“The Architect” Karl Rove lays out the ugly truth about the housing crisis and how it came to be in his latest column for the WSJ. Don’t buy into the left-wing narrative that “Bush economic policies” are to blame for our lot in life.

To the contrary, it was Bush and the republicans who spent years trying to push through legislation that would have brought Fannie and Freddie under control. Unfortunately, the legislation was always blocked courtesy of the democrats led by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd.