My Teeth Fell Out. Help Me Find Them
Hugh Hewitt links to a WashingtonPost.com opinion by William Kristol that - gasp! - praises Bush. Now that you’ve lost your teeth too, maybe you’ll understand my absolute flabbergastedness (if that’s not a word, it should become one - like ginormous).
Mr. Kristol explains the three areas in which President Bush will be judged to have done well. They are crucial areas - homeland security, economics, and defense.
Why Bush Will Be A Winner - washingtonpost.com
Let’s step back from the unnecessary mistakes and the self-inflicted wounds that have characterized the Bush administration. Let’s look at the broad forest rather than the often unlovely trees. What do we see? First, no second terrorist attack on U.S. soil — not something we could have taken for granted. Second, a strong economy — also something that wasn’t inevitable. Monday, July 16 at noon ET Outlook: Bush Will Win Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol will chart the remarkable — and often ignored — successes of the Bush administration.
And third, and most important, a war in Iraq that has been very difficult, but where — despite some confusion engendered by an almost meaningless “benchmark” report last week — we now seem to be on course to a successful outcome.
After examining each of the areas in a little more detail, Mr. Kristol concludes with an interesting section on the implications of Bush’s efforts and popularity on the upcoming Presidential election, and on the impact of the outcome of that election on Bush’s legacy.
What it comes down to is this: If Petraeus succeeds in Iraq, and a Republican wins in 2008, Bush will be viewed as a successful president.
