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Alan Greenspan, lieflong Republican and former Fed chairman, considered one of the wisest men around has released a new book. This book is not nice to the Bush administration at all. Here are a few important excerpts:

"I'm saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows -- the Iraq war is largely about oil,"


"The Republicans in Congress lost their way," Greenspan wrote. "They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose."

"Clinton was often criticized for inconsistency and for a tendency to take all sides in a debate, but that was never true about his economic policy," he wrote. "A consistent, disciplined focus on long-term economic growth became a hallmark of his presidency."


There are many more excepts that you can find online with a quick google search. It is clear that Greenspan, like much of America, thinks Bush is/was a disaster. I believe Greenspan is probably one of the smartest guys in Washington and the fact that he is saying things like this is telling.

When ever anyone has said the Iraq war was for oil they have been called a looney leftwing nutt. Does this make Greenspan a looney liberal or is there some merit to what he is saying?

What do you think of yet another beltway boy against Bush? What do you think about Greenspan's comments?