Liberal Group Going After George Bush
Via Jules Crittenden comes the news that a far-left organization, “plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to ensure that President Bush’s public approval doesn’t improve as his days in the White House come to an end.” As Jules points out, you would have thought that Bush’s ‘horrible’ record would’ve ensured this, seemingly not so.
One Woodhouse explains: “Framing his legacy helps us in the ‘08 elections, there is no doubt about that. But our principal mission would be defining the failures of Bush and the ideology he represents.”
I’m no fan of George W. Bush, but this is quite pathetic. “We’re gonna spend almost $10 million on a big, huge, program to teach people that Bush has been a horrible president! Yes, we need to spend that money because it’s not that bloody obvious really, which actually means that he may not be as bad as we want to believe but… darn, now I’ve got to spend another million to undo the damage I just did to our anti-Bush cause!”
As others have already noted, Bill Clinton is also not a candidate for federal office. And you can just bet that somewhere, somebody with deep pockets has taken note and is chuckling gleefully.
As I previously warned, Hillary’s problem is that running on the Clinton administration record comes with some very heavy baggage, and she helped pack the suitcases.
They might as well save their money. Bush’s approval ratings aren’t going to rise significantly, no matter what he does. The public has stopped paying attention, and is now focussing on the candidates for ‘08. Or did you think it was just a coincidence that the campaigns started right after the GOP lost power in the midterms?
What I find funny is that their stated reason is to make sure his legacy doesn’t end up overshadowing the negatives (they say, for example, that Reagan’s positive approval rating climbed after his presidency was over.)
I can almost hear some of these folks saying, "Holy crap, what if things do end up going well in Iraq and the Middle East and he ends up getting the credit for it??"