Robert Parry: Predictable Disaster of George W. Bush

[babylonsister]

Predictable Disaster of George W. Bush

By Robert Parry
November 16, 2008


In his trademark goofy way, George W. Bush explained why he supported a bailout of the U.S. financial markets, saying he was “a free-market person, until you're told that if you don't take decisive measures then it's conceivable that our country could go into a depression greater than the Great Depression.”

So, with a smirk on his face, President Bush explained the predicament that the United States and the world face after eight years of his incompetence and mismanagement – teetering on the edge of a catastrophe “greater than the Great Depression.”

Yet what is remarkable about American news coverage of this extraordinary moment – and Bush’s strangely light-hearted comment at the end of the Nov. 15 global economic summit – is how little blame is being laid specifically at Bush’s door.

In a pattern typical of the preceding eight years, major U.S. journalists are focusing on almost everything else – from Sarah Palin’s political future to what President-elect Barack Obama should do after he’s inaugurated in two months – not the lessons that should be learned from Bush’s disastrous presidency.

An example was Tom Brokaw’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, which addressed the financial and energy crises with nary a negative word spoken about Bush.

It was as if everyone else was responsible for the nation’s troubles, from unions and auto executives to Congress and Obama (for not providing immediate answers). Just not the person who is still in charge and who was chiefly responsible for taking the United States from an era of peace, prosperity and budget surpluses to the precipice of endless war, economic devastation and national bankruptcy.

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http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/111608.html

[Turbineguy]

1. I think we are well beyond

the point of blaming Bush. There were indeed plenty of people who expected some sort of disaster to emerge. And as for the news media blaming Bush, they'd have to blame themselves first.

We may even be beyond the "looking for solutions" stage.

[acmavm]

2. Yeah, bush** is getting another walk. Amazing.

And this part of the article made me laugh:

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An example was Tom Brokaw’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, which addressed the financial and energy crises with nary a negative word spoken about Bush.

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Brokaw is the biggest hack in the media today. What the hell does anyone suspect?

[Raster]

3. Not only was disaster of gee-dumbya predicted, IT WAS EXPECTED!

The last 8 years have been something right out of an old slapstick comedy. Except very few of us are laughing and this wasn't very fucking funny. And what a better cover-our-asses excuse than "well ol' George is a dipshit. He fucks up everything he touches."