More on the Newsweek cover story, What Bush Got Right:
On the surface, Zakaria is saying that, in his second term, Bush has been changing his policies.
I would argue that what Bush is really doing is changing, not his policies, but his actions. I see them as separate, largely due to the fact that all the changes Zakaria outlines are basically occurring without any acknowledgement of them on the part of Bush.
The real point of the story is not what Bush got right but how, in case after case, due to his inability to admit he's wrong, he's had to furtively come back around to the very policies that he publicly repudiated.
The takeaway for the next president is to repudiate Bush's stated positions but at the same to examine carefully the changes Bush has unwillingly made in his second term.
On the surface, Zakaria is saying that, in his second term, Bush has been changing his policies.
I would argue that what Bush is really doing is changing, not his policies, but his actions. I see them as separate, largely due to the fact that all the changes Zakaria outlines are basically occurring without any acknowledgement of them on the part of Bush.
The real point of the story is not what Bush got right but how, in case after case, due to his inability to admit he's wrong, he's had to furtively come back around to the very policies that he publicly repudiated.
The takeaway for the next president is to repudiate Bush's stated positions but at the same to examine carefully the changes Bush has unwillingly made in his second term.
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