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One odd mistake Bush made was the Harriet Myers nomination to the SC attempt. She was clearly not qualified for that position and I really don't know what he was thinking at the time.
I can't believe you misread the Miers nomination. It was purposely done to get Alito confirmed. Here's how it went. After John Roberts, Senate Democrats like Kerry promised a war if Bush nominated another strong conservative. So in a brilliant move, Bush put up Miers who he knew was questionable. He baited Democrats into challenging Miers based on qualifications, so when he pulled Miers and nominated the highly qualified Alito, Democrats couldn't say anything for fear of looking petty. Thus, Alito sailed through with nary a whimper. That was just brilliant strategy. It was vintage George W. Bush.
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I can't believe you misread the Miers nomination. It was purposely done to get Alito confirmed. Here's how it went. After John Roberts, Senate Democrats like Kerry promised a war if Bush nominated another strong conservative. So in a brilliant move, Bush put up Miers who he knew was questionable. He baited Democrats into challenging Miers based on qualifications, so when he pulled Miers and nominated the highly qualified Alito, Democrats couldn't say anything for fear of looking petty. Thus, Alito sailed through with nary a whimper. That was just brilliant strategy. It was vintage George W. Bush.
My wife and I were debating about how Bush would be treated in the history books. She's says he'll be treated fine. I'm not so sure. Although Bush did nearly all the right things over his 8 years, he may well get the Herbert Hoover treatment because of this downturn, depending on how bad it gets. The unfortunate thing for Hoover is he did mostly the right thing by not intervening except for his unfortunate error of raising taxes on the rich. But because FDR destroyed the economy, all the blame reverted back on Hoover.
Bush is in a more unfair position. The genesis of the economic problems were none of his doing and he did everything he could to reform Fannie Mae and stop the Democrats. But with the help of the MSM, the blame was somehow affixed to Bush, and that has become the media's narrative even though Obama bears much more of the blame for causing the crisis early on. How Bush is treated as with Hoover, will depend on how badly his successor bungles his job. The media will be happy to blame all of Obama's failings on Bush.
If you have people like Doris (Plagiarize) Kerns Goodwin doing this history, Bush will get trashed. Maybe in 100 years when things can be seen in perspective, and people are perhaps a little smarter, Bush will get the Top 10 legacy he deserves.
My wife and I were debating about how Bush would be treated in the history books. She's says he'll be treated fine. I'm not so sure. Although Bush did nearly all the right things over his 8 years, he may well get the Herbert Hoover treatment because of this downturn, depending on how bad it gets. The unfortunate thing for Hoover is he did mostly the right thing by not intervening except for his unfortunate error of raising taxes on the rich. But because FDR destroyed the economy, all the blame reverted back on Hoover.
Bush is in a more unfair position. The genesis of the economic problems were none of his doing and he did everything he could to reform Fannie Mae and stop the Democrats. But with the help of the MSM, the blame was somehow affixed to Bush, and that has become the media's narrative even though Obama bears much more of the blame for causing the crisis early on. How Bush is treated as with Hoover, will depend on how badly his successor bungles his job. The media will be happy to blame all of Obama's failings on Bush.
If you have people like Doris (Plagiarize) Kerns Goodwin doing this history, Bush will get trashed. Maybe in 100 years when things can be seen in perspective, and people are perhaps a little smarter, Bush will get the Top 10 legacy he deserves.
Bush did a fantastic job,but then they told him he was leading the Americans and not in charge of sabotaging them....oooops!
My wife and I were debating about how Bush would be treated in the history books. She's says he'll be treated fine. I'm not so sure. Although Bush did nearly all the right things over his 8 years, he may well get the Herbert Hoover treatment because of this downturn, depending on how bad it gets. The unfortunate thing for Hoover is he did mostly the right thing by not intervening except for his unfortunate error of raising taxes on the rich. But because FDR destroyed the economy, all the blame reverted back on Hoover.
Bush is in a more unfair position. The genesis of the economic problems were none of his doing and he did everything he could to reform Fannie Mae and stop the Democrats. But with the help of the MSM, the blame was somehow affixed to Bush, and that has become the media's narrative even though Obama bears much more of the blame for causing the crisis early on. How Bush is treated as with Hoover, will depend on how badly his successor bungles his job. The media will be happy to blame all of Obama's failings on Bush.
If you have people like Doris (Plagiarize) Kerns Goodwin doing this history, Bush will get trashed. Maybe in 100 years when things can be seen in perspective, and people are perhaps a little smarter, Bush will get the Top 10 legacy he deserves.
"That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!"
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Ken
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