A friend just sent me an e-mail of a Reuters story about the spate of worldwide editorials bashing President Bush one more time before he steps down.
Whether you supported him or not, you've got to admit that he's not a popular guy abroad or at home. I guess there's no reason for me to take a final shot at him, seeing as plenty of others are attending to that.
Since my last couple of entries haven't been very flattering to Republicans, what the heck, I'll go the other direction.
Yeah, we all know that the Bush administration's policies haven't exactly made America's popularity soar in much of the world. But a 2007 Pew study found popular support for America under the Bush administration at about 80 percent in ... get this ... Africa.
No, I'm not making that up. That may seem incongruous, in light of Bush's low -- OK, virtually nonexistent -- approval among African Americans.
Actually, I wasn't too surprised when I read that. Not long ago, I read a piece in Time magazine by Bob Geldof of all people, praising Bush for contributing more aid to Africa than any other U.S. president in history.
Sometimes those Republicans can surprise you.
You'd be hard-pressed to find an environmentalist who's got a kind word to say about any Republican administration.
Yet arguably the most significant pieces of environmental legislation in U.S. history were the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act. Do you know who signed them all into law? None other than Richard Nixon.
So do I have a point here? I guess it's the not terribly original observation that attempts to render the world in black-and-white rarely produce an accurate image.
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