POLITICS-US: In Search of a Legacy, Bush Looks to the Past

by Analysis by Bill Berkowitz* , IPS Inter Press Service - Culture, Religion, Sport on Jul 03, 2008

OAKLAND, California, Jul 3 (IPS) - Before 9/11, before the wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq, before the suspension of habeas corpus, before the
administration's tardy and shameful response to Hurricane
Katrina, before cronies and Republican congressional leaders were
dropping like flies, before former administration operatives were
writing unflattering tell-all books, before Dick Cheney said
"So?" in response to a question about public opinion
being firmly against the administration, before the Valerie Plame
affair, before gas prices were nearly five dollars a gallon,
before housing foreclosures hit record numbers, and before his
approval rating dipped to all-time lows, there was President
George W. Bush's faith-based initiative.