The guy is a comic genius.
· “In the Crash of 2008, 40 percent of stock value has vanished, almost $9 trillion. Some $5 trillion in real estate value has disappeared. A recession looms with sweeping layoffs, unemployment compensation surging, and social welfare benefits soaring.”-- Pat Buchanan, Human Events, 10/14/2008 (The Bush Administration recently admitted that we have already been in a recession for over a year.)
· “On the day President Bush took office, the national debt stood at $5.727 trillion. The latest number from the Treasury Department shows the national debt now stands at more than $9.849 trillion. That’s a 71.9 percent increase on Mr. Bush’s watch.”--CBS News, 9/29/08
During his eight years in office, George W. Bush borrowed and spent more money that all other American presidents combined; and what do we have to show for it?: Two unnecessary wars that have lasted longer than WWII; almost 5000 war dead; seven million more Americans living in poverty; 46 million Americans with no health insurance; home foreclosures up 21%; 2.6 million lost jobs in 2008; and a projected budget deficit of $1.2 trillion for 2009.
· “Once upon a time, George W. Bush, along with his top officials and advisors, hoped to preside over a global Pax Americana and a domestic Pax Republicana - a legacy for the generations. More recently, their highest hope seems to have been to slip out of town in January before the you-know-what hits the fan.”--Tom Engelhardt, Truthout.com, 10/21/08
They didn’t make it.
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Barack Obama will soon be our new President, but we must never forget what George W. Bush and his administration has done. As an American who was drafted during the Viet Nam War, then watched the Nixon Administration drown in its own arrogance; I did not believe our nation would ever permit itself to be sucked into another unnecessary war like that, or allow another administration to believe it was above the law. But we did.
This is the real legacy of the Bush Administration. It is a reminder. George W. Bush is the embodiment of all the human frailties the Founding Fathers warned us about, and his administration is an example of how bad government can become, if citizens do not stay informed and involved.
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Barack Obama’s Inauguration Day will be the 2092nd day since George W. Bush declared “Mission Accomplished” in Iraq.
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Remember the Bush!
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