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" Regardless of what the polls say ... it is clear who is going to lose: George W. Bush. If this contest proves anything, it's that the electorate is sick of him and eager for someone very different. They might even prefer the candidate they elected in 2000. The one who promised to be "a uniter, not a divider." Who said he would "call for responsibility and try to live it as well." Who said the United States should be "a humble nation." Who faulted Al Gore for plotting to enlarge the government. That candidate soon became famous for exploiting divisions, refusing to hold himself or his subordinates accountable, letting expenditures soar and making America synonymous with arrogance in much of the world. Whatever Americans hoped Bush would provide, it's safe to say that an open-ended war, an assault on the Constitution and an economic panic were not among them."

nana na na, nana na na, hey hey hey, good bye

11/5/2008 2:35:09 AM

Harry Truman went out in a very similar fashion to the way Bush is leaving office (i.e. extremely low approval ratings, much unrest in the world following WW2). History looks favorably on Truman now because people finally began to recognize the difficult times he dealt with while in office and the position he was faced with in taking over for the deceased FDR.

I am not saying that Bush will ever be held in a high regard, but over time people will learn that he was not the devil that media portrayed him to be and his 8 years in office will be considered one of the more important presidencies in history.

11/5/2008 8:32:03 AM

In 50 years, Bush will be regarded as a "meh" President. Not great by any stretch, but not the devil incarnate that a lot of people make him out to be either. If anything, he helped elect the first ethnic president

11/5/2008 8:37:20 AM

Hard to say Bush lost. He pushed through almost every single ill-considered policy he wanted with full Democratic approval--from tax cuts to Iraq. Things didn't really slow down for him until 2005 when his Social Security reform tanked.

No body won the past 8 years. And it's up to Obama to prove that Democrats are actually positive agents for change over the next 4 years. Here's hoping he does it the way Bill Clinton did it--with an approving eye toward free markets and with bipartisan support.

11/5/2008 8:44:27 AM

11/5/2008 8:56:05 AM

man, good thing the germans and french will like us now. that really had me worried.

11/5/2008 9:21:20 AM

germans are assholes.

dont trust them.

11/5/2008 9:26:09 AM

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"man, good thing the germans and french will like us now. that really had me worried. "

11/5/2008 9:30:55 AM

I thought this thread was about Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

11/5/2008 9:31:11 AM

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"man, good thing the germans and french will like us now. that really had me worried."

11/5/2008 9:32:03 AM

I thought this thread was about everyone who pulled a Lieberman this year.

11/5/2008 9:37:27 AM

the clear loser is the American people. hopefully, real conservatives will be back with a vengeance.

11/5/2008 4:05:23 PM

who, pray tell, are the "real conservatives" ?

11/5/2008 8:11:19 PM

^not the GOP, those assholes aren't conservative in anyway.

11/5/2008 10:17:47 PM

ALLIES MAKE ME SO

11/6/2008 12:52:43 AM

^^ I do think the disaster of Bush, and what the success of Palin with certain groups represents will force the republicans to reinvent themselves as libertarians, rather than "joe the plumbers", which can only help America in the long run.

It'll be like how they had to reinvent themselves post-civil rights movement.

11/6/2008 12:57:54 AM