The End of the Nightmare

Today, January 20th, 2009 will mark the end of the long, dark, national nightmare which we call the Bush Administration.

As George Bush spends his time spinning his legacy, I thought it might be time to discuss the worst of his failings. Bush and his supporters state that "he kept us safe". Of course, he kept us safe except for when he didn't.

We know now that Bush was warned that Bin Laden was determined to attack the US. In response to this, Bush told the aide that, "you've covered your ass, now let's move on".

I am having a hard time forgiving the president for this act. The list of failings go on and on, but this one act was likely the worst. Without 9/11, there would be no Afganistan, Iraq (with the lies that got us there), runaway deficits, torture, warrantless wiretaps, suspension of habeas corpus, Gitmo and secret prisons.

Of course, we will never know whether the Bush administration would have been able to stop the attacks. It is certain that had they done something, then the chances would have improved, by how much is unknown.

While the last 8 years (8 years and 3 months if you include the Florida crimes), will likely go down as the worst presidency of the modern era, we can hope that the next 8 will be remembered as the best.