Bush Will Be This Century's Herbert Hoover...Unless the Dems Select the Clintons
A wise and witty article about how Democrats will snatch defeat from the jaws of a huge and long-term victory if they nominate Clinton:
Herbert Hoover presided over the Great Depression, did nothing, and was invoked by Democrats for 50 years as the "brand" of the Republican Party. It worked.
George W. Bush believes he will be Harry Truman, unappreciated in his own time, but seen to be great as history unfolds. As I wrote in, "I Knew Harry Truman, Harry Truman Was a Friend of Mine, and George W., You Are No Harry Truman" (February 9, 2007), Bush was and remains tragically delusional.
Instead, Bush will be a modern-day Hoover; Katrina will be his "Hoovervilles". He will be invoked by Democrats as the brand of the Republican party for at least 20 years, as the policies he has pursued (militarism yielding terrorism; gaping deficits ceding economic power to China and others; spread-eagling the differential between the wealthy and the poor; and, on and on) cause continuing damage to our country.
Moreover, the Republicans really do not know who they are, as the unnatural, unholy alliance of social conservatism, unregulated free market capitalism and militarist national defense splits asunder. Thus, a disunited, dispirited Republican party is in the offing.
Unless, that is, the Democrats select the Clintons again.
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Herbert Hoover presided over the Great Depression, did nothing, and was invoked by Democrats for 50 years as the "brand" of the Republican Party. It worked.
posted by Whitney Tilson at 10:13 PM
Posted January 27, 2008, The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/bush-will-be-this-century_b_83501.html