7 Things Democrats Would Have Freaked Out About If Bush Had Done Them

Obama's national security policy has continued some of the most controversial moves of the Bush administration. Silence from much of the left.

Democrats were overjoyed when George W. Bush left office in January of 2009.

Democrats were overjoyed when George W. Bush left office in January of 2009.

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Obama had promised to end Bush's hawkish foreign policy and the "war on terror's" detention and interrogation regime.

Obama had promised to end Bush's hawkish foreign policy and the "war on terror's" detention and interrogation regime.

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But in the beginning of his fifth year as president, Obama's record has been surprisingly similar to his predecessor's in those areas.

But in the beginning of his fifth year as president, Obama's record has been surprisingly similar to his predecessor's in those areas.

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Democrats fought George W. Bush’s troop surge in Iraq in 2006.

Democrats fought George W. Bush’s troop surge in Iraq in 2006.

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