12.11.08
“Bush kept us safe” — not
There’s an odd talking point that the Bush Administration “kept us safe from terrorist attacks after 9/11″. Well, yes, if you ignore the anthrax attacks, which did happen after 9/11. And, of course, 9/11 is one hell of a big exception. “Bush kept us safe, except for the 9/11 attacks and the anthrax attacks and starting an unnecessary war that resulted in over 4000 US troops killed and tens of thousands maimed and incapacitated (along with hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed or injured or fleeing from their country). So other than that, he protected the country—except the environmental protections, of course, which he undermined as much as he could. And he kept the US from taking any action on climate change. And the economy: he did nothing at all to protect the economy. And he pretty much destroyed the country’s reputation as a beacon of civil rights and individual liberty with his program of imprisonment without due process and with no recourse and his program of torture.”
O. Henry wrote a story that included a funeral for a man much like Bush—a total failure all his life, a drunk, a man whose death left the world a better place. The townsfolk were standing around the grave, desperately trying to think of something good to say about the deceased. Finally, one old man cleared his throat and said, “In the fourth grade, old Cass was one of the best spellers in his class.”
LeisureGuy said,
11 December 2008 at 10:21 pm
“In the fourth grade, old Cass was one of the best spellers in his class.”
And I doubt even that was true of Bush, since he never learned to pronounce “nuclear”.