Oh my.
It's about time the primitives acknowledged this.
NCLB was passed in the summer of 2001, after having been pushed since the early 1970s by dead ted.
When the Democrats overwhelmingly controlled both Congress and the White House (1977-1981), dead ted couldn't get it going. Despite dead ted's popularity, even Democrats didn't like it.
dead ted pushed it every single year for 25 years, no luck.
After George Bush was elected in 2000, despite that Alphonse Capote Gore almost managed to steal Florida, he sought to make some peace with Democrats, starting with dead ted.
This was perhaps the biggest mistake of the Bush presidency.
His aides argued against it, pointing out that there were other liberal Democrats he could seek to placate, but that nothing short of Bush committing hari kari would placate dead ted.
But no, Bush pushed on; he was going to placate dead ted.
Well, the Democrats hadn't liked NCLB the past 25 years, and the Republicans liked it even less. But Bush persisted, twisting congressional arms, and so the bill finally passed. dead ted was at the White House for the signing.
About a month or so later, 9-11 happened, and everybody forgot about this.
Much to his dismay, Bush learned that this giving this "gift" had profited him not at all; dead ted was about as grateful as a viper in the bosom, in fact increasing in his criticism and scorn of Bush.
August 2001 was the last time dead ted was ever inside the White House, unless he paid a visit after January 20, 2009.
No good deed goes unpunished, but one wishes Bush had learned that lesson from watching others, rather than from personally experiencing it.
