Posted on 11/09/2008 1:12:20 PM PST by davidosborne
Now that America has a new President Elect, I was wondering when we might start hearing about the disgraceful treatment of Bush. I voted for G.W., twice, even though I didn't agree with him when we went to war with Iraq. I figured that he and Congress must have known something that I didn't and that there was possibly a good reason that I wasn't aware of.
When the war started having its problems and no WMDs were found it didn't take long before the same people that voted for the war started throwing G.W. under the bus. The mainstream news media followed suit and it wasn't long before G.W. had the majority of America "hating" him. This treatment of a President in a time of war would have been considered treason 60 years ago. I find it troubling that some politicians, including Obama, Pelosi, Dodd, and Reid are wearing the badge of treason like it was a badge of honor.
I firmly believe that the Bush hating liberals and media bear a lot of the responsibility for why the Iraqi war has been so difficult to prosecute, and why our enemies have had reason to believe that they might be able to defeat us.
I think that all of this says much more about the corrupt politicians and media than it does G.W. Even John McCain, who I admire immensely, threw G.W. under the proberbial bus thinking that it would mean more votes. Personally, I think that this strategy played out against McCain.
Much to G.W.'s credit he has remained Presidential through it all. A lesser man couldn't have withstood the constant barage of hateful rhetoric against him from the politicians and the media. As for the current economic crisis, G.W. has once again demonstrated that he believes in "the buck stops here" principle. Even though, our economic problems happened on the watch of a strongly Democratic Congress, which of course the media continues to fail to report this little bit of factual information.
G.W. has not been a perfect President but he does deserve our gratitude for his steadfastness under very trying circumstances and exacerbated by a corrupt press and even more corrupt politicians.
On behalf of many Americans, we thank you Mr. President for your selfless service to your country. God bless you and your family.
Preston Osborne Cherry Valley, CA
I agree with you that his approval rating after he leavs office will likely be limited at best.
Sadly, IMHO, it will be because of the number of times he failed to govern as a TRUE conservative.....
... conservatives will remember the times he failed us, and the left will remember him as some right-wing radical conservative ALWAYS giving in the to far right, which is far from the truth.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
If Bush has a fault he's too eager to "reach out a hand". We hold elections because two parties have different views and whoever wins gets to implement those views. This bi-partisan nonsense is just that. Obama won - now let him implement his policies but the next time the Republicans get in lets not have any more of this bi-partisan rubbish from the elected Republicans. When they get elected we should expect them to implement their policies "hell for leather". It's also the duty of the Republicans in Congress to oppose policies they are against with every weapon at their disposal.
Republicans view politics as a polite tea party, Democrats view it as a fight to the death - Republicans should too.
It appears you are a blight on FreeRepublic
Shapiro should stop sniveling. Bush is The President, not The Queen of England. Like a true alcoholic, Bush fawningly tried to curry favor with everyone who despised him yet at every turn spat upon his staunchest supporters.
It is with justifiable opprobrium that in future his name will be spoken by the people who worked so hard to put him office.
Wrong. History will be incredibly kind to GWB....Much like it has been to Reagan. Both will be remembered very fondly.
If you consider the biggest expansion of the size and scope of the Federal government since LBJ to be a shining example of what Republicans should stand for, very well. I do not.
The intense hating (on the part of the MSM, the universities, the lefty interest-groups, and Europe itself) all started with a gasp! after GW Bush was asked in an exclusive interview: “Who is the single most influential person in your life?”; and he answered, “The Lord Jesus Christ”.
Same thing happened to Sarah Palin.
Evangelical Christianity has been summarily marginalized.
You are quite right, for those who wish to live in an Obamanation.
Bush 41 & 43 have both been disasters for the Republican Party and conservatives.
Bush 43 earned his approval rating.
History would always treat Reagan as a great President. There's too much empirical evidence extant for even the lefties to refute his greatness.
History will judge Bush like Carter, a man with the best of intentions, but beyond his pay-grade who because he ignored reality ended being very bad for the country.
A president who winds up eight years in office with the beginning of the greatest spree of business nationalization in our history is himself perhaps a bit of a blight on America.
No one wants to live in an Obamanation. But, only a fool would ignore that just as Jimmy Carter helped guarantee a sweeping success for Ronald Reagan, Bush guaranteed a sweeping success for Barack Obama.
Absolutely. I'm picturing Hitler's Brownshirts, or his Waffen SS.
I'm afraid we're in for some scary times in this country.
And any comparison in decency and/or competence in office to Carter is laughable and no where near being intellectually honest.
The pay-grade BS is just that, BS. The man is as serious and adult (with a hell of an intellect) as any we have had in office. Don't agree with his positions on issues, fine. So be it. The notion of his intellect / pay grade....is utter grade-school level BS.
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