Lacking in the Bushes 0
Bob Barr, who, you may recall, led the move to impeach President Clinton, is not impressed with George the Worst’s memoir.
Many Republicans and conservative talk-show pundits are swooning over Bush’s re-emergence into public life; but it is difficult to grasp why any of them would have nostalgic feelings toward man who largely is responsible for his party’s electoral defeats in 2006 and 2008. What’s more, Bush’s demonstrated contempt for free markets, individual liberty, and the Constitution are counter to what the Republican Party supposedly believes in.
Coming from Barr, the word, “supposedly,” in the last sentence of the excerpt is telling.
