Karl Rove wrote a column for the National Review, stating that history will judge George Bush a successful President. The column was entirely laughable, a series of optimistic statements and misconstrued policies.
But typical of Rove, it was also filled with fabulous falsehoods. Here's what he said about the budget.
It was further weakened by terrorist attacks, corporate scandals, natural disasters, and out-of-control spending with discretionary domestic spending increasing 16 percent in the last fiscal year of his predecessor. President Bush took decisive action, cutting taxes and ratcheting down this spending.
In no way did George Bush ratchet down spending. That is an outright lie, one that Rove should be embarrassed to even suggest. According to a report by the Heritage Foundation, no liberal organization:
ยท Federal spending has grown twice as fast under President Bush as under President Clinton.
Got that? Rove's idea of "ratcheting down this spending" is to spend it twice as fast. It's hard to believe he could write this without laughing.
Over the past seven years, this country has grown accustomed to the blatant lies of the Bush Administration. And it comes as no surprise that the National Review would publish this rubbish. But ultimately, we must remain vigilant. Because history has yet to be written, and if we allow the Karl Rove's of the world to repeat this lie enough, it might eventually be considered true.
