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George W. Bush: the most underrated president ever

July 9, 2008 - 5:21 am - by Roger Kimball
monelun
2008-07-14 19:13:14

Hey Jeff,
Ooooh, deprived of prayer rugs, so witty. I’m in dazzled awe of your provincial red neck wit.

How about the suspension of habeas corpus for detainees, some of whom have been held for six years without charge? How about waterboarding, sexual assault, and other forms of torture and intimidation generally frowned upon by the civilized world? How about semi secret meetings of key members of GWB’s cabinet where they decided this crap was decided to be put into action?
The deliberate cultivation of a fear driven mentality by this administration is a slap in the face to every life lost on 9-11. They used this horrible event to create a ‘war’ that will not end, with an enemy who has no fixed geographic location, in order to parlay that fear into votes to prop up a morally bankrupt regime.
Because if it were really about the evil deeds committed in the name of Islam, the psychotic misogynism, and the intolerant racism, I’m thinking there were more apt targets than what was the most secular muslim country in the middle east. Given our behavior, it seems as though our wonderful president doesn’t really have a problem with any of those things.
Remember, kids, it’s not fascism when WE do it!