by Damozel | Yes, it's a bit previous. But let's hear what Bush wants you to remember about him. It starts out pretty modestly, but goes on from there.
[H]e most wants to be remembered as someone who came to Washington and didn’t lose his values.
Someone who didn’t sell his soul to the political process.
Somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace. (Reuters)
Someone who didn’t sell his soul to the political process.
Somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace. (Reuters)
Wait, there's more.
He mentions his HIV/AIDS and malaria initiatives in Africa, and the
Medicare prescription drug benefit as two programs he is proud of....
Asked about his “No Child Left Behind” education law, Bush called it one of the “significant achievements of my administration.” (Reuters)
Asked about his “No Child Left Behind” education law, Bush called it one of the “significant achievements of my administration.” (Reuters)
Laura also weighed in. For her it's the liberation of women in Afghanistan. (The Caucus)
On the score of Bush and his legacy generally, Matt Yglesias remarks:
Part of the effort to pull the wagon of conservatism out of the ditch
into which Bush piloted the country is going to be an effort to deny
that George W. Bush was a real conservative. In reality, Bushism should
be understood as the highest form of conservatism. In particular, the
High Bushist years of 2001-2006 represent the only time that the
post-war conservative movement has had total control over the federal
government. If the practical consequences of pre-Bush conservatism were
less disastrous, that’s largely because conservative political power
was more constrained in those earlier eras.
Meanwhile, it’s worth recalling that at the peak of his political power, when Bush was making his most disastrous decisions, conservatives not only thought he was a good president, but a great one. There was practically a line around the block to write paens to his genius.
Meanwhile, it’s worth recalling that at the peak of his political power, when Bush was making his most disastrous decisions, conservatives not only thought he was a good president, but a great one. There was practically a line around the block to write paens to his genius.
Which is the part of his legacy I will not fail to remember.
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