A week or two ago George W. Bush told ABC reporter Charlie Gibson that he doesn't "spend a whole lot of time worrying" about history, either in the short term in the long term. About a day later Weekly Standard writer Stephen Hayes revealed that former Bush political advisers Karen Hughes and Karl Rove were working on a "Bush Legacy Project" to help clean up the president's image for posterity.
It looks like Bush still couldn't care less about his place in history. In fact, he doesn't care so much, he's sending out memos with talking points explaining how to defend his time in office:
Reporting from Washington -- In case any Bush administration officials have trouble summing up the boss' record, the White House is providing a few helpful suggestions.
A two-page memo that has been sent to Cabinet members and other high-ranking officials offers a guide for discussing Bush's eight-year tenure during their public speeches.
Titled "Speech Topper on the Bush Record," the talking points state that Bush "kept the American people safe" after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, lifted the economy after 2001 through tax cuts, curbed AIDS in Africa and maintained "the honor and the dignity of his office."
The document presents the Bush record as an unalloyed success.
That Dubya: He's such a straight shooter!
H/T Brian Beutler
--A. Serwer
