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Battle of the Bushes
The battle lines between father and son were drawn. In the balance hung policies that would kill and maim hundreds of thousands of people and change the global balance of power for years to come.
By Craig Unger [2007-11-07]

  • If the sins of the son are being visited on the legacy of the father...

    Then it is nothing less than GHW Bush deserves. In 2004 a group of us "military moms" were campaigning in Ohio. GHW showed up in the same town at the same time and scoffed at our message.

    He wasn't there to bother us, however, he was there to make a plea for the election of his son.

    The sum total of his plea:

    Please help get my boy re-elected. That was his whole speech. Elect MY BOY.

    No need to explain why. He was talking to the eyes-straight-ahead empty-headed automatons who constituted a loyal group of Rotary Club mentality Republicans. He was calling in chits for his boy.

    GHW knew the damage his son was doing and could only offer the profound ego of a father trying to grab glory for his progeny, in spite of his unsuitability.

    And that's why we are not a monarchy.

    The legacy of GHW Bush will always be linked with that of the worst, most incompetent, arrogant, and most dangerous and destructive President in the history of this nation.

    And for his part in this as the father who watched his son's misdeeds with complaisance, which as just as immoral as complicity, he deserves no less.

    -- Nita Martin
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    Wednesday, November 7, 2007 04:27 AM
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