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Yes he is, with obligatory Presidential memoir. Frankly, even aside from my distaste for the man, my initial reaction is to want no part of any discussion of this little return to the national stage by GWB. Regardless of party or political stance these things are always completely fake, tedious and by-the-numbers; does anyone ever actually read these stupid bloody useless, meaningless ghostwritten books?

But I can’t help suspecting that somewhere there are plenty of know-it-alls who would eagerly pounce on this attitude as evidence of that snobbish, out-of-touch “elitism” which it is lately so fashionable to condescendingly tell liberals is the root of all our many failings. So y’know what? Fine; actually, upon thinking about it, I would love to have a lengthy and in-depth national conversation about George Bush and his presidency right now. Let’s get everyone involved. Particularly some of those even-more-fashionable neo-reformed-born-again-this-time-we-mean-it conservatives who have adopted the very convenient line that “George Bush betrayed conservative principles (we’re not going to let that happen again)” of late.

I would absolutely love to hear a conversation with them about Bush and his legacy, actually. Some really good questions present themselves: (more…)

From the C-SPAN homepage:

Pres. Bush’s request for Iraq war supplemental funds was defeated 141-149, with 132 Republican members voting “Present.” 

Those special-election losses that keep adding up for the GOP must have them really scared if they don’t even have the balls to endorse their President’s budget. But voting against it would just be too strong a statement, apparently.