Run Away!!!!

Republicans in Iowa run as fast as they can from history because history is not kind to the Republican Party.

Hilarious:

“For Republicans, the Bush administration has become the `yadda yadda yadda’ period of American history.”

The eight-year Bush presidency has merited no more than a fleeting reference in televised debates and interviews.

The former president himself has been all but invisible since leaving office in 2009 with a Gallup approval rating of just 34 percent. His predecessor, Democrat Bill Clinton, had a 66 percent approval rating in early 2001 when he stepped down after two terms marred by a sex scandal and impeachment.

Taking office in 2001 with a balanced federal budget and a surplus, Bush quickly pushed through sweeping tax cuts that were not offset by spending cuts. The tax cuts have cost about $1.8 trillion, according to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

And then there’s that little matter of a war-of-choice in Iraq which cost trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives.  Yes, if I were a Republican, I’d run away from that too.

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