On AlterNet: legacy

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Framing Alert: Geithner Avoids 'Toxic' Embraces 'Legacy'

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. March 23, 2009.

There's only so many ways to spin "toxic."

Tear Down This Myth: How Reagan's Legacy Haunts Our Future

Will Bunch, Free Press. February 4, 2009.

The Great Communicator still speaks from the Great Beyond. But he leaves out some very important details about his time in office.

The 'Bush Legacy Project' Is Failing

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. December 26, 2008.

The scope of the public's disdain for Bush is almost impressive.

Bush's 'Legacy Project' Is Really Rolling: Here's a List of the Latest Lies

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. December 17, 2008.

Prominent administration officials and/or Bush allies push the notion that the war in Iraq really was a great idea, reality notwithstanding.

Rove Planning to 'Name Names' of Bush Haters in His New Book

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. December 8, 2008.

Another one for the W. legacy file.

Bush's Delusional Take on His Legacy

Digby, Hullabaloo. November 30, 2008.

"I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace."

Bush's Dark Legacy Will be a Barrier to Change for the Next Administration

Aziz Huq, Middle East Online. February 14, 2008.

The Bush Administration is secretly ensuring that the misbegotten policies of the past eight years will haunt the next President.

Bush Era's Last Legs: Will Anything Change When He Goes?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. January 24, 2008.

It seems naive to hope Bush's successor will reject his most destructive policies.

A 'Surge' to Save Bush's Legacy

Robert Parry, Consortium News. January 3, 2007.

With 3,000 American soldiers already dead along with possibly a half million or more Iraqis, Bush is determined to escalate the war in the Middle East into a pitched battle for his presidential legacy.