While reading through the posts on Twitter on the day of President Obama's inauguration and the glee with which his first policy announcements were greeted an idea began to form in the Tiny Pundit's brain. Granted this is not all that original an idea as many better writers than I have attempted to influence the tide of information about the Bush administration in light of the historical facts that apply to the execution of the office of the president.
My theory is that many Twitter users are so young they can't remember much about politics before Bush became president, and have been fed a steady diet of the mainstream media nonsense that leaves out any historical context when discussing policy. Of course, now that Obama has been crowned, er, inaugurated, the media have no end of comparison with historical figures such as Roosevelt and Lincoln. But the MSM sure won't provide a complete picture of the extraordinary executive power these men wielded in times of emergency.
Suspending Habeas corpus? Interring foreign born citizens or Americans of questionable ancestry? Torture? Extraordinary rendition? Readers may be surprised to learn that these policies are not the work of Bush & Co. Indeed, there are a lot of Things that Existed Before Bush that bear telling, even though the sacrosanct accepted version of history is ALL that is evil took office January 20, 20001 and all is well now.
In the coming days -- or weeks -- I will post a tidbit per day (on average) attempting to enlighten my young friends on Twitter. This series will be titled Before Bush. Each day's piece will be pithy and easily digested but will include a link back to this post to provide more of that needed "context" so lacking in MSM reporting.
