Ethics

The Mind Boggles

By Ed Brayton

The co-founder of the Federalist Society answers the question of whether distrust in the Bush administration was leading to skepticism about the treasury bailout plan:

This Administration deserves to be trusted because it has kept us safe from terrorist attack since 9/11, has fought and won two wars, has presided over eight years of economic growth, has appointed two stellar justices to the Supreme Court, and has even learned how to do Louisiana's job of protecting that state from hurricanes. The day will come, and not before long, when Americans will wish that George Bush was still president.

Of course, he was also a speechwriter for Dan Quayle. I guess that explains it.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on September 26, 2008 (boomark / email).