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# It’s okay, Dubya
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/its-okay-dubya-editor/
- Published: 2007-10-01T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:05:50.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Flo Ginsburg Santa Monica*

And why shouldn’t GW Bush feel he can leave a war and a record deficit for the next president? Next presidents often receive what last presidents leave behind. After all, didn’t Bill Clinton leave relative peace and a surplus budget for GW to inherit and deal with?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 1, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/100107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)