My PCLIVE! partner Mark Radulich, the Sodom to my Gomorrah, wrote a provocative piece called “In Defense of George W. Bush’s Presidency.” What makes it provocative is the way he finds things to say other than “war criminal” and “Bush sucks.” So sayeth Mark…
I am no groveling Bush apologist. I believe he has some serious faults and that he made many poor decisions as president. If that were the extent of the overall structure of any discussion regarding his presidency I wouldn’t be writing this. However, I don’t do very well with erratic, shrieking hyperbole based solely on what appears to be a combination of lack of historical perspective, a blend of post traumatic stress disorder and avoidant personality disorder, and overall dementia.
In other words, when the criticisms of George W Bush go from reasoned and researched to full goose bozo and feel the need to step in and offer a rational defense of the man and his legacy to date. Again. I’m not saying the man did nothing wrong in eight years, far from it, but lets try to evaluate him based on facts and context and not raw, adolescent emotion.
Read, as they say, the whole thing…
