Lieberman: Bush’s ‘Ratings Among Historians Will Be Greater Than His Ratings In The Polls Today’

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/13/bush-lieberman-historians/

Lieberman: Bush’s ‘Ratings Among Historians Will Be Greater Than His Ratings In The Polls Today’
Yesterday in an interview with right-wing radio host Hugh Hewitt, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) praised President Bush’s policies in Iraq and predicted that Bush will be remembered by historians as a great President:

HEWITT: Oh, that’s fascinating. Last question, how do you think history’s going to evaluate George W. Bush?

LIEBERMAN: Well, I personally believe look, mistakes were made, and I know the polls are down, but I think on the largest issue of our time, which is the rise of Islamist extremism, that he will be judged as a president who saw the threat, and in the midst of an unpopular war, he stuck with it. And so I think overall, over time, his ratings among the historians will be greater than his ratings in the polls today.

Lieberman’s comments echo those by Rush Limbaugh, who in May said, “Long after we’re all dead and gone, when historians who are not yet born begin to write about this era, they’re going to place George Bush in the upper echelon of presidents who had a great vision for America, who looked beyond our shores, who didn’t just restrict himself to domestic policy niceties.”

It’s interesting that now, with the war more unpopular than ever and violence skyrocketing, Lieberman decides Bush is a great president. In contrast, in May 2003, when Lieberman was competing for the Democratic nomination for president, he said the Bush administration “seems to have been unprepared for the quick victory it predicted.” Similarly, in Sept. 2003, Lieberman stated:

I am shocked at how unprepared the Bush administration was for what to do afterward. They’ve left a vacuum which the terrorists, the Saddam loyalists, our enemies, have jumped into.

Rush and Lieberman may not be aware, but historians are already debating Bush’s legacy. In fact, Rolling Stone recently wrote, “Many historians are now wondering whether Bush, in fact, will be remembered as the very worst president in all of American history.”

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100 years from now, they'll look back and say, "WTF were those people back then thinking? How could so many millions have been deceived?"

...my biggest fear is that FIFTEEN years from now, future progressives might be wistfully looking back to the Bush presidency, becrying that they'd take him as opposed to what they ended up with.

I like your scenario so much better. I cautiously hope for the social evolution of my countrymen!

maybe in 10-12-15 years, somebody worse will come along that will make us want to return to the good ole days.

Sort of like how Reagan would make us pine for Nixon... and Bush makes us pine for Reagan.

But, in 100 years, historians in Europe, China and India will probably point to the Bush era as when the American empire really went into their last throes, after starting the decline under Reagan.

We'll be hearing the same spin our entire lives

The revisionist literature on W will dwarf anything we've seen before in size and intensity (or should I say desperation?). It will be so strident you won't believe it.
It's something we have to be ready for. Do you want people not yet born or too young to remember this administration getting their opinion on it from John Stossel, Bill Kristol, or Brit Hume?

If future generations are burning George W. Bush in effigy, Lieberman will probably be right next to him.

Not only did we have similar thoughts, we seem to have
posted them within a hundredth of a second of each other.

Win first. Historical applause later.

For the love of Pete, why does he keep pretending?

I'll trade Joe Lieberman for Chuck Hagel.

Bush is at 26%. Even if a large majority of historians think bad of Bush, Lieberman has a pretty good chance of being correct.

Edit: Spelling.

What an idiot!

:hurts: :hurts: :hurts:

Never mind, I can't type that about anybody.

... and then we could boot both of them out of office in one fell swoop.

I'm sure historians would enjoy writing about that!

continued public fellatio is beneath even your dignity. :evilfrown:

What a miserable excuse for a human being.

:eyes:

...then yes, his past actions will be casting a shadow on the future for a long time. Bush is a significant historical figure.They say you should learn from mistakes, so he's leaving us with plenty of material.

Note to future historians: if you use some variation of that phrase, please be sure to add "and thereby fomented even more terrorism."

and absolute worse President in American history.

shrub's administration has something "dirty" on Lieberman that they are hanging over his head. Maybe Joey visitied a brother in New Orleans or something...

Where he just rolled over? He has always been a neocon. This latest idiocy is no surprise...

I haven't read about anyone complaining. I put him in the same calibre as our own jimmie the imholf. as low as one can go and then right underneath of that.

http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/

Lieberman only considers those that vote for him as his constituents. All others are partisan attackers.

The lIEber worm will find himself alone in the near future

"GOP needs Historians. No history degree preferred. Good Pay.

You know who you are. Any questions NOW you idiots?

Israel no doubt.

I'm talking mentally impaired and unfit for office.

What a sorry situation for Connecticut.

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