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BUSH IS NO TRUMAN
"As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron".H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
We have undoubtedly reached H. L. Mencken's great and glorious day where the White House is not only adorned by a downright moron but that Bush could very well be the worst President of all time ~ if we all live long enough to recover from his and Dick Cheney's disastrous mis -calculations.
Mis-calculations such as Iraq WMD'S, Hurricane Katrina preparation, Tax cuts for the rich, Abu Ghraib, illegal spying on U.S. citizens, Senior prescription health care benefit for Drug Companies, ignoring U.N. demands to close our secret prisons, stop torturing and allowing prisoners due process as well as the responsibility for 20,645 American casualties in Iraq ~ with 2,462 being fatalities.
Like Don Quixote, Bush has been flailing away at enemies that he himself has either imagined or created ~ and always under the mantra of promoting freedom.
Princeton history professor, Sean Wilentz, in a recent Rolling Stone cover story ~ submits Bush as the top contender for worst president of all time.
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In the ultimate act of self deception George W Bush has compared himself to Harry Truman ~ standing alone against Islamic radicalism as Truman stood tall against communist aggression.
Will someone please tell George the truth ~ the truth that he will surely go down in history as by far our most oblivious president of all time.
" Like the cold war, we are fighting the followers of a murderous ideolgy that despises freedom, questions all dissent, has territorial ambitions and pursues totalitarian aims : " George W Bush
This statement was made last weekend to the West Point Class of 2006 but is an illuminating and obvious act of projection and self- deception ~ for, in reality, the entire world sees the Cheney/Bush preemptive neocon agenda as a murderous ideology, that despises freedom ( except corporate freedom ), questions all dissent ( NSA spying outrage ), has territorial ambitions ( Iraq ), and persues totalitarian aims ( our current dictatorial government with Bush as the ultimate decider ).
Harry Truman was a self made man who served honorably in war time and as President. He had great respect for the Constitution and the bill of rights ~ whereas Bush has led an entitled life where he has never had to take responsibilty for his constant failures and has had little respect for the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
In 1914, after his father’s death, Truman tried unsuccessfully to earn a living as an owner and operator of a small mining company and oil business, all the while remaining involved with the farm. In 1917, Truman’s National Guard unit shipped out to France as part of the American Expeditionary Force fighting the world war. The soldiering life suited Truman, who turned his battery -- which had a reputation for unruliness and ineffectiveness -- into a top-notch unit. Whereas Bush avoided active duty and is generally believed to have gone AWOL the last year of his duty in the Texas Air National Guard.
Truman’s legacy has become clearer and more impressive in the years since he left office. Most scholars admit that the President faced enormous challenges domestically, internationally, and politically. While he occasionally failed to measure accurately the nation’s political tenor and committed some significant policy blunders, Truman achieved notable successes. Domestically, he took important first steps in civil rights, protected many of the New Deal’s gains, and presided over an economy that would enjoy nearly two decades of unprecedented growth. In foreign affairs, the President and his advisers established many of the basic foundations of America foreign policy, especially in American-Soviet relations, that would guide the nation in the decades ahead. On the whole, Truman is currently celebrated by the public, politicians, and scholars alike as one of our more courageous and able presidents.
Whereas George W Bush's legacy will be framed by massive debt, the deadly consequences of illegal preemptive war and the severe deterioration of relations with the rest of the world.
Contrary to Bush's self-perceptions ~ he is likely to be remembered as the worst and most oblivious President of all time who not only refined Nixon's rationalized dishonesty but propelled executive branch abuse of power to new and uncharted heights.
Allen L Roland
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