It seems that George W is concerned about his legacy, and he is talking to a biographer named Robert Draper:
from Americas – International Herald Tribune
In an interview with a book author in the Oval Office one day last December, President George W. Bush daydreamed about the next phase of his life, when his time will be his own.
The articles talks about these kinds of issues
First, Bush said, “I’ll give some speeches, just to replenish the ol’ coffers.” With joint assets that have been estimated at as high as nearly $21 million, Bush added, “I don’t know what my dad gets – it’s more than 50-75” thousand dollars a speech, and “Clinton’s making a lot of money.”
Then he said, “We’ll have a nice place in Dallas,” where he will be running what he called “a fantastic Freedom Institute” promoting democracy around the world. But he added, “I can just envision getting in the car, getting bored, going down to the ranch.”
and
The transcripts and the book show Bush as being keenly interested in what history will say about his term despite his frequent comments to the contrary; as being in a reflective mode as his time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue dwindles; and, ultimately, as being at once sorrowful and optimistic – but virtually alone as commander in chief, and aware of it.
Here is the worst line in the whole article:
And in apparent reference to the invasion of Iraq, he continued, “This group-think of ‘we all sat around and decided’ – there’s only one person that can decide, and that’s the president.”
HE just wants to make money, but I think that his real legacy will include these:
- a million people dead because of wars that we started
- 3000 dead at Ground Zero, flight 93 and the Pentagon, with bin Ladin still on the loose and not even a suspect by the CIA
- an unsolved anthrax terrorism case that killed five people
- increased opium exports all around the world
- privatization of everything from highways to schools to prisons hospitals to the maintenance of Walter Reed hospital and rehab
- many millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans with no access to decent health care when they need it
- the drowning of a city and a whole section of another state
- hard times for poor people, and a whole lot more poor people
- most of his administration resigning on him, and some of them being investigated and tried and convicted for crimes
- having the whole world hate us
- almost (I hope) starting a war with Iran
- stealing elections
- having hookers in the white house pretending to be reporters
- the giant corporations having a super time while the planet heats up and regular people suffer
- high gas prices and high prices to heat houses
- spying on Americans without a warrant or even telling the FISA court
- locking up Americans for years without a trial
- locking up thousands of other people in torture camps with no lawyers and no rights
- making students only learn stuff that is tested in April and not the important things in each subject
I bet George won’t talk about those things when he has speaking tours. (He’ll get more for one talk than my whole family has in a year!) What do you think his legacy will be? Can someone please call the Hague?
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September 14, 2007
Gonzo is finally Gone-zo
Posted by Cassie Frequelz under Alberto Gonzales, Blogroll, Commentary, congress, constitution, courts, current events, George W. Bush, News, NSA, Political, Politics, resignation, torture, White HouseComments Off on Gonzo is finally Gone-zo
Wouldn’t it be nice if Bush would nominate some honest lawyers who respect the constitution to head up the justice department? All of the top spots are empty. But he will want people he can trust to not investigate his administration, someone who agrees to illegal wiretaps and torture and prisoner rendition around the world, and I really hope that the congress doesn’t give in.