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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2008 Bill Moyer interview with Glenn Greenwald about the George W. Bush legacy
http://billmoyers.com/content/glenn-greenwald-on-the-george-w-bush-administration-and-the-rule-of-law/He also wrote three books about the George W. Bush Administration; The New York Times-bestsellers How Would A Patriot Act? (2006) and Tragic Legacy (2007), and his 2008 release, Great American Hypocrites.
cantbeserious
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While virtually all of the Bush agenda over the last eight years ended up being deeply unpopular and profoundly discredited, it was his foreign policy and intelligence programs (torture, rendition, illegal surveillance, war) which caused the most intense opposition, at least among Democratic voters. That is a large part of why Democrats just won their second straight national election promising to oppose Bushs policies and to implement change. It was the policies implemented and overseen by Bushs Pentagon, CIA and homeland security apparatus that caused the most disgrace. Continuity in those areas would be nothing less than a patent betrayal of everything Democrats, over the last two years, told the citizenry they intended to do.
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Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)Bush officials - it is hard to see where he gave Bush a pass - as some maintain
cantbeserious
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