How Disposable Is Bush to the Neocons?
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by James Buchanan
Republican candidates seeking reelection are trying to stay as far as possible from George Bush. Ever since Bush’s dubious reelection in 2004 thanks to electronic voting machines in several key states, Bush has done nothing but foul up.
Bush diverted money from urgent levy repairs around New Orleans for his Iraq War. Bush horribly bungled the post-Katrina response. Everyone remembers his famous remark “Heckuva job, Brownie.” Then there was the insane Harriet Myers nomination to the Supreme Court. Then Bush offered to put the Arab nation of Dubai in charge of five of our biggest ports. Then Iraq lapsed into a civil war despite repeated denials by various neocon hacks. (more…)