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possibly · 3426 days ago · link · · parent · post: George W. Bush was a much better president than liberals like to admit
If you murder someone, and then save seven drowning children, your overall impact on the world can be argued to be positive, but you still deserve to be jailed for the previous murder. That's what the author is saying.
The author wants people to pay attention to what he wrote and that's about it. This article about Nixon is a good reappraisal of an awful president. Bush doing one good thing and claiming utilitarianism as his saving grace is either dishonest or lazy.