Does Rachel Maddow blame President Bush for 9-11?  We’re not talking truther-nutter-steel-doesn’t-burn blame, but a somewhat more subtle variety, perhaps suggesting the president coulda/shoulda prevented the attack from happening.  In the course of deconstructing Pres. Bush’s farewell address of last evening, Maddow made two references to 9-11.

She began by describing the state of things when President Bush took office.

RACHEL MADDOW:  When he arrived in January of 2001 . . . . there was a vital jewel of an American city called New Orleans back then—and a World Trade Center.

Maddow returned to the them a bit later, reacting to Pres. Bush’s observation that the country has remained safe from terrorist attack over the last seven years.

PRESIDENT BUSH: [There can be debate about my decisions], but little debate about the results.  America has gone over seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil.

MADDOW:  After that first, really big, giant one.

So just what did Maddow mean?  She never said, preferring to leave hanging in the air the ugly insinuation that, somehow, 9-11 too was all Bush’s fault.

Oh, and classy touch, that “Good Riddance” graphic accompanying Pres. Bush’s photo during much of the segment.