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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.

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 11:34 AM

    @JoJoGunne

    "for six of the last eight years. House, Senate and White House. They had the White House for eight of the last eight. They had Congress for six of Clintons' eight. We're at the end of a Republican Era that started with Ronnie in 80. And here we are back to 1930. And they're trying to blame it all on Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi. Good luck with that."

    We covered this above. Democrats controlled the Senate during most of 2001 and all of 2002, including when the Senate authorized force against Saddam. Apparently, Tom Daschle was such an insignifant player that liberals have forgotten that he was Majority Leader.

    BTW, read up on Linda Daschle's role in stopping improvements in airline security.

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