Some interesting reflections on US politics

[trixtah]

...and more specifically, the legacy of GWB.

I read somewhere recently - and I'm not sure where, probably the Huffington Post - that they are grateful for 8 years' of GWB's cockups, because they actually made it possible for a black man to be elected president of the US now. The "no more of this shit" vote did a lot to boost the Democrat vote, to be sure, and even those southern Democrats whose take on the race issue is less than nuanced.

Then a nicely angry "lest we forget" post from William Rivers Pitt.

Your greatness will be defined by how we rise to overcome and undo what you have done. Your greatness will stand forever if we never, ever forget the hard, bitter lessons you taught us.

Ok, "we will never forget" is one of those statements that sounds good, but rarely happens in a historical context, but still. Quality ranting.

Finally, I actually heard about a conspiracy theory that actually has some slight plausability to it. So Bush was warned about 9/11, albeit not with the specifics. Did he want a war then, and therefore didn't work too hard to avert the disaster (in whatever form it might take)? Hm.

Comments

[pretentiousgit.livejournal.com]

It was very clear from the moment the election process for 2000 that Bush was For War and Family; it was evident, at least to me, that he would be a war president whether or not the world at the time justified it. 2001 still surprised me, but it didn't surprise me that he immediately attacked Iraq.