To continue with the days Whitehouse.gov blogging, Marc Ambinder noted that the Bush administration's White House web site wasn't so positive about Bill Clinton. It "makes no mention of the economy's performance in his terms," writes Ambinder, "but refers to 'the failure in his second year of a huge program of health care reform' and 'issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern.'" Conversely, the George W. Bush biography is deification with a federal face: "On the morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked our Nation. President Bush took unprecedented steps to protect our homeland and create a world free from terror." Most impressive! What else? "President Bush worked with the Congress to create an ownership society and build a future of security, prosperity, and opportunity for all Americans." Good work, George! How's that Ownership Society looking right about now? The total absence of class and grace will not be remembered as among the Bush administration's worst flaws. But it certainly said something about the character of the White House's occupants, and played no small part in the toxic relationship they came to have with not only the Congress, but the country.
