...his STFU SOTU speech (oh, how I wish he would GFH and GTFOH), Rahm Emanuel has cataloged very nicely why President Insane should have been thrown out of office along with his sidekick, Shitstain Shoots-Guy-In-Face long ago (thanks Nancy and Harry for not doing your duty).
The Seven-Year Slide
By Rahm Emanuel
Monday, January 28, 2008; A21
At the dawn of the 21st century, conventional wisdom was that America held unmatched cultural, economic and military power. George F. Will wrote: "It is good to be alive in America at the end of the first (but not the last) American century." In late 1999, Charles Krauthammer wrote: "No other nation has exercised such military, economic, diplomatic and cultural reach since Rome. . . . America bestrides the world like a colossus."
Boy, have times changed.
As 2007 drew to a close, a Newsweek International cover featured the image of a bruised Uncle Sam slumped in a boxing ring, under the headline: "Can America Get Back on Top?"
So what happened? How did we go from dominant military, economic and cultural superpower to battered fighter in the corner?
As President Bush prepares to deliver his final State of the Union address today, it's fair to judge his tenure by assessing the country he inherited and the country he will leave behind. By any examination, the Bush administration has weakened the nation:
George W. Bush inherited a country with a $236 billion surplus. He engaged in seven years of deficit spending that will leave America with more than $3.5 trillion in new debt.
Bush inherited a middle class whose incomes increased more than $6,000 between 1993 and 2001. Median household incomes have dropped over $1,000 since he took office. During his presidency, health-care premiums have doubled, from about $6,000 to $12,000 per family.Read:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/27/AR2008012701615_pf.html
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