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'''Bruce Bartlett''' is a conservative economist, author and former government employee.<ref>Mr. Bartlett ... was a domestic policy aide at the [[White House]] in the [[Reagan administration]] and a deputy assistant [[Treasury secretary]] under the first [[President Bush (41)]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/politics/18bartlett.html (NY Times, October 18, 2005)</ref>
'''Bruce Bartlett''' is a conservative economist, author and former government employee.<ref>Mr. Bartlett ... was a domestic policy aide at the [[White House]] in the [[Reagan administration]] and a deputy assistant [[Treasury secretary]] under the first [[President Bush (41)]] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/politics/18bartlett.html (NY Times, October 18, 2005)</ref>
He commented:
He commented:
{{quotebox|One of the amusing things about the [[liberal media]] is its compulsion to always present an alternative perspective to conservative successes, even when it looks ridiculous doing so. Only liberal successes are allowed to be presented without some reporter saying, “On the other hand….” Thus, reports of Ronald Reagan’s accomplishments are always accompanied by boilerplate about his alleged failures, whether it was his inability to cure AIDS, the Iran-Contra scandal, or something else. [http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_bartlett/bartlett200406140846.asp]}}
{{quotebox|One of the amusing things about the [[liberal media]] is its compulsion to always present an alternative perspective to conservative successes, even when it looks ridiculous doing so. Only liberal successes are allowed to be presented without some reporter saying, “On the other hand….” Thus, reports of Ronald Reagan’s accomplishments are always accompanied by boilerplate about his alleged failures, whether it was his inability to cure AIDS, the Iran-Contra scandal, or something else. [http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_bartlett/bartlett200406140846.asp]}}
In 2005, he was fired from the conservative think tank National Center for Policy Analysis, it has been widely reported that the reason was his writing the book: ''Impostor: Why George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy.'' Bartlett has said that he despite this, he remains a [[Republican]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/politics/13letter.html An Outspoken Conservative Loses His Place at the Table:] New York Times: February 13, 2006]</ref>
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