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Published 1/18/2009 at L.A. Times - Politics

The outgoing president's place in history will depend on the outcome of wars he started but will not be around to finish. > After eight unreflective years, George W. Bush has suddenly turned contemplative, arguing in a flurry of exit interviews that his record (as Mark Twain said of Wagner's music) is better than it sounds. He could turn out to be right -- but his standing in the eyes of history now depends, oddly enough, on the fortunes of his successor, Barack Obama. (link)

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