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Courting Disaster : America's Flirtation with George W. Bush About this Online Book Bringing up the Rear: Bush's Texas Record Mediocrity and Legacy: the Pre-Governor Years The Compassion Gap The Lightweight Politics of Personal Destruction: Bush on the Trail Courting Disaster: The Prospects of a Bush Presidency |
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A concerned look at the 2000 GOP Presidential Candidate . |
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"On crucial matters - poverty and hunger, the death penalty, gun violence, health insurance for the poor, pollution - Bush has shown little willingness to lead or even think deeply" - Eric Pooley, Time Magazine |
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"Generally, he has spent his life being rescued by his friends from one failed business deal after another" - Donald Kaul of the Houston Chronicle, on Bush's business skills |
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"This 'compassionate conservative' line is horseshit. It may be conservative but it sure ain't compassionate."- Bill Haber, co-chairman of the Parole and Prison Committee of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association |
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"No matter how remote Bush's answer to the question at hand, he thinks he's pulled the wool over the teacher's eyes, that with his innate smarts and abundant charm, he will not flunk History 101. After all, it's been arranged. He's going to be President." - Margret Carlson of Time Magazine |
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"When it comes to his rivals or average Americans Mr. Bush demands stand-up accountability. When it comes to himself, it's apparently acceptable to sit down." - Al Hunt of the Wall Street Journal |
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"This is the Field of Dreams approach." - Jonathan Gruber, an economics professor at MIT on Bush's health care proposal |
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About the Author | Acknowledgements | Links to Related Sites |
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