Saturday, January 17, 2009

"The frat boy ships out"

The Economist, who endorsed Bush in 2000, looks back at the past eight years. Sober, detailed, and devastating.

(h/t: Andrew Sullivan)

Posted by bjkeefe at 3:45 PM
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fantastic article. Couldn't stop reading it.

Most interesting was the Eco's opinion on what WPE's achievements were. Until reading that, I honestly couldn't name a single thing that he didn't make worse.

9:19 PM, January 19, 2009
bjkeefe said...

Perhaps somewhere down the road, I'll be able to view what the Eco called "accomplishments" in that light. At the moment, I am more inclined to say they're giving him credit for doing what would be considered normal behavior, or the minimum expected, for a president. I mean, maintaining good relationships with a few allies is an accomplishment? Doing a little foreign aid and going with the tide on free trade?

Pretty weak beer, it seems to me.

9:11 AM, January 20, 2009
Anonymous said...

Oh absolutely. Yes I might have been using "achievements" in a slightly optimistic manner (similar to WPE's characterisation of Abu Ghraib as a "disappointment", and see the excellent Jon Stewart rant about that...).

11:09 PM, January 20, 2009

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