Remembering GWB

As GWB prepares to leave office, I think history will treat him much as it does now Harry Truman: A plain spoken humble man who made the really tough decisions and left office with abysmally low poll ratings. There were four major policy decisions of GWB I personally never liked:

1) No Child Left Behind--Whatever happened to the concept that public education is supposed to be a state and local issue, not a federal issue, at least according to the U.S. Constitution? Besides it was way too costly.

2) Prescriptions Drugs Medicare Part D--How much is this greatest entitlement program since the Great Society going to end up costing?

3) The Kennedy-McCain immigration amnesty bill. Thank God this pig never got off the ground. When are we going to stop rewarding law-breakers for their ILLEGAL behavior?

4) The $700 billion Wall Street Bailout. If policymakers in Washington ever got around to figuring out that THEIR policies caused this mess to begin with, they would understand that the real answer to fixing the problem is for the federal government to stop excessive spending and to get their own house in order. The government could begin by privatizing Fannie and Freddie and by getting out of the housing and mortgage markets altogether--two businesses it should have never gotten into to begin with.

1) GWB cut taxes. Yee ha! This kept the economy growing throughout most of his administration even in the wake of the horrendous 9/11 attacks on our soil.

2) Keeping us safe: It is no accident that there have been no further terrorist attacks on our country since 9/11 thanks to GWB going on offense and streamlining government bureaucracy to fight international terrorism. I don't care how many terrorist thugs they water board at Gitmo, I want my country protected. Besides the Geneva Convention protects conventional POWs, not these terrorist bastards who know no rules or boundaries of civilized behavior and norms.

3) Liberating two countries and 50 million people from the yoke of the world's most murderous and savage tyrannies. Saddam Hussein received his just reward on GWB's watch. Thank you Mr. President for removing this thoroughly evil terrorist supporting despot!

4) Appointing conservative judges like Alito and Roberts to the Supreme Court. We will need them now!

6) Restoring the dignity, honor, integrity, and decorum of the White House after eight long years of interns, lies, stained dresses, cattle futures,questionable pardons, and pilfering of the Bonnie and Clod administration.

I can think of one president who signed liberal abortion laws (in California), raised taxes, and signed an amnesty granting immigration bill--we now regard him as our patron saint--Ronald Reagan. Hopefully my fellow conservatives will find in it there hearts to cut the current president the same slack as they cut for RR. Some say GWB's greatest fault was his obvious distate for tooting his own horn. I say it was his greatest attribute--contrast this to the egomaniac narcissistic gasbag replacing him. Believe me, it will wear thin!

RR knew more than most that politics is a less than perfect profession, and that the people it attracts even more so. RR once said that politics is the world's second oldest profession. With this thought in mind, let us remember the real GWB the way he really was: A truly kind, warm hearted, honest, plain spoken, simple man, truly humble and low key--Laura too. God bless them. Even though I didn't support all of GWB's policies, I thought he added a sense of dignity and grace to 1600 Pennsyvania Avenue. I will miss him. God Bless you, sir!

the crybabies who did nothing and pointed fingers at fema and him

and you guys are any different? how?

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I for one never ever blamed Katrina on W or FEMA. What appalled me was his acceptance of the false hatred and blame toward him. There is a time to fight back and that was one. W showed horrible judgement in all of this and played right into the hands of the left. For starters, he could have ordered Gonzalez (AG) to immediately begin a massive investigation into where the federal funding went for the unbuilt levees, just for starters. He never used the power of the Fed to do what was right.

Well done, President Bush, and Thank YOU!!

While some uninformed will blame Bush for the bailout, the rest of us are cognizant that this little manufactured crisis gone viral, has, as of October, 2008, put Pelosi in the Queen of America seat - she has held the govt under threat of house arrest/martial law ever since.

Some have spoken out about it, some on the House floor even; (one offrecord and unidentified representative even dared to claim he would be shot) most have not said a word. Noone questioned her ability to declare such, and noone jumped up and down over the outrage; it's much to easy to point at republicans who cowered in silence, afraid for their own freedom.

I would not be surprised to learn some time in the far future that Bush was indeed, threatened with house arrest, especially in light of Josh Bolton's claim that nation-wide martial law was threatened by Pelosi if McCain did not return to Washington DC, as Bolton reported. It would sure explain his agitation, detachment and relative silence.

The fact that Pelosi demanded the bankers meet with her before they ever saw Paulsen's door, told part of the story. The fact that she instructed the ENTIRE dem caucus to vote no on the bailouts, told more, and the fact that not one rep has made more than an obligatory peep since being barred from meetings, tells the rest.

My senators and my representatives didn't stand by Bush, but by God, I will. jmo moo

P.S. less than 200 miles of border fence to go:

Here are some articles that detail what has been completed (of the 700 miles total), and types and descriptions of fencing used:
http://www.kdbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=9557225&nav=menu608_1
With 500 miles complete...Another 100 miles are expected to be in place by January 20th when Barak Obama takes office. That will leave just 70 miles for the fence to be completed.
http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/programs/border-fence-southwest.shtm
Fence completed as reported on December 18, 2008: 278 miles of pedestrian fence; 248 miles of vehicle fence
Proposed fence to be completed by December 31, 2008: 370 miles of pedestrian fence; 300 miles of vehicle fence
(also, pictures of ‘vehicle fence’ contrasted with ‘pedestrian fence’ construction)
http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?s=9500900
ElPaso fence: The new fence is much more daunting than the old eight-foot fence. At 18 feet high, it can be a pretty intimidating climb
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-09-10-border-fence_N.htm
The overall plan for security on that border includes additional Border Patrol agents, more enforcement of immigration laws, the fence and a high-tech “virtual fence” with surveillance technology (Boeing has the virtual tech contract)
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/29/nation/na-border29
A line of towering steel now slices for about 32 miles through a sea of sand from San Luis to the Tinajas Altas mountains. The fence, built to prevent incursions on the Barry M. Goldwater Range, is now the longest on the border, more than twice as long as the 14-mile fence separating San Diego from Tijuana.
St Luis: That route is now blocked by two new layers of fencing: a 15-foot-high steel-mesh secondary barrier and a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire

I will gladly give G. W. Bush a few things: 9/11 was not repeated; this is to his credit. He is a decent and honorable man, unlike his predecessor. However, in refusing to halt illegal immigration, he added millions of people to the ranks of the Democrat Party, increasing immensely and permanently the power of this decadent, depraved, parasitic organization. In delivering the U.S. government to these misguided, dishonest, self-serving politicians, he sank the U.S.A. and the American people so deep into the decadence that the Democrat Party represents and promotes that we will likely never recover. Evidently he lacked the wit to understand what was at stake and the folly of the positions he took.

I was one of Bush's most enthusiastic and loyal supporters when he was first elected, and I voted for him both times. However, WestSylvanian is right; his administration has been a disaster.

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