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I’m not exaggerating when I say that this piece by Jonah Goldberg may turn out to be the single most important thing written about Bush this year. None of the criticisms are new, but the bullet list of Bush’s “accomplishments” is devastating.

And of course he has:

• created a massive department of homeland security;
• signed a campaign-finance bill he pretty much said he thought was unconstitutional (thereby violating his oath to uphold, protect, and defend the constitution);
• signed the farm bill, which was a non-kosher piñata filled with enough pork to bend space and time;
• pushed through a Medicare plan which starts with a price tag of $400 billion but will — according to every expert who studies the issue — go up a gazillion-bajillion dollars over the next decade;
• torched Republican — and American — credibility on trade, in both agriculture and steel;

The list is a lot longer than that. Jonah Goldberg is great when he’s on your side.