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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

W. and the damage done

President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.
By Vincent Rossmeier and Gabriel Winant

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 01:04 PM

    not a right winger and not trying to gloss over Bush's regime

    Listen, bush was the President, the working horse of the government was the Democratically controlled congress. Did we forget this? How media bias convenient!

    Come on...the number of manufacturing jobs lost as Bush's fault? PLEASE...NAFTA began the exodus of good jobs from this country.

    Until we bring real jobs back, we'll remain in trouble. And in four or eight years, there will be plenty of firing of cannon shot at the Obama years...the same party controls Congress AND the Senate.

    drowning, not waving...Al C

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