Chris Matthews: Bush Is Worse Than Wright
Because Bush’s poll numbers are worse than Wright’s. Or something.
I think it would absolutely hurt McCain to tie his campaign too closely to the Bush administration. For better or worse, people in this country are weary of Bush and want something new (which is why Obama’s passionate-if-vague sermons about “change” have probably been so effective), but for all his faults Bush isn’t on the ballot this year as much as liberals may want to make this campaign about him.
He’s also never screamed “God damn America” from a podium and while he may be the creator of controversial policies, but he’s never hatched conspiracy theories about the US government creating AIDS to kill black people. He’s never implied that America deserved 9/11.
Wright has done all of those things, and that’s the problem Obama is going to have.
The liberal left may hate Bush, but let’s remember that the man was elected to the highest office in the country not once but twice. And the second time by a much larger margin than the first. Tags: Domestic Issues, Politics



