Bush's domestic policies were just as destructive to America's well-being as was his foreign policy of waging war against Third World countries. The Patriot Act; No Child Left Behind; federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research; and bailouts for the banking and automobile industries were just some of the many lowlights of a presidency replete with lowlights.
We also mustn't forget that the largest terrorist attack that had ever occurred on American soil, 9/11, as well as the worst financial crisis since the Depression both occurred on Bush's watch.
In Mark Updegrove's new book, Bush Junior laments that, as a result of Trump's presidency, he may just be prove to be "the last Republican President."
-Jack Kerwick
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/11/jack-kerwick/president-george-w-bush-the-last-republican-president/