That Darn George Bush

 Here's an article written by Chuck Green for
    the Denver Post Aurora Sentinel...one of the more liberal papers in the
    country. Additionally, Mr. Green is a lifelong Democrat...so this is rather
    a stunning piece! 
 

                                        
          Obama is victim of Bush's
    failed promises ! 

    Barack Obama is setting a record-setting number of records during his first
    term in office: 

    Largest budget ever. Largest deficit ever. Largest number of broken promises
    ever. 

    Most self-serving speeches ever. Largest number of agenda-setting failures
    ever. Fastest dive in popularity ever! 

    Wow ! Talk about change. Just
    one year ago, fresh from his inauguration celebrations, President Obama was flying high. After one of the
    nation's most inspiring political campaigns, the election of America 's
    first black president had captured the hopes and dreams of millions. To his
    devout followers, it was inconceivable that a year later his administration
    would be gripped in self-imposed crisis. Of
    course, they don't see it as self-imposed. It's all George Bush's fault ! 

    George Bush, who doesn't have a vote in congress and who no longer occupies 

    The White House, is to blame for it all. 

    He broke Obama's promise, to put all bills on the White House web site for
    five days before signing
    them. 

    He broke Obama's promise, to have the congressional health care
    negotiations broadcast live on C-SPAN. 

    He broke Obama's promise, to end earmarks. 

    He broke Obama's promise, to keep unemployment from rising above 8 percent. 

    He broke Obama's promise, to close the detention center at Guantanamo in the first year. 

    He broke Obama's promise, to make peace with direct, no precondition talks
    with America's most
hate-filled
    enemies during his first year in office, ushering in a new era of global cooperation. 

    He broke Obama's promise, to end the hiring of former lobbyists into high White House jobs. 

    He broke Obama's promise, to end no-compete contracts with the government. 

    He broke Obama's promise, to disclose the names of all attendees at closed White House meetings. 

    He broke Obama's promise, for a new era of bipartisan cooperation in all
    matters. 

    He broke Obama's promise, to have chosen a home church to attend Sunday services with his family
 by
    Easter of last year. 

    Yes, it's all George Bush's fault ! President Obama is nothing more than a
    puppet in the never-ending
    failed Bush administration. 

    If only George Bush wasn't still in charge, all of President Obama's
    problems would be solved. His
 promises
    would have been kept, the economy would be back on track, Iran would have
    stopped its
 work
    on developing a nuclear bomb and
    would be negotiating a peace treaty with Israel . North Korea
 would
    have ended its tyrannical
    regime, and integrity would have been restored to the federal government. 

    Oh, and did I mention what it would be like, if the Democrats, under the
    leadership of Nancy Pelosi
 and
    Harry Reid, didn't have the heavy yoke of George Bush around their necks? There would be no
ear
    marks, no closed-door drafting of bills, no
    increase in deficit spending, no special-interest influence
 (unions),
    no vote buying ( Nebraska , Louisiana ). 

    If only George Bush wasn't still in charge, we'd have real change by now. 

    All the broken promises, all the failed legislation and delay (health care
    reform, immigration reform)
 is
    not President Obama's fault or the fault of the Democrat-controlled
    Congress. It's all George Bush's fault ! 

    Take for example the decision of Eric Holder, the president's attorney
    general, to hold terrorists'
    trials
 in
    New York City . Or his decision to try the Christmas Day underpants bomber
    as a civilian. Two disastrous
    decisions. 

    Certainly those were bad judgments based on poor advice from George Bush ! 

    Need more proof? 

    You might recall that when Scott Brown won the election to the U.S. Senate
    from Massachusetts ,
capturing
    "The Ted Kennedy Seat", President Obama said, 

    Brown's victory was the result of the same voter anger that propelled Obama into office in 2008.
 People
    were still angry about George Bush and the policies of the past 10 years.
And
    they wanted change. Yes, according to the president, the voter rebellion in
    Massachusetts and

    Wisconsin was George Bush's fault. 

    Therefore, in retaliation, they elected a Republican to the Ted Kennedy
    seat, ending a half-century
    of domination

     by Democrats. It is all George Bush's fault !  Will the failed
    administration of George Bush ever end,
and the
    time for hope and change ever arrive ???   Will President Obama ever accept
    responsibility
for
    something / anything? 

(Chuck Green is a veteran Colorado journalist and former
    editor-in-chief of The Denver
    Post.)