Posted by
AJH on Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:17:04 AM
Bob Woodward of Watergate fame has written a short piece giving advice to the next president. I don't read The Washington Post much. Tucker Carlson says it's a must read, so this is reason enough to not read it. Though I do marvel at the fact that Tucker has jettisoned the damn bow ties. Why it took him so long to come to his senses I will never know. His dorkiness remains, however. He will forever be a nerd in the worst sense of the word. But I digress in my disdain for Mr. Carlson.
“
10 Take Aways From the Bush Years” offers some sage wisdom. "Presidents live in the unfinished business of their predecessors, and Bush casts a giant shadow on the Obama presidency," he wrote. I would only add that whoever sits in the Oval Office should use the veto pen a heck of a lot more and especially reign in spending.
Woodward has written four books on Bush's presidency, focusing on terrorism and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I own Bush at War and Plan of Attack, but grew tried of reading him. I have avoided State of Denial and The War Within. Perhaps later, with the advantage of a few years and some historical perspective, I will gain some greater appreciation for his work.AJH