When Ed Koch Backed George Bush

Late Mayor's Ties To Bush Explored
FILE - This Dec. 19, 2008 file photo shows President George W. Bush speaking about the auto industry, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Second presidential terms are never easy. More often, theyre fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout and souring relations with Congress. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
FILE - This Dec. 19, 2008 file photo shows President George W. Bush speaking about the auto industry, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Second presidential terms are never easy. More often, theyre fraught with peril, frequently marred by scandal, failure, hubris, and burnout and souring relations with Congress. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

The urge toward hagiography when someone dies is understandable. Because the dead cannot speak for themselves, and because the end of a life is a tragedy, we often hesitate to criticize them for fear of being seen as stomping on their grave – if not forever, than at least immediately following their passing.

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