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Slate
by Jacob Weisberg

01/10/09

As George W. Bush once noted, ‘You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you’re gone.’ What I think he was trying to say is that, over time, historians may evolve toward a more positive view of his presidency than the one held by most of his contemporaries. At the moment, this seems a vain hope. Bush’s three most obvious legacies are his decision to invade Iraq, his framing of a global war on terror after Sept. 11, and the massive financial crisis. Each of these constitutes a separate epic in presidential misjudgment and mismanagement. It remains a brainteaser to come up with ways, however minor, in which Bush changed government, politics, or the world for the better...

http://www.slate.com/id/2204488/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Call to Urge Eric Holder To Enforce The Law For The Crimes of the Bush Administration

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