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deanesmay.com - 11/14/2008
Hard Not To Be Bitter
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Via Instapundit I found Kate Allison Granju account of how struck she was by President Bush’s recent graciousness toward President-Elect Obama . I give her full kudos for her kind words. It sets a good tone and shows a smidge of graciousness herself. Nevertheless it’s hard not to ...

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The Moderate Voice:  8 Years On, The Depressing Task Of Comparing Bush’s Words To His Deeds

Comments from Left Field:  Friday Bush Retrospective

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8 Years On, The Depressing Task Of Comparing Bush’s Words To His Deeds
The Moderate Voice — ... I had long planned to post an abridged text of George Bush’s 2000 Republican National Convention acceptance speech closer to Inauguration Day and compare his words with his deeds, but the post-mortems already are flying fast and furious. This includes a lot of revisionist clap-trap from conservative bloggers whose heads remain firmly up their backsides, including drivel to the effect that because Bush “is a kind and decent man” the excesses and failures of the last eight years should be overlooked if not excused. ...

Friday Bush Retrospective
Comments from Left Field — Shaun Mullen takes on “the depressing task of comparing Bush’s words to his deeds.” With an approval rating of 24%, and a disapproval rating of 76%, Pres. Bush is leaving office the most disliked president going back 56 years, to the end of the Truman presidency. Some people are just in denial. Glenn Greenwald sees a bright side to the Bush legacy: It can now be embraced by world leaders as a model of how not to behave. John ...

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