He's currently touring with Steel Panther.What Ever Became of George W. Bush?
[h=1]What Ever Became of George W. Bush?[/h]
"This may seem like an odd question, but the other day I found myself wondering what had become of George W. Bush. The answer, of course, is nothing. He lives in Dallas with Laura and…that's about it. For all practical purposes, he's disappeared. You'd hardly know that for eight years he was one of the most polarizing presidents in recent memory.Why? Partly, it's because Bush himself has chosen to keep such a low profile. He makesmotivational speeches now and again, and shows up for the odd dedication or funeral, but otherwise keeps to himself. Even his 2010 memoir barely made a splash.
But the real reason is deeper. Bush may have seemed larger than life for eight years, but he left a surprisingly thin legacy. Take his legislative agenda. No Child Left Behind is now widely unpopular among both liberals and conservatives—so unpopular that Congress has spent the past five years assiduously avoiding a vote to reauthorize it. His tax cuts expired in 2010 and are now little more than a political football. His own party wants to repeal key provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley. The Supreme Court has effectively gutted campaign finance reform. On the foreign policy front, his wars are widely viewed as expensive failures. And he was never able to get so much as a vote on Social Security privatization or immigration reform.
That doesn't leave much. Pretty much all that's left is the PATRIOT Act and the Medicare prescription drug bill. That's not much for eight years."
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/08/what-ever-became-george-w-bus
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Wow, Bush got a negative review on motherjones? Who'd a thunk it.
Ahh, Cat...move on with your life. Apparently President Bush has.
[h=1]What Ever Became of George W. Bush?[/h]
"This may seem like an odd question, but the other day I found myself wondering what had become of George W. Bush. The answer, of course, is nothing. He lives in Dallas with Laura and…that's about it. For all practical purposes, he's disappeared. You'd hardly know that for eight years he was one of the most polarizing presidents in recent memory.Why? Partly, it's because Bush himself has chosen to keep such a low profile. He makesmotivational speeches now and again, and shows up for the odd dedication or funeral, but otherwise keeps to himself. Even his 2010 memoir barely made a splash.
But the real reason is deeper. Bush may have seemed larger than life for eight years, but he left a surprisingly thin legacy. Take his legislative agenda. No Child Left Behind is now widely unpopular among both liberals and conservatives—so unpopular that Congress has spent the past five years assiduously avoiding a vote to reauthorize it. His tax cuts expired in 2010 and are now little more than a political football. His own party wants to repeal key provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley. The Supreme Court has effectively gutted campaign finance reform. On the foreign policy front, his wars are widely viewed as expensive failures. And he was never able to get so much as a vote on Social Security privatization or immigration reform.
That doesn't leave much. Pretty much all that's left is the PATRIOT Act and the Medicare prescription drug bill. That's not much for eight years."
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/08/what-ever-became-george-w-bus
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LOL - there's like, 5 people in the US who admit they voted for him :shrug: Didn't have my hopes set high for that
LOL - there's like, 5 people in the US who admit they voted for him :shrug: Didn't have my hopes set high for that
Whatever came of the Barack Obama that campaigned for president? He disappeared after each election to be replaced by a vastly different person of the same name.
[h=1]What Ever Became of George W. Bush?[/h]
"This may seem like an odd question, but the other day I found myself wondering what had become of George W. Bush. The answer, of course, is nothing. He lives in Dallas with Laura and…that's about it. For all practical purposes, he's disappeared. You'd hardly know that for eight years he was one of the most polarizing presidents in recent memory.Why? Partly, it's because Bush himself has chosen to keep such a low profile. He makesmotivational speeches now and again, and shows up for the odd dedication or funeral, but otherwise keeps to himself. Even his 2010 memoir barely made a splash.
But the real reason is deeper. Bush may have seemed larger than life for eight years, but he left a surprisingly thin legacy. Take his legislative agenda. No Child Left Behind is now widely unpopular among both liberals and conservatives—so unpopular that Congress has spent the past five years assiduously avoiding a vote to reauthorize it. His tax cuts expired in 2010 and are now little more than a political football. His own party wants to repeal key provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley. The Supreme Court has effectively gutted campaign finance reform. On the foreign policy front, his wars are widely viewed as expensive failures. And he was never able to get so much as a vote on Social Security privatization or immigration reform.
That doesn't leave much. Pretty much all that's left is the PATRIOT Act and the Medicare prescription drug bill. That's not much for eight years."
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/08/what-ever-became-george-w-bus
h
Whatever came of the Barack Obama that campaigned for president? He disappeared after each election to be replaced by a vastly different person of the same name.
Take his legislative agenda. No Child Left Behind is now widely unpopular among both liberals and conservatives—so unpopular that Congress has spent the past five years assiduously avoiding a vote to reauthorize it.
Whatever came of the Barack Obama that campaigned for president? He disappeared after each election to be replaced by a vastly different person of the same name.
LOL - there's like, 5 people in the US who admit they voted for him :shrug: Didn't have my hopes set high for that
Don't many politicians, especially those that run for President?
I not only know lots of people who admit to voting for him, but virtually all those wish he was still president instead of Obama.
Absolutely. Obama pushed that to a new level. Now, to know what many politicians are going to do is to just listen to what they say and rely on he/she doing exactly the opposite.
I not only know lots of people who admit to voting for him, but virtually all those wish he was still president instead of Obama.
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