A 1400-word fairwell puff piece by Ben Feller, White House correspondent for The Associated Press, is quick to lay its cards on the table: judge Bush by his image, not his actions:
Bush's style and temperament are as much his legacy as his decisions. Policy shapes lives, but personality creates indelible memories - positive and negative.
Call it distinctly Bush.
No, call it distinctly AP, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, NYT, LAT, M$M. Call it a totally depraved media system that can't possibly tell the truth, except about sports scores and the weather.
The headline of the AP story? "Analysis: Bush's personality shapes his legacy"
The truth? "Media Sycophants Shape His Legacy, With Stories Just Like This"
According to AP, here is Bush's legacy with respect to 9/11:
Bush's words betray him sometimes.
"They misunderestimated the compassion of our country," Bush said of the Sept. 11 terrorists.
And here is Bush's legacy with respect to war:
Bush's words betray him sometimes....
"I talk to families who die," he said, meaning the loved ones of those who perish in war.
"Every day has been pretty joyous," he said recently, summing up one of the hardest presidencies ever known.
The toughest moments for him come when he meets the grieving families of the troops he sent to war. Or when he meets severely wounded troops in recovery. Many of the hurting tell Bush they want to get back out in active duty. He is moved by the sacrifice.
"I do a lot of crying in this job," Bush once acknowledged.
Here is Bush's legacy with respect to torture:
No, wait, I'm sorry, that was his legacy with with respect to Guantanamo.
Here is his legacy with respect to torture:
And here is Bush's legacy with respect to Iraq:
Wheras, here is Bush's legacy with respect to al Qaeda:
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