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Bush: Liberator of Millions (In His Own Mind)

by Erik Larson | November 29, 2008 at 12:25 am

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George W. Bush, in "excerpts of a recent interview released by the White House Friday", said he wants to be known as "somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace", who didn't compromise his values, who "helped individuals."

WASHINGTON (AFP) — George W. Bush hopes history will see him as a president who liberated millions of Iraqis and Afghans, who worked towards peace and who never sold his soul for political ends.

"I'd like to be a president (known) as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace," Bush said in excerpts of a recent interview released by the White House Friday.

"I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process. I came to Washington with a set of values, and I'm leaving with the same set of values."

He also said he wanted to be seen as a president who helped individuals, "that rallied people to serve their neighbor; that led an effort to help relieve HIV/AIDS and malaria on places like the continent of Africa; that helped elderly people get prescription drugs and Medicare as a part of the basic package."

Bush added that every day during his eight-year presidency he had consulted the Bible and drawn comfort from his faith.

Too late:

November 2008 CNN Poll: GW Bush is Most Unpopular President EVER

April 2008 HNN Poll: 61% of Historians Rate the Bush Presidency Worst

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forthebetta

at 00:35 on November 29th, 2008

i don't think we've had a good president since Thomas Jefferson.

Erik Larson

at 10:46 on November 29th, 2008

what do you like about Thomas Jefferson- i don't admire him for being a slave owner, but he said and did a lot of things that improved government, contributed to progress and human understanding, etc.

I think increasing transparency, information and communication helps all presidents, judges and representatives govern better, and helps keep them from doing bad things.

forthebetta

at 12:58 on November 29th, 2008

he was a slave owner (by inheritance), true, but didn't like the idea of slavery. it was too soon for him to be able to change everyone else's mind on the issue.

he believed in small government, true freedom, was against the bankers & corporations, he wrote the decl. of indep., and not to go into detail, but he was the main founding father of america. politicians today (both parties) have been edging away from his beliefs that began the country.

Erik Larson

at 14:30 on November 29th, 2008

I support these things, too:

"he believed in small government, true freedom, was against the bankers & corporations, he wrote the decl. of indep."

A couple hot Jefferson quotes:

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."

“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.“
-Thomas Jefferson