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Bush reviews unfinished business and his legacy
The Dallas Morning News ^ | January 10, 2009 | By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News

Posted on 01/10/2009 11:08:05 PM PST by MeekOneGOP

Bush reviews unfinished business and his legacy

11:37 PM CST on Saturday, January 10, 2009

By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News
tgillman@dallasnews.com

WASHINGTON – Every president leaves unfinished business. For George W. Bush, the list includes two wars and the war on terror, saving Social Security, establishing an enduring Republican majority, and much, much more.

In some cases, like immigration reform, he concedes tactical miscalculations. Mostly, though, Bush maintains that he did his best and did the right thing, even when it cost him.

"I know this, that I never sold my soul for the sake of approval ratings, which matter not one whit to me. Evidently they do to a lot of other people, but not to me," he told The Dallas Morning News last week. "What matters most is the principles that you adhere to in life, particularly if you're the president of the United States."

It's a certitude his fans admire and detractors find maddening.

As Bush reviewed his tenure the other day in the Oval Office, he projected confidence that history will judge him more generously than his contemporaries. But for now, the country is clearly ready to move on.

Barack Obama's inauguration in nine days will draw record throngs. Millions are counting on him to dismantle the legacy of cowboy diplomacy, to mop up after Bush's recession and end the wars he started.

Bush wishes him the best. He hosted Obama and the three living former presidents for lunch last week to usher his successor into their elite fellowship.

But Obama's victory represented a sharp turn, in both style and substance.

The country's unease with the outgoing president stands at odds with Bush's own assessment of his performance.


(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bush; bushlegacy; dubya; georgewbush; president
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To: MeekOneGOP

“two wars and the war on terror,”

He did just that and did it well. The rest of his domestic policy was great considering his burdens.

As for the recount, he won fair and square and Obama is coming into a much more safe government. He won’t have to deal with terrorist attacks (like Bush did) or prosecute two wars. He can continue with the system Bush successfully set up and could round up more vermin. Gitmo is set up and running. I don’t think Obama sees this and I imagine we’re gonna get hit sooner or later after the inauguration.

The last time the terror scum hit it was just after Bush took office. Obama is going to be similarly tested. I don’t see him succeeding though.


41 posted on 01/11/2009 12:24:17 PM PST by Niuhuru (Fine, here's my gun, but let me give you the bullets first. I'll send them to you through the barrel)
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To: tioga
he got a “settlement”??? I hadn’t heard that one.

In the $$$$ Milions $$$$$$$.

Would you like a link of the story?

42 posted on 01/11/2009 1:00:37 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: Lady Jag
His hands were tied.

Bovine Scatology.

When you are in Command, you Lead.

He didn't. What GW Bush with is "Bailouts" will prove to be the death of this Nation. Shame on him.

43 posted on 01/11/2009 1:03:33 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: Carl from Marietta

George W. Bush—The Republican Jimmy Carter


44 posted on 01/11/2009 1:05:10 PM PST by GunsareOK
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To: SkyPilot
When you are in Command, you Lead.

That's where you're vague on the the facts.

45 posted on 01/11/2009 1:38:09 PM PST by Lady Jag (NOW MORE THAN EVER https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Lady Jag
That's where you're vague on the the facts.

I don't think so Lady Jag.

You're a lawyer, or at least you should be one based on your screen name - unless you are lying. I can assure you I really am a pilot.

As an attorney, you should evaluate the facts. Did GW Bush bailout the banks and the UAW? Answer?

Did GW Bush fail to pardon Border Agents who did their job?

Do you want their names.............counselor?

46 posted on 01/11/2009 4:54:42 PM PST by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot
I'm a successful retired Boston business exec who drives a Jag. If I were an attorney, I'd be lady JAG.
47 posted on 01/11/2009 5:50:25 PM PST by Lady Jag (NOW MORE THAN EVER https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: MeekOneGOP
Millions are counting on him to dismantle the legacy of cowboy diplomacy, to mop up after Bush's recession and end the wars he started.

Nope, no media bias here. No wonder the newspapers want a bailout.

48 posted on 01/11/2009 7:13:28 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (This election gave the drunks the keys to the liquor cabinet!)
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To: GunsareOK

I think he’s much better than Jimmy Carter. However, he would have to climb a tall ladder to be up there with Ronald Reagan.


49 posted on 01/11/2009 7:24:16 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (This election gave the drunks the keys to the liquor cabinet!)
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To: MeekOneGOP
Barack Obama's inauguration in nine days will draw record throngs. Millions are counting on him to dismantle the legacy of cowboy diplomacy, to mop up after Bush's recession and end the wars he started.

You forgot the "Projectile Vomit Alert".

