What Bush Has Wrought: ‘It’s All Incredible’ – Folha, Brazil

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Politically, electorally and economically, the damage inflicted on the United States by the Administration of George W. Bush is incalculable. Such is the verdict of Fernando Canzian of Brazil’s Floha newspaper.

Opening with a discussion of Oliver Stone’s new film ‘W,’ Canzian writes in part:

“WASHINGTON: Between the American election on November 4 and the inaugural of a new president, the world will still have 77 days of George W. Bush. … Thankfully, Bush won’t escape history so easily: thanks to the world of images, Bush will finish by being widely exposed to the public in the excellent W, a new film by director Oliver Stone … Even without being unkind to Bush, the film ends up serving as one more nail in the coffin of the President and his family, which for 200 years has been pecking around American power. The film is also a slap in the face of Americans who elected him twice.”

And then of the consequences of Bush’s reign, Canzian writes in part:

“The richest (?) and militarily most powerful nation is on its knees at the end of Bush’s reign. Even the most coherent solution to the current crisis – the injection of capital directly into banks – came from overseas, from the United Kingdom, and was replicated in the United States. It’s all incredible. … But as extraordinary as this may seem, with his arrogance and ignorance, Bush may have rendered an immense service. If U.S. growth is close to zero over the next two or three years, the size of the Chinese economy will have increased from one third of the U.S. to more than half. Several other emerging countries will also gain a larger slice of global activity. At least in economic terms, it will be a different world.”

By Fernando Canzian*

Translated By Brandi Miller

October 19, 2008

Brazil – Floha – Original Article (Portuguese)

WASHINGTON: Between the American election on November 4 and the inaugural of a new president, the world will still have 77 days of George W. Bush.

Thankfully, Bush won’t escape history so easily: thanks to the world of images, or the “culture industry,” as coined by Horkheimer and Adorno , Bush will finish by being widely exposed to the public in the excellent W, a new film by director Oliver Stone (maker of JFK, The Doors, among others) – which has a spectacular and moving performance by Josh Brolin in the role of the President.

Even without being unkind to Bush (on the contrary), the film ends up serving as one more nail in the coffin of the President and his family, which for 200 years has been pecking around American power.

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