Let the Revisionism Begin: History May See Lincoln-Like Greatness in George W. Bush

[BurtWorm]

Says Richard L. Connor, Guest Columnist for the Congressional Quarterly. :eyes:

(Dick, history will not be able to ignore, as you already are, Bush's tendency to think that because he thinks something, it's right. Bush is doomed to remain, not only the Worst "President" Ever, but the model of how not to lead a country or any entity. Bush is and always will be a Miserable Failure. Fuck you and your premature revisionism!)


http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003010658&referrer=js

This may knock me off some Christmas card lists, but I can see a case for history being kinder to Bush than might seem imaginable now.

Yes, there are any number of better decisions he could have made. Foremost among them would have been to bring a quick and decisive end to the war in Iraq shortly after it began.

And yes, he appears to have been soft on big business, especially the oil and energy sector.

There are areas, though, where Bush has excelled.

He has faced a number of crises that either no president or at least few have had. First, he was commander in chief when the United States was attacked at home on September 11, 2001. He was decisive in his response and showed admirable leadership both at home and abroad.

The nation now appears headed for disastrous financial calamity, the worst since The Great Depression. His administration has been forceful in trying to bring calm and to allocate money to industries fighting to survive.

And the economic woes of this country — just like other monumental, sea-change problems — did not simply appear one day or go away the next. Sure, this happened under his watch but the seeds for our mortgage, home loan crisis and those of the domestic automobile industry collapse were sown long before Bush first took office.

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