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George W. Bush’s legacy by the numbers
With the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas today, historians and political pundits are taking a second look at the 43rd president’s legacy. We’d like to offer you a dispassionate view of the Bush record, culled from objective data. Here’s a sampling: ECONOMIC GROWTH: GDP growth, adjusted for inflation, for each …
George W. Bush’s top five successes — and failures
To mark the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, we offer you a glimpse back at the greatest triumphs and mistakes of his years on the national stage. Here are our choices. Feel free to add your own by posting a comment. TOP SUCCESSES 1. There were no successful terrorist attacks …
The ten most popular political conspiracy theories (PHOTO GALLERY)
Public Policy Polling likes to throw us a curve ball occasionally, with a survey that isn’t the usual Democrat vs. Republican election match-up. The newest is some offbeat polling on public opinion on various political conspiracy theories. Here are PPP’s top ten — and then a few that are way, way out there. 1. 51 …
‘Put the harps back in the closet,’ says George H.W. Bush aide
The national media has been keeping a close eye on the former President George H. W. Bush as he has spent over a month in a Houston hospital. …