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COLUMN: Bush is no Lincoln, but no Hoover either

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From: University Wire
Date: 20060426
Author:Wes Blevins

Wes Blevins
University Wire
04-26-2006
(Kentucky Kernel) (U-WIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Presidents, especially those well into their second terms, have long been known to ponder their place in history. For most, legacies take years to mold, as historians consider presidential contributions over the long term. More often than not, those in the presidential fraternity die unaware of how they will be regarded in history books.

The great German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, "What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely." With his perpetually sinking approval ratings, it might ...

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