Michael Cohen of Democracy Arsenal explodes all of Bush's claims:
http://www.democracyarsenal.org/2008/01/divorced-from-1.htmlA few days ago
I wrote a post that argued George W Bush is completely divorced from reality. Today, in an interview with Morton Kondracke in Roll Call (via
Dan Froomkin in the Washington Post) he confirms it. Here is an excerpt:
When I asked him whether he thought America was a stronger country than when he arrived in office -- in view of a weakened dollar, increased debt, rising oil prices and dependency and international polls showing a steep decline in America's reputation -- he batted the question back.
"'We're stronger because our military is stronger . . . and becoming more modern. We're stronger because we recognize the threats of the 21st century and are dealing with them.
"'We're stronger because we've added jobs. More Americans are working. . . . Real wages are up. . . . We're still a flexible economy with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. He have more debt, but we've also got more assets. We're stronger because America is in the lead, using its influence.'" What is most interesting about all these arguments is that with slight exception they are basically all untrue. Let's go to the breakdown...
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