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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Anybody else watch the Bush interview?
	Date:	11/10/2010 8:48:41 AM

I found the Kanye West reaction interesting as well. I think this goes back to some of the ads during the campaign against Gore where they more or less accused him of participating in the murder of blacks in Texas. The guys that did it were captured, tried and sentenced to death and Bush did not commute that sentence and said they got what they deserved for such an awful crime. His reaction to the Katrina mess was pretty much spot on. They did not do a good job and made several mistakes that made him look disconnected. But I have no doubt that Bush is not a racist and I think he cares about people regardless of the color of their skin. In some ways I think that informed some of his decisions, sometimes for good and sometimes not. One of my favorite sayings about my business partner is he always means well, sometimes he just doesn't do well.

I was actually reflecting on this issue of mistakes and as far back as I can remember almost every single President made some whoppers. For example, Kennedy with Bay of Pigs and Vietnam, LBJ doubling down in Vietnam, Nixon...nuff said, Ford maybe being the exception unless you consider falling down a mistake, Carter with the Iran rescue snafu and his infamous malaise speech, Reagan with Iran Contra, Bush 41 with his feckless response to the recession, Clinton and his Lewinsky's, Bush 43 with Katrina, et al. I think as time wears on each Presidency retains one or two key issues that become their legacy, for good or ill. Probably if we go back further we would see a similar pattern. I need to reflect on what it is that causes that to happen but it is curious.