It’s official. He’s the worst, but eight long years are coming to an end. In April of 2006 the Rolling Stone assessed Bush’s presidency and thought it was headed for colossal historical disgrace.
“We now have endorsed the concept of pre-emptive war where we go to war with another nation militarily, even though our own security is not directly threatened, if we want to change the regime there or if we fear that some time in the future our security might be endangered, but that’s been a radical departure from all previous administration policies.”
“The policy from the White House has been to allocate funds to religious institutions, even those that channel those funds exclusively to their own particular group of believers in a particular religion. As a traditional Baptist, I’ve always believed in separation of church and state and honored that premise when I was president, and so have all other presidents, I might say, except this one.”
— Former President Jimmy Carter
“Rosa sat so Martin could walk. Martin walked so Barack could run. Barack is running so your children may fly.”
