In Book, Bush Peeks Ahead to His Legacy – New York Times
“I’ve been here too long,” Mr. Bush said, according to Mr. Draper. “Every time I start painting a rosy picture, it gets criticized and then it doesn’t make it on the news.”
But he said he saw his unpopularity as a natural result of his decision to pursue a strategy in which he believed. “I made a decision to lead,” he said, “One, it makes you unpopular; two, it makes people accuse you of unilateral arrogance, and that may be true. But the fundamental question is, is the world better off as a result of your leadership?”
I think NOLA, Iraq, New York, and most of the rest of us would say emphatically, “HELL NO!”.
More discussion on this latest idiocy at Americablog today.