Eight years ago, a Texas Governor named George Bush was sworn into office as the 43rd President of the United States, with his father, a former President proudly looking on in the audience. The context: an angrily contested election. His message? Here was his vision 8 years ago today:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.