

2. yes, a disaster for the ENTIRE WORLD, especially when it

comes to human rights!

[Enthusiast]

3. I can only recommend this once.

Unfortunately.

[Greyhound]

4. Just noticed that your's was the first posted. K&R for this one, too. n/t

[FreakinDJ]

5. Bush is like a "Slinky"

Ain't worth a shit to keep around the house - but it still brings a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs

[barbtries]

6. read the full review

highly recommended, even if the writer assigns more good intentions on gw's part than i ever perceived.

[UTUSN]

7. K&R #25. We all knew what a little specimen Shrub was from before he imposed himself on us. nt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. "An' YOU, Axis of Evil...make room for a new member, The New Yorker's George Packer."

If we've learned anything from the Bush book, it's that he greatly underestimated the "away time" needed for him to sprint back into a series of victory laps.

It's hard to sign off on the commonly held belief that "Bush knows, but doesn't care" what people think of him in light of the Kanye West crybaby sessions during interviews about the book.

Something tells me another year or two will pass and we will see another tome from the elder statesman Commander Codpiece.

[Hissyspit]

9. .

[G_j]

10. kick

[glitch]

11. Bush and the people who put him in power and continue his policies will live in infamy. nt