Noonan Says That Bush has Destroyed the GOP

Of course, she opens up with a slam against Bill Clinton, though she forgot to pimp her friendly dolphins.

That being said, there is one paragraph about Bush that I find amusing:

This is absurd. George W. Bush destroyed the Republican Party, by which I mean he sundered it, broke its constituent pieces apart and set them against each other. He did this on spending, the size of government, war, the ability to prosecute war, immigration and other issues.

Bush had inflicted damage on the GOP, but this has not been a failure of George W. Bush, but an artifact of his success.

He has been remarkably successful in producing results in the Republican agenda:

• Never ending war.
• Fear of those who appear different from us.
• The privatization of essential government services.
• A widespread belief that the government cannot work.

The problem, is that the Republican agenda has consequences:

• It has destroyed the US Army.
• It has destroyed the US Marines.
• It has destroyed our respect worldwide.
• It has destroyed our economy.
• etc.

George W. Bush did not destroy the Republican Party, no has he wounded our nation for years to come, movement conservatism has.