In listening to some of the political hespeds today regarding Bush 41, there was an interesting analogy made by a highly respected Republican who noted that some of the same “belated love” had been shown by “Liberals” after the petirah of Ronald Reagan, the same liberals who castigated his policies and agenda throughout his Presidency. However, he followed the point with the rcognition that they were not changing their fundamental views on the Reagan presidency, only on the fact that he had upheld the dignity of the office and maintained a civil discourse with his political opponents (aka the frequently invoked story of his drinking a l’chayim with Tip O’Neill). I think that is the real point many of us on your left feel about the legacy of Bush 41. Did he drag us unnecessarily into a fiasco in Iraq? Probably yes but we probably would have gone in anyway for other reasons. However, the country today is a very different place than it was 2 years ago for reason some will agree with but many obviously don’t.
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