Bush Weighs In on His Legacy
As the clock ticks down on his days in the White House, President George W. Bush is taking part in one of his last presidential rituals — helping to shape the perception of his years in office.
In an interview conducted earlier this month by his sister, Doro Bush Koch, Mr. Bush said he wanted to be remembered “as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process.”
“I came to Washington with a set of values, and I’m leaving with the same set of values,” Mr. Bush said. “And I darn sure wasn’t going to sacrifice those values; that I was a President that had to make tough choices and was willing to make them. I surrounded myself with good people. I carefully considered the advice of smart, capable people and made tough decisions.”
In excerpts of the interview released by the White House, Mr. Bush did not explicitly mention the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks or the war in Iraq, which many would consider to be the defining moments of his presidency.
But he said he wanted to be known “as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace; that focused on individuals rather than process; that rallied people to serve their neighbor; that led an effort to help relieve HIV/AIDS and malaria on places like the continent of Africa; that helped elderly people get prescription drugs and Medicare as a part of the basic package; that came to Washington, D.C., with a set of political statements and worked as hard as I possibly could to do what I told the American people I would do.”
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He would have had a soul to sell in the first place...he wanted to be remembered as?
Well since we're on the "wish train" I want to be remembered as a stud who made all his bitches happy and all warm and fuzzy on the inside but that ain't gonna happen either...
“I came to Washington with a set of values, and I’m leaving with the same set of values,” Mr. Bush said.
My mama always said..stupid is as stupid does...
On a side note I like how the NY times called him Mr.Bush instead of President...they must hate him pretty bad at the times.
he wanted to be known “as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace
Liberated? He can't be serious...heck liberate me from work and paying taxes too then. Judging by the economy maybe he is trying to.
Baby Bush did just about everything a man could to make Iraq and Afghanistan the 51st and 52nd states...he found out the hard way that you can't instill democracy at the end of a gun.
Democracy grows of it's own volition or it doesn't grow at all...you can't force it on anyone, it just doesn't work that way.
that helped elderly people get prescription drugs
HA HA HA HA...ahhhh this guy kills me..this man probably did more to ensure you pay the western hemisphere's highest drug cost in the free world while at the same time guaranteeing that drug companies makes trillions of dollars off your ill health for decades to come....elderly prescription drugs... hee hee hee what a scamp he is.
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PS- I friggin' LOVE his sister's name...Doro Bush Koch
Seriously, Koch and Bush?
What do your wedding announcements look like in the Kennebunkport herald?
Bush and Koch to merge...over and over...all night long
What the hell is Doro?
Did she like rob from the rich and give to the less rich while leaving her D mark of Doro everywhere?
Imagine sexy pillow talk with that moniker
...oh Doro you sexy dirty girl...oh Doro Doro Doro....I'm done, good night.
Man I could go for years off that name.
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