Author Radio Interview- Impostor:How George W. Bush Bankrupted America...

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Today on "Fresh Air" from WHYY/NPR. It's on in most places in the East at 3:00pm ET, but times do vary. The audio will be on-line in a few hours at the link below.

Here is a link to a partial listing of radio stations which have on-line streaming of this show:

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Bruce Bartlett's new book, Impostor: "How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy"

Looking at President Bush, Seeing an 'Impostor'

by Terry Gross
Audio for this story will be available at approx. 3:00 p.m. ET

Fresh Air from WHYY, February 22, 2006 · Despite what his supporters say, President Bush has far more in common with Richard Nixon than Ronald Reagan. That's the idea put forth in conservative economist Bruce Bartlett's new book, Impostor. The book, subtitled "How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy," looks at the president from the point of view of a former Reagan White House official.

Calling President Bush an opportunist who lacks a set of political principles like those that guided Reagan, Bartlett worries that the country -- and conservatives in particular -- are being hurt by the president's mistakes. He faults Bush for increasing federal spending -- with programs like the 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill -- while also cutting taxes.

Bartlett, who supported Bush in the 2000 election, was a domestic policy aide at the White House in the Reagan administration; he also served as deputy assistant secretary in the Treasury Department under the first President Bush.

Until recently, Bartlett was a senior fellow at the conservative think tank the National Center for Policy Analysis. He lost the job in October because, Bartlett says, he was increasingly critical of President Bush.

(read an excerpt from the book and hear the audio at link below)

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[Mythsaje]

1. The "Reagan Legacy."

Oh, puh-leeze. The same inept, absurd, corrupt, reverse-robin hood policies that Reagan promoted are the same ones that Bush is trying to stamp indelibly into our collection American psyche.

[Up2Late]

2. Hey, this book did get him fired from National Center for Policy Analysis!

This could be a very good thing for us. This book could cause Republican unity to splinter in a big way.

Don't buy the book, but I say, let's hear what he says and possibly exploit his arguments.

Anything they do to destroy themselves I think is a good thing.

[Up2Late]

3. On-line audio now available! BTW, he actually said he now thinks Clinton

...did do a lot of things right (and better that George W. Shrub).

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