50 posted on 01/11/2009 7:32:46 PM PST by 2111USMC
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To: MeekOneGOP

bflr


51 posted on 01/11/2009 7:57:14 PM PST by RepublicanChick
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To: nmh

his administration has kept us safe, but has also done nothing to secure the border. if millions of illegals can come back and forth across the southern border, what’s to prevent terrorist from coming across, and lying in wait, just like the 911 terrorists.

anyone who already works for the border patrol, or military has to wonder about the support or lack of it toward those who protect the border, the best they can.


52 posted on 01/11/2009 8:41:55 PM PST by machogirl (taglines are like shoes: if you're a gal, you can never have too many)
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To: Carl from Marietta; Fiddlstix; PhilDragoo; Liz; onyx; potlatch; devolve; MEG33; Grampa Dave; ...

Well I think I qualified my statement just fine. I
vehemently disagreed with Bush on Campaign Finance
Reform, Immigration and other issues.

I actually think more of THIS Bush than I do
of his father whom you attribute more favorably,
apparently. “Read my lips ...”

And I surely think he is a great deal better than
Jimmah Cahtah.


53 posted on 01/11/2009 10:15:03 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Obama, WHO is Bill Ayers and WHY are you still friends with him? Please RSVP asap!)
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To: Lady Jag

Amen!!!

bump! bump! bump!


54 posted on 01/11/2009 10:17:50 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Obama, WHO is Bill Ayers and WHY are you still friends with him? Please RSVP asap!)
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To: Texagirl4W

Thank YOU! :^D

bump!


55 posted on 01/11/2009 10:19:46 PM PST by MeekOneGOP (Obama, WHO is Bill Ayers and WHY are you still friends with him? Please RSVP asap!)
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To: Lady Jag

I love Boston. I lived in Cambridge for 2 years.


56 posted on 01/12/2009 3:24:11 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: nmh

71 percent of the American people now endorse and support and believe in Oprah’s Choice. It’s nice to be with the 29 percent, but some of them will switch over yet.


57 posted on 01/12/2009 6:26:39 AM PST by Theodore R. (GWB is neither "compassionate nor conservative.")
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To: SkyPilot

Cambridge was okay years ago with lots of good stuff there and even the people weren’t too offensive. These days it’s a lot of old Volvos held together with Obama, Kerry, Gore and Clinton stickers, and most of the denizens are plastic liberal script adherers. Today, Cambridge is worth a visit but you wouldn’t want to live there.

On the other hand, Boston for such a small city, is better than ever, fairly prosperous with continuous growth and renewal.

Glad you love Boston.


58 posted on 01/12/2009 7:46:42 AM PST by Lady Jag (NOW MORE THAN EVER https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: Carl from Marietta

From Media Research Center. Liberal Bilge Historians agree
with your low opinion of Bush ...

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2009/cyb20090113.asp#1

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1. CBS Cites Liberal Historians to Call Bush ‘Worst President’ Ever

On CBS’s Sunday Morning, correspondent Thalia Assuras examined President Bush’s historical legacy and relied on two historians in her lengthy piece, both of whom labeled Bush one of the nation’s worst Presidents. Douglas Brinkley declared: “I think it’s safe to say that President Bush is going to be seen as the very bottom-rung of American Presidents...As a judicial historian looking at what’s occurred on his watch, it is almost void of genuine accomplishment.” Joseph Ellis contended: “I think that George Bush might very well be the worst President in American history...He’s unusual. Most two-term Presidents have a mixed record...Bush has nothing on the positive side, virtually nothing.” Following these Bush-bashing historical assessments, Assuras exclaimed: “And that’s not a minority opinion. In a 2006 Siena College survey of 744 history professors, 82 percent rated President Bush below average or a failure. Last April, in an informal poll by George Mason University of 109 historians, Mr. Bush fared even worse; 98 percent considered him a failed president. Sixty-one percent judged him, as Ellis does, one of the worst in American history.” The only positive assessments of Bush’s legacy came from former Bush advisors Dan Bartlett and David Frum, not any historians who viewed Bush more positively.

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The only positive assessments of Bush’s legacy in the January 11 report came from former Bush advisors Dan Bartlett and David Frum. No historians who viewed Bush positively were featured.

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Go HERE to read it all of the Liberal Bilge exposed:

http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2009/cyb20090113.asp#1


59 posted on 01/13/2009 7:30:17 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Obama, WHO is Bill Ayers and WHY are you still friends with him? Please RSVP asap!)
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To: PhilDragoo

bump!! bump!! bump!!


60 posted on 01/13/2009 7:31:58 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (Obama, WHO is Bill Ayers and WHY are you still friends with him? Please RSVP asap!)
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