Sep 04 2008
Republicans want change from themselves?
The RNC speeches seem to be following a theme, in which they talk about how terrible things are without mentioning George Bush or the Republican congress that was in power until less than two years ago. Here’s a little perspective on who’s actually had the power in the last few decades:
Lost in this litany of complaint is that the Republicans have controlled the White House for 20 of the past 28 years, have appointed seven of the nine sitting Supreme Court justices, and ran the House with an iron hand (well, to be precise, Tom DeLay’s hammer) for a dozen years until 2007. And, yes, by the way, the editorial page of the Washington Post was initially supportive of the Iraq war.
