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Cheney/bush, supported by a complicit Congress and media, have done irreparable harm to America. It's going to take at least 50 years under very honorable and effective leadership to pull this country out of the mess they created. The past 8 years, in my judgment, have been an absolute total waste.
In a word, their legacy; lousy. And the passing of time won't prove otherwise. In 8 years of Cheney/bush, the USA stood still, absolutely nothing was accomplished. When you stand still, you back up. Think of the things Cheney/bush failed at: they could not finish 2 wars against 3rd World opponents; they played Sergeant Schultz on illegal immigration; they allowed punks like the guy in North Korea, Chavez and the louse in Iran to spit defiantly in our face; they failed to monitor the economy; failed in the Katrina rescue; China is now rapidly gaining on the US, militarily; they did nothing to address our energy woes, in fact bush didn't even know we had deficiencies in energy; they doubled the national debt; did nothing on health care; AOL on environmental issues; worker's rights and pay has declined; they destroyed the US Constitution; their actions led to a Democratic sweep at the federal, state and local levels all across the Country; they allowed the Israeli/Palestinian matter to disintegrate; 9/11 happened on their watch; Russia has returned to become a powerful adversary; they came into power with a federal surplus, leaving Obama the worst US economy since the Great Depression; " no child left behind" like "mission accomplished" were slogans at best; the World hates our guts; our military has been over-stretched and vulnerable; but in fairness, the very rich have gotten allot richer. I don't see how this record says anything other than "lousy." Maybe disaster!
