Comments on: Long Campaign Threatens Bush Legacy

National Review Online: The President Has Become An Easy Target And Must Defend His Record

[bm6005]

Bush''s "legacy" is what it is! He earned it, it''s his and he shall suffer for it!

[tbweb]

President Bush should not take it too personal because in the end its not about him, its about the win/lose culture of the United States and the United States loves winners, not losers! President Bush is perceived as a loser! I remember coming back from Vietnam and how badly we were treated by the American public, most of that bad treatment was due to the fact that we were perceived as losers, it wasn''t personal and that''s just the way it is. You can''t expect to be treated like a hero when you don''t deliver! Its just the culture of the U.S. and thats why being a winner is so sweet.

[Razzl]

As I was reading this outrageous drivel, asking myself, "isn''t there some way to punish propagandists?", an inspiration came.

You may recall how the Ku Klux Klan was put out of business at the end of a long and noisy revival from the ''70''s through the ''90''s when the Feds sued their national organization for damages to victims of their violence; the civil judgement went against them and they were forced to sell their headquarters building and other assets to pay the judgement.

I propose that progressives organize a suit against National Review, Weekly Standard, Richard Perl, and all the other nongovernmental conspirators for war and torture, on behalf of US citizens who have lost their lives in Iraq and Iraqis who have suffered extreme losses (death of family, loss of property, injury and disfigurement) from the illegal acts committed by the Bush administration at their behest. In order to succeed the suit would likely have to wait until courts have a chance to make firm ruling that the Bush administration was obligated by law to follow treaties, but over time that will happen. What the neocons outside of government and their propaganda wing have done is shout "fire" in a crowded theater, or more aptly, incited a riot, and those who have been damaged by their actions ought to seek compensation in civil court. The beauty of this approach is that the neocons don''t lose their freedom of speech, they just have to finally take responsibility for what they say...

[bjjb3283]

You say, "Searing %u201CBush did it%u201D into the public conscious won%u2019t resolve our energy, economic, or foreign-policy challenges.". But you forget...Bush DID it. And I thought you people supported the concept of "responsibility for one''s actions". This shoe fits and, by God, he needs to put the *** thing on.

[jsl45]

maybe there will be some justice in Shrub the Dumbnificent being in relatively good health and living long enough to see how History will treat him....I believe he''ll probably go back to drinking since he won''t be able to deal with the real world once he is forced to step down from the "insulated throne" that he has erected for himself. I hope I get at least once chance to see him in public and boo and jeer him for his arrongance, lies and deceptions he has inflicted against the American people.

[hsinco-2009]

I think judging Bu$h by how strong the Repug party is after his terms in office will be a clus e to to how popular this travesty of a "human being" is.

One sorry SOB!

[jjp735i]

Bush has only himself to blame for his Nazi style legacy. That''s all people are going to remember him for.

[DaveGress]

How do you defending being the guy out partying while TERRORISTS STUCK AMERICA. Yeah, that was Bush doing that. He who ignored the memo titled: "Bin Laden determined to strike inside the US". Then he ignored the edict of "Al-Qieda will bankrupt America".

What else did the boy President ignore?

[bmadeline-2009]

There isn''t much defense for a war criminal. How you neo''s keep defending this criminal is beyond me.

[mcvet]

We won''''t know what Bush''''s legacy is for another 50 years. That''''s the way history works, you know. Only in hindsight can people see what was truly important about an event that happened 50 years ago. So, in 2058, let''''s all get together again and see what we think of Bush''''s history then!


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Posted by Kaelinda at 05:41 AM : May 09, 2008
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Oh but those who study and teach HISTORY can give you some pointers. My good friend is a Professor of History and we were discussing this very thing a few nights ago. He says you can NOT tell how history will view someone but you can determine what History will weight when viewing that. The documented evidence of the time is the biggest clue.. Bush is another Joe McCarthy in his view. Someone who abused the events of his time for political gain. Someone who OPENLY LIED to the people of the country for his OWN selfish reasons. Those facts are well documented and will weight very heavy when historian''s look at this time. Sieg Heil Bush

[mcvet]

Legacy!! BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA LYING, INVADING the WRONG Country for OIL, Crimes we have yet to find out?? Man this is funny!! SIEG HEIL BUSH!!

[bluestardad]

NOTHING COULD HURT THIS CHIMP ANY MORE UNLESS HE ATTACKS IRAN BEFORE AMERICANS CAN PUSH HIM OUT!

START WAR CRIMES TRIALS NOW...

AMERICA STAND UP OR SHUT UP!

[idnnsg]

Bush''s legacy will be: "Fascist oil baron, international war criminal, and mass murderering alcoholic who destroyed the U.S. Constitution. Universally recognized as the WORST president of all time."

Why is the NRO upset that something might damage that legacy?

[puritan9]

How can you threaten a legacy of lies, destruction of a soverign nation, destruction of our own economy, sodomy of the environment, need more details? Dubya''s positive contribution is to support the arguement that sometimes abortion is a good choice.

[messiahx4eve]

bush''s legacy for what he did to the United States will be described as like sewing back together a well-done pot roast to make it whole again. He WILL be remembered in every joke book, every cartoon, every spoof, every blundering blenderheaded scheme he got caught doing and thinks he got away with. Who said crime does not pay. He did the crime but probably will do NO time.

[kaelinda]

We won''t know what Bush''s legacy is for another 50 years. That''s the way history works, you know. Only in hindsight can people see what was truly important about an event that happened 50 years ago. So, in 2058, let''s all get together again and see what we think of Bush''s history then!

[stn_sage]

The author lost my belief he was looking at Bush dispassionately and open-mindedly when he described him as ''...an easy target...''!

Bush is NOT being attacked because he''s a lameduck! He''s being attacked because he''s a mess-up! He''s bungled almost everything he''s handled!

The author''s defense of Bush against ...''a fierce Bush critic''...with facts that don''t BEGIN to give a true picture of the economy is deceptive at best!

What a particularly love, is the author''s suggestion that Bush needs to improve his public relations effort and convince the public of his success!

The author then cites examples of success that are at best debatable. Examples that haven''t been fulfilled,
that are hotly contested, or misattributed! If Bush had taken effective/successful actions on a constant basis, the author wouldn''t have to ''reach'' like this!

Finally, I find this article to be, ''HOGWASH''!!! Victor Hanson should write a revisionist history of the Bush years! I bet it would be good!

[jamurphy4]

LEGACY.. Is this guy joking?? Bush started out sitting in a chair reading an upside down book to 3rd grader''s. When they told him about the 9/11 planes crashing into the WTC, he sat there for 7 min''s. messing his pants.. He took America down into the gutter with him, cheney, and all the Republican fools that followed him, licking his boots. Pick any part of our society, and you''ll find that he had a negative effect on it. He is a liar, and a fraud.. America was respected all over the World, but not any more.. His Legacy will be, that he is/was the Worst President in History of America, as well as Worst Leader of the Free World.. He is a sad little man..

[horse3farm]

Posted by: ourtommorrows.....
"There are a great deal of positive things that have come out of his time in office, not the least of which is the largest ongoing US financial commitment to Africa in American history."

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Are you kidding? It will be comforting for our children to know that during the Bush Jr administration more support went to a foreign country then to the people of his own country.

[tawpdawg11]

"Long Campaign Threatens Bush Legacy"

Well....what"s the punch line?