Someone is very concerned about what sort of legacy President George Bush will leave behind him – and it isn’t himself, whose passion for contemplative retrospection has hitherto gone unremarked upon:
The Associated Press reported last week that a left-wing group, Americans United for Change, plans to spend $8.5 million to ensure that President Bush’s public approval rating doesn’t improve in his final year in office. The group points out that President Reagan recovered politically in 1988. “All of a sudden he became a rallying cry for conservatives and their ideology,” Brad Woodhouse, the group’s president, lamented. “Progressives are still living with that.”
Man, talk about carrying a grudge.
For the record, Bush is constitutionally barred from running for re-election this year, and Ronald Reagan could not be reached for comment.
It’s like hating your ex-wife. You do it because it worth it , because under the law you cannot repay her for all the pain she has caused you…..
I say go for it!
I wonder if the better part of that $8.5M will end up staying in and stimulating the economy on these shores, rather than heading over to China as a good part of the upcoming refund is likely too. There’s irony for ya…
- SJS
Yes, Skippy, by all means do what you can to diminish those you disagree with. Here’s an alternative closer to home: Move on.
Tom,
Did you mean Moveon.org?
Anybody want to guess where that $8.5 million is going to come from? How about union dues. Americans United for Change is amost totally funded by unions.
Yes, I can see the brilliance of their plan. That $8.5 million spent in 2008 should be just enough to alter the course of all historical review for the duration of humanity.
You gotta admire the fellows who managed to secure this amount from those union suckers…their worthless salaries will be paid for the next year. Superb con job! There might be a living in those non-profits.
With Hillary actively campaigning against W, how can the Democratic party possibly move on. As long as their own candidates and party members insist on running against a lame duck President – it keeps it all on the front burner.
Heh.
Gotta agree with most of the comments above though. Stupid. Lame. Sad really.
But perhaps it will stimulate the economy. And let’s face it, what’s good for your economy, is good for mine. [ICSFTH]
Have you ever tried to drive a car while looking out the back window? It works… only if you’re going in REVERSE!
It’s beyond me how people can say they want to lead when they spend most of their time doing exactly that, instead of looking ahead. Lame is an excellent description, Michelle!
Nose, I think Tom G means exactly what he said: Move On. “Enough, already! Get over it, once and for all, and please, please take the forward view while pretending to lead our ship of state. Look up, not down; I’ll take the high road and you take the low road. Enough cliche’s?
Yes, we can learn from the past, but we need people who are leading us, not pulling us back; we need positive, not negative.
They gotta pay somebody toruin GW’s and Ronnie’s reputations?
Heck. We just sit and watch Billy C. and Jimmy Peanuts obliterate their own suspect legacies for free!
Bring in the Clowns!
b2
Hehe…Nose et al, I intended to reference the sentiment and the org.
& ditto b2.
As long as their own candidates and party members insist on running against a lame duck President…
And just watch the hypocritical drama, histrionics and theatrics when the GOP candidate inevitably questions decisions, etc. from her first co-Presidency. “Not fair! Not fair AT ALL! [sob]”
There never seems to be enough sauce for the gander with that crowd, but plenty for the goose.
Yes, by all means go for it! Spend that $8.5 million “ruining” the legacy of a man that has done everything in his power to keep this country safe since 9-11. By all means, spend that $8.5 million against a lame duck President that can’t run again, and has no intention of running for any public office again. That way we can all see how foolish the whacky left is.
Jim C
You know, there is a real case of double standards here-the right loves to keep floggin Bill Clinton long after he is gone from the Oval Office-noboy says that is wrong.
Furthermore there is an issue of accountabilty. Bush gets a pass for all of his flawed decisions that he made-which involvled taking the US down a foreign policy rat-hole-at considerable cost in American blood and treasure.
It is a free country-if someone wants to waste their money on advertisements et al. Let em.
Really, ya’ think? Ronald Reagan (PBUH), now 20 years gone from office, 15 years gone from himself and nearly 4 years gone from this earth is still fair game in the same way that Bubba is now, himself dancing in the spotlight?
And himself had nothing to do with giving ol’ Osama a pass, back when the getting of him was cheaply done, and none of this had happened yet?
Huh.