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A trip back in time

A poster at a political forum I frequent started a great thread today that I though would be a good idea to mimic here.  I wasn’t around when the following events took place, but was curious as to the thoughts of others who were......   [Read More]

What will historians say about President Bush decades after his presidency?

With just a little over six months left in his last term, much has been written about how President Bush will be viewed historically long after he says his final goodbye to the American people as their President. One recent “unscientific poll” conducted by HNN suggested that 98% of “historians” viewed his presidency as a failure, while 61% said his presidency was the “worst in history.” One Columbia U. professor wrote in 2006 that Bush’s presidency could already be described as the “worst in history” – even though he acknowledged that it was hard to gauge how his presidency would be viewed in 2050. There have been plenty more pieces like that written, with so-called “experts” weighing in before his second term is even over as to how he will/should be viewed both now, and in the future. .....   [Read More]