Texas Governor Rick Perry is a rank political hack:
PERRY: At the end of the day, when the history books are written, I think George W. Bush will go down as a very, very good President. Approaching great? I don’t know yet because I don’t know if we’ve seen the –
A year and a half since he’s been out of office, this may be a little bit early to write George’s history. But here’s why he was an incredibly good President: because this man kept America safe. […]
Anyone who is not a rank political hack, who has an agenda, and looks at this President’s efforts — I mean, there are two things that I think people judge Presidents on: their safety and the economy.
The top 3 safety accomplishments of the Bush Administration?
- Although Bush toadies like Rick Perry would like to forget this fact, 9/11 happened while George W. Bush was president. Thousands died.
- In response to 9/11, Bush failed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and failed to replace the Taliban with a stable government in Afghanistan. He did manage to apprehend Saddam Hussein, but Hussein was the leader of Iraq, and Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Again, thousands died.
- And then there's Hurricane Katrina, during which thousands of Americans died on American soil as the Bush administration stood idly by.
Its preposterous to argue that Bush kept us safe. Time after time, thousands and thousands of Americans died under Bush's watch. Truth is, only a rank political hack like Perry (who even Rasmussen says is in a very close race for re-election) would argue that Bush was anything other than the most disastrous president in our nation's history.
To be fair and balanced, Bush didn't merely preside over the deaths of many thousands of innocent Americans. He also did his best to wreck our nation's economy.
Bush failed to protect life and property. And yet these people who so proudly idolized this amazingly bad president who did so much harm to this nation of ours, these people now have the temerity to suggest that President Obama hates America?
By any objective measure, they've got it upside down and inside out.