The issues that hurt Bush with the mainstream are not those that hurt him with conservatives. While the mainstream certainly has a voice, it is when a person loses the protection afforded by one’s supporters that true vulnerability peaks. The following is my prioritized list of Bush’s actions that crippled his standing with conservatives.
1. The amnesty plan
2. spending
3. new drug benefit
4. refusal to defend wartime record
5. scooter libby sacrifice
6. Dubai port authority
7. harriet miers
All that and the piece de resistance of signing TARP legislation on his way out the door, giving Obama the big spending corporate welfare gift that keeps on giving.
This article is just another 'hero Bush' puff piece inserted as a soft trial balloon to ease Jeb into a 2016 POTUS run. FR gets a couple of these posted very day. Bushbots love their royal family. Libs aren't the only ones who get caught up in Camelot.
Good list. Don’t forget the crap load of money he gave to Africa.
Good list. Don’t forget the crap load of money he gave to Africa.