I Have Seen the Future of the Republican Party, and It Is George W. Bush - By Jonathan Chait

[kpete]

When George W. Bush left office in January of 2009, the Republican Party was firmly in the grips of a quasi-theological belief in the power of low tax rates for the rich. In the face of a collapsing health-care system, rising global temperatures, an engorged financial system, and rising inequality, it produced an agenda that either ignored these problems or aggravated them. Some pundits hopefully posited that the twin shocks of the economic crisis and the 2008 election might prod the GOP back to reality. It seemed, at the very least, that the party’s economic policy apparatus could not possibly get any worse.

It got worse. Much worse.

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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/01/george-w-bush-future-of-republican-party.html

[Berlum]

1. xCommander AWOL Bush (R) so often looks sloshed

why is that? I guess it's kinda hard to identify as a Republicon and stay sober...

[unblock]

2. it's incredibly scary to think of shrub as being almost reasonable compared to some of these guys

yeah, the republican party of today is truly the lunatic fringe.

in a more reasonable system, they would be laughed off stage if they got air time at all.
unfortunately, concentration of wealth is such that they control the microphone....

[young_at_heart]

3. Maybe someday they will dissect his presidency with truth

The damage he and Cheney (who was the real president) did is incalculable!

[2naSalit]

4. I don't know that it was alcohol

in particular. He had to keep up the facade of being a "cured" alcoholic. But then, His buddy Rummy was and is the CEO of a big pharma outfit so I'm guessing he had some of the best pharmaceuticals to keep him truly buzzed that we, the taxpayers, could buy. I'm sure it made it easy for him to think he was the "decider" while Darth C drove the boat. He's probably got an Rx for a different "cocktail" to keep him docile and playing with his coloring book now that his role has been played.

And I'm sure Rummy is still raking in the cash from all those drugs the troops are taking to keep them awake, make them sleep, antidepressants...