Bush’s Campaign to Be Seen as Another Truman
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April 26 (Bloomberg) -- The dedication this week of theGeorge W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was more than anopportunity for the five living U.S. presidents to compare noteson what Stefan Lorant called “the glorious burden” of theoffice.
It also was the beginning of Bush’s campaign forrehabilitation. As Bill Clinton said at the ceremony, allpresidential libraries are attempts “to rewrite history.”