Infinite MonkeysSo a friend writes to me:
"Didn't you vote TWICE for a guy that mis-managed the Texas Rangers, placed Michael Brown in charge of FEMA, nominated Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court, and had the utmost respect for the executive skills of Kenneth Lay? :-)"No, I voted for the guy who was going to ream the whole middle east a new one by pivoting on Iraq, stomping on Syria, shitting down the neck of the Iranian ruling class, opening ANWR, and then forcing Saudi Arabia to give us a Rusty Trombone.
I was wearing some powerful goggles.
Posted by AnonyMonkey at January 30, 2008 09:29 AM | TrackBackYou and me both, brother. But I'll give Bush a pass on Miers since we ended up with the excellent (and young) Roberts and Alito.
Congress shut down ANWR, with the help of (ahem!) John McCain. And while this neo-con warmonger was hoping for a quick left turn after Baghdad, then a sweep around to the right after that, I'll count it as good that Bush refused to retreat all of our gains in the war on terror when Democrats, the U.N., Chuck Hagel and other moronic Republicans were ceaselessly urging him to do so.
Reagan didn't actually shrink the size and scope of government, but he did OK nonetheless.
Posted by: Dr. Zaius at January 30, 2008 12:03 PM