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To: Brumar89 who wrote (596715)	1/1/2011 1:03:45 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1582738

>> Clinton, Gore, and the Democrats hoodwinked Bush. Then as soon as he was committed to doing what they said they wanted, they reversed course and began attacking him. I wouldn't call it "hoodwinked". The reality is that Bush just didn't give a damn about the politics of it. Maybe the most important point that came through in his book is that he just didn't give a damn about politics. He describes a meeting in which Mitch McConnell came to the Oval Office just before the '06 election and said, "Mr. President, we want you to start withdrawing troops; if you don't, we'll lose the Congress". Instead, Bush goes with the highly unpopular surge -- which resulted in winning the Iraq War. There aren't many politicians that have balls like that.