"As we survey the wreckage of President Obama’s first year in office, one thing is clear: it’s all George Bush’s fault. The Obama administration has not confronted an obstacle yet that they have not blamed on the 43rd president – including the loss Tuesday of Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat.
While political analysts from coast to coast credited Massachusetts voters with effectively repudiating Obamacare (and polling showed this to be the number one issue with Bay State voters), the White House was taking a hard look at the shocking upset and placing the Democrats’ loss – squarely at the feet of G.W. Bush!
Republican Scott Brown’s remarkable victory in the bluest of our blue states is, of course, not the only thing the White House has blamed on Obama’s predecessor. The financial crisis, losing the Olympics to Brazil, inadequate airport screening, the mess in Afghanistan, the Florida orange freeze (no--scrap that one), the problems surrounding the closing of Guantanamo, sky-high unemployment, the embarrassment of an unearned Nobel Peace Prize, our poor relations with Russia, North Korea, Iran et al – all have been laid at the feet of Mr. Bush."
"In year two of their administration, the Obama team may have to find another whipping boy if things continue to go wrong. Americans will likely tire of Obama’s buck-passing, and indeed there will be some events that the most ardent Bush-o-phobes cannot credibly link to G.W. Here, for instance, are five likely developments that I don’t believe can reasonably be laid at the feet of the 43rd president:"
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