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The Obama administration's unattractive habit of taking frequent potshots at George W. Bush took a turn for the absurd when Vice President Joe Biden tried to portray himself as an unheeded adviser to the former president.(The Week)(Brief article)

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The Obama administration's unattractive habit of taking frequent potshots at George W. Bush took a turn for the absurd when Vice President Joe Biden tried to portray himself as an unheeded adviser to the former president. Biden told a CNN interviewer: "I remember President Bush saying to me one time in the Oval Office, 'Well, Joe,' he said, 'I'm a leader.' And I said: 'Mr. President, turn and around look behind you. No one's following.'" Anumber of Bush officials disputed Biden's version of events. Karl Rove's rejoinder was typically piquant: "It didn't happen. It's his ...

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