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The Subtle Campaign To Restore Bush’s Image
One thing the Obama camp and democrats in general have been masters at is demonizing president Bush. Democrats love to talk about “the last eight years” as if they were the most brutal and savage years in American history.
Liberals lament the so-called “Bush economic policies” that “got us into this mess” and pretend that all of America’s ills are the fault of George W. Bush A.K.A. Hitler A.K.A. War Criminal, etc.
There’s been a never ending campaign by the far left to rewrite history and paint the last eight years as nothing but misery.
Thankfully, many of Bush’s inner circle are pushing back subtly, gently reminding Americans about the many good things that happened under president Bush. Politico has an interesting story about this and the players involved.
The loose confederation of “Bush defense forces” as Politico calls them include Ari Fleischer, Dana Perino, Karl Rove, Tony Fratto, Peter Wehner, and Michael Gerson. They say it’s not any kind of organized or planned effort to restore Bush’s image, but they believe in what they did over the last eight years and want to correct the record now that they can speak more freely.
For instance, Ari Fleischer is using the current economic crisis to push back against those who blame “Bush economic policies” for the crisis.
He quite correctly points out that Bush oversaw an unprecedented 55 straight months of job creation and economic growth. Even after the financial turmoil that 9/11 caused, America’s economy was booming for the first six years of the Bush presidency.
Bush attempted early in his presidency to put new restrictions on Fannie and Freddie to prevent the very kind of mortgage mess we’re experiencing, but he was blocked by at every turn by Barney Frank and Chris Dodd.
There’s also been subtle pushback on issues such as stem cells, energy, and the budget.
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