George W. Bush: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

[Richard D]

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Yet even leaving office, George Bush has continued to do damage to America. He's the gift that keeps on giving.

The economic meltdown is Barack Obama's responsibility to fix. But that means there was a disastrous economy that needed fixing. George Bush was given a $127 budget surplus and left behind a $455 billion deficit. He doubled the national debt. George Bush's destruction of the American economy caused the near-depression that the nation will have to painfully dig out for a very long time to come.

Yet that is not the only lasting damage from George Bush's presidency. Nor the worst.

Though he campaigned against "nation building," America has been mired in rebuilding Iraq for six years - after we ourselves tore it down. A nation that did not attack us. Did not have WMD. Did not have an al Qaeda presence. Yet George Bush's legacy in Iraq continues to haunt America's economy, haunt the loss of 100,000 lives and haunt America's place of respect in the world. And even when we finally pull our troops out, our responsibility will remain there for decades to come.

Yet that in not the only other lasting damage by George Bush's presidency, either. Nor the worst.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j-elisberg/george-w-bush-the-gift-th_b_273817.html

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. we should keep reminding the public of this

the GOP have short memories "George who?" they say.

[Richard D]

4. Well . . . .

. . . up until 8 months ago they were still blaming everything on Clinton.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. now it's Clinton and Obama

Bush was just a vacuum to the GOP

[ixion]

2. Very true... however, Obama is not helping the situation

by continuing many Bush-era policies that are directly responsible for the aforementioned, and hence he becomes responsible for them as well.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Sobering piece that makes me keep my name.

[Hepburn]

5. IMO, this says it all:

[Javaman]

7. Sometimes I believe that moron* didn't invade iraq only for oil...

but to also set up a third world country to manufacture our crap. Allowing corps to outsource everything to one single nation of greed.

Why does Cuba come to mind?