Editorials throughout the years
By PHOENIX STAFF | December 18, 2008
We've spent eight long years with Dubya and they haven't been pretty or pleasant. From the Iraq War and infringement on civil liberties to the financial crisis he’s helped dive the country into, W is hands down the worst president this country has ever seen. But we finally get to say goodbye and as a send-off gift we compiled our favorite editorial pieces on our favorite politician.
Click through to see highlights from our editorials on Bush.
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- On the national affront
Where does one begin to recap 12 months of such willful self-parody?
- Jim nauseam
In the early days of the Obama administration, one politically perilous warning keeps resurfacing for the man in the Oval Office: "Don't turn into another Jimmy Carter."
- Cheney's latest crime
As if there were any doubt, the latest CIA scandal once again reminds the nation that whatever former vice-president Dick Cheney touched turned to slime.
- Is John McCain crazy?
There is something not quite right about John McCain.
- Bringing the party to the people
Are there any jobs on Earth more virile-sounding than commander in chief?
- The nanny state
Assaults on liberty promoted by right-wing authoritarians, such as President George W. Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney, may be difficult to combat, but they are easy to recognize.
- The Mormonator
With the single-minded discipline and cold-blooded calculation of a cyborg, Mitt Romney is executing an aggressive campaign plan.
- Living la vida Republican
Trying to find college Republicans in Boston is like looking for a flattering pair of jeans: they’re elusive — either too stiff or completely out of style.
- President Obama
In retrospect, it all seems of a piece: suitably fitting, almost ordained.
- Does not compute
Though he’s infamous for his aversion to computers, McCain is actually no Luddite.
- Take Back Barack
It's time to reclaim the man we put in the White House
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