Without even trying George W. Bush is on the comeback trail: Is George W. Bush about to start a political comeback?
Written off as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history when he left office,...
Wait a minute. I had to stop right there for a bias alert. Who decided that Bush was "one of the worst presidents in U.S. history"? A bunch of lefty academics and politicians. The people know better.
Was he Lincoln or Washington? No. Was he Buchanan or Carter? Absolutely not. History will be much kinder to George W. Bush than McClatchey is today.
Continuing...
...the 63-year-old Bush has been keeping a low profile, fading from view as the country turned its attention to his successor, President Barack Obama .
Now, some events might be turning in Bush's favor just as he and his family emerge to tell their side of the story, first with the release this week of Laura Bush's memoir, "Spoken From the Heart," then in November with the release of his book, "Decision Points."
"The rehab's well under way," said Mark McKinnon , a Bush confidant who still bikes with the former president in Texas .
"His loyalists have always believed that history would be much kinder to the president than public opinion was during his term. We also believe that leaders who make tough decisions are rarely popular when they're president, but that history puts things into context."
Most notably, the war in Iraq may not turn out to be the political albatross it was while he was in office.
While problems persist there — and the weapons of mass destruction that Bush cited in ordering the invasion never were found — democracy does appear to be taking hold, the U.S. is on track to withdraw combat troops by August and even Democratic Vice President Joe Biden now calls the war in Iraq a success.
"I am very optimistic about Iraq ," Biden said recently. "You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government."
When you think back to all the "abuses" that Bush was accused of, from wiretapping terrorists to war crimes etc., it all pales in comparison to what Obama and the Democrats are doing today as they take America full speed into socialism. Bush will look like a saint when compared to his successor.
