Bush Is ‘Really Reflecting On His Place In History,’ Trying To ‘Equate Himself’ With Lincoln'

[CatWoman]

Fox News reporter Bret Baier “was granted unprecedented access by George W. Bush” to put together a one hour documentary that reflects back on his presidency. The documentary will air this Sunday night.

Baier previewed his documentary — “George W. Bush: Fighting to the Finish” — on Fox News this afternoon. He said that what surprised him from the interview was the President’s repeated efforts to link himself to Abraham Lincoln:

We talked a lot about President Lincoln. And there’s going to be a lot of people out there who watch this hour and say, is he trying to equate himself with Lincoln?

I tell you what — he thinks about Lincoln and the tough times that he had during the Civil War. 600,000 dead. The country essentially hated him when he was leaving office.

And the President reflects on that. This is a President who is really reflecting on his place in history.

During Bush’s 2006 summer vacation in Crawford, the White House eagerly informed the media that Bush was going to be spending his time reading two historical books on the Lincoln presidency: “Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power,” by Richard Carwardine, and “Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural,” by Ronald C. White Jr.

The list of conservatives who have sought to frame Bush as Lincoln is long; it includes Newt Gingrich, John Gibson, David Brooks, and Rudy Giuliani.

Writing in Salon, Garret Epps responded to efforts to link Bush to Lincoln, writing “You, sir, are no Abe Lincoln“:

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/25/bush-lincoln-fox/

[babylonsister]

1. Lincoln? Oye! or Bwhahaha!

He's big into delusion, isn't he. He'd have to be to even consider any kind of positive 'legacy' will follow him.

[texastoast]

2. Lincoln??????

Beyond hysterically funny.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[LSparkle]

3. He's a Lincoln log, that's all

[ccpup]

14. wrong. Lincoln Logs actually have a purpose.

Bush? Not so much.

[Contrary1]

4. "The country essentially hated him when he was leaving office." WTF???

:wtf:

And all this time I thought Lincoln had been assassinated while he was president.

Doh.

[AndyA]

5. Bush and Lincoln.

Fat f*cking chance.

Lincoln cared about mankind; Bush destroys it.

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[ProfessorGAC]

6. He Better Start Reflecting on Harding, Hoover, Buchanan, . . .

. . .William Henry Harrison, Taft, et al.

He's gonna end up in the bottom 5 in under 20 years.
The Professor

[onehandle]

7. Bush is coming out of the closet? nt

[C_U_L8R]

8. Lincoln??? Link is more like it.

Lancelot Link.

[TomClash]

9. More like Warren G. Harding nt

[hatrack]

10. " . . . when he was leaving office."

Uh, he didn't "leave office". He was murdered, remember?

Unbelievable.

[groovedaddy]

11. It would be a LONG CLIMB to get past EVERY other President

If he really believes this crap, he really is delusional!

[annabanana]

12. soooooo delusional....

The denial absolutely just takes your breath away, doesn't it?

[Vinca]

13. That's it. He must be on the sauce again. nt

[FreepFryer]

15. Lincoln. Hmm. That's... um... ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE?!?!? He's the 'Anti-Lincoln'.

[Junkdrawer]

16. Somewhere between Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer...

Perhaps lower...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. More like Rufus McGoogle the Village Idiot. (When sober).

[H2O Man]

18. That is

some really sad shit. His place in history is, at very best, among the worst losers; more accurately, he will be viewed as among the most violent of thugs.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. "The country essentially hated him (Lincoln) when he was leaving office." !! Proving. once again,

that the idiot talking heads on Faux know nothing! Lincoln didn't leave office, he was assassinated at the beginning of his second term! And the country mourned deeply and stood along the railway watching the train carry Lincoln home.

[Supersedeas]

20. Lincoln demanded competence from his Generals--Dimson demands political appearances

[Solly Mack]

21. Oh, I'm sure a lot of people want him equated with Lincoln

by one variable or another

[shadowknows69]

22. Sorry George. You made more people slaves to your corporate handlers

The only way you've freed anyone is through death.

[Javaman]

23. fighting to the finish? does this mean a corporate sponsored peace

will break out at any minute?

didn't moron* declare mission accomplished 5 fucking years ago?

This is more like limping to get the fuck out.

[Oilwellian]

24. OK, I couldn't resist

On Edit: I purposely left his head bigger. :D

[Lisa]

26. you'll give everyone nightmares!

Better watch out ... Dubya might steal your idea for his presidential li-berry.

[WinkyDink]

25. I'll buy him a theatre ticket.