With time running short on his presidency -- and on the eve of a trip to the Middle East -- President Bush seems to have overcome his aversion to talking about his legacy and is now speaking fervently about how he expects to be remembered.I'll go with the worst president ever.As it turns out, the president sees himself as quite the heroic figure.
"I can predict that the historians will say that George W. Bush recognized the threats of the 21st century, clearly defined them, and had great faith in the capacity of liberty to transform hopelessness to hope, and laid the foundation for peace by making some awfully difficult decisions," Bush told Yonit Levi of Israel's Channel 2 News. Bush held several interviews with Middle Eastern journalists last week in anticipation of his trip to the region, which starts tomorrow.
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Bush's self-image contrasts sharply with his image among his fellow Americans. More than 60 percent of Americans disapprove of the job is doing, and a CNN poll in November found that 58 percent of Americans rated Bush either a poor president, a very poor president, or the worst president ever.
(crossposted at Steve Audio)
6 comments:
The Bush Legacy: Blindly leading us into recession.
Even Jesus agrees: ... they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Although we should change it to 'If the stupid lead the gullible, both shall fall into yet another fucking mess'...
The 3rd person comes when you are speaking from your mountain of good works about your legacy....
Or when you are attempting to scrape off the crap from the shitpile you created onto the next president.
I'll opt for "worst president never," since he was never really elected to the office.
And I've often said... Bush's legacy will be an armory, and it will cost America an armory and a legacy.
Oh dear... I laughed. I've got to hand it to you, Steve, I wasn't looking ahead far enough to see that one coming...
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