by Charles Krauthammer
WASHINGTON -- Old Soviet joke:
Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev.
"Niki, I'm dying. Don't have much to leave you. Just three
envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get into big trouble."
A few years later, first crisis. Khrushchev opens envelope 1: "Blame everything on me. Uncle Joe."
A few years later, a really big crisis. Opens envelope 2: "Blame everything on me. Again. Good luck, Uncle Joe."
Third crisis. Opens envelope 3: "Prepare three envelopes."
In the Barack Obama version, there are 50 or so such blame-Bush
free passes before the gig is up. By my calculation, Obama has already
burned through a good 49. Is there anything he hasn't blamed George W.
Bush for? The economy, global warming, the credit crisis, Middle East
stalemate, the deficit, anti-Americanism abroad -- everything but swine
flu.
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