After listening to Bush gloss over his broad "successes" last night, this nice and readable graphic is a good reminder of the real effects of his vicious presidency. Some of the comparisons -- the deficit, consumer credit debt, our image abroad -- are pretty shocking. It's almost funny to think how this reign will be viewed in the coming decades. Almost.
Adam Doster, a contributing editor at In These Times, is a Chicago-based freelance writer and former reporter-blogger for Progress Illinois.