[FRIAM] Bush deserves credit for Obama

[Douglas Roberts]

Been sampling the port, Russ?

 I know I have.  Yet, not even in my wildest imaginings of generosity would
I have credited Bush with those compliments.  IMO, Any of the (one or,
maybe, two) successes achieved  during his terms in office can be adequately
attributed to pure, dumb, luck.

--Doug

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Russ Abbott <russ.abbott at gmail.com> wrote:

> and not in the snide way you think. Much as I dislike Bush, I think that he
> did a lot--positively--to set the stage for an Obama victory. In particular,
> his appointment of Colin Powell and Condolesa Rice as Secretaries of State
> legitimized in the public mind the image of a black person holding high
> government office.
>
> -- Russ
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