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I often wonder about what Bush himself thinks. Does he know, deep down, what a failure
he was? He must.

I think this is fundamental flaw in a lot of people's thinking. Bush himself, does not regard himself as a failure, because he achieved exactly what he wanted. He vastly increased the wealth and income of the 1% and he outdid his daddy by being a two term president. Wrecking the rest of the country and indeed the world, is simply not his concern.