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of visit the membership tab at BestOfLeft.com. Now welcome to the award-winning

BestOfLeft podcast with an assortment of Keith Overn's special comments

regarding the real history of the Bush administration, a rebuke to Cheney's self-defense,

President Obama's escalation of the war in Afghanistan,

the healthcare reform bill, the Ground Zero Mosque, the Prop 8 ruling in California,

followed by Keith's final sign-off, with a bonus clip for our Apple iOS

and Android app users from the Majority Report.

President Bush tells interviewers he does not care how history will portray him,

but in our third story tonight, The Los Angeles Times has obtained an internal

White House memo giving cabinet members talking points for painting history

a rosy portrait of Mr. Bush, even though his image will only get worse as new

and damning facts emerge. What does the memo say and how are we obligated

to correct its bizarre claims? To start, it says Mr. Bush,

quote, promise to raise standards and accountability in public schools

and delivered the No Child Left Behind Act. An act so poorly received at the Times

points out it became a standard applause line this year for Democrats.

Also from the memo, he curved AIDS in Africa. It's spread has slowed

and Mr. Bush has one praise for this, but he has not won any praise for withholding

funds from groups that promote condom use, a proven life saver,

in favor of abstinence-only programs, which have also failed in this country.

Also, Mr. Bush's foreign aid Puritan Randall Tobias quit last year

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