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To: Little Joe who wrote (37643)	1/14/2013 12:09:20 AM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) of 85487

Bush foolishly tried to work with the Democrats by giving them stuff they wanted; what he didn't understand was that there would be no more "negotiation" in the sense that Tip O'Neill and Daniel P. Moynihan did it. After the 2000 election the Democrats were at war with America. I was astonished when Bush signed onto the education bill in an apparent attempt to appease Kennedy. Not a good sign. But this method had worked when he was dealing with the Democrats in TX. That's a different thing; and Bush's biggest failing IMO is that he never learned: The Democrats would hate him forever, no matter what, and giving them stuff to try to make them like him was never going to work. He was a very good president in most respects: Integrity, protecting the country, understanding economics, etc. Had he been allowed (by his own party) to restructure Social Security it would be on the path to a solid footing (and the overall economy would have been better off as a result). What he didn't understand was that the Democrats had tried to steal the election and failed, and from that point forward they weren't going to cooperate unless they could clearly see a political advantage in doing so.

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