George Bush did not protect our borders - especially with Mexico. George Bush is a good man with good intentions but he was incompetent as president and he, with his republican party weasels brought about the complete disaster of Barak Osama/Obama.
As far as Iraq is concerned, we never should have thrown away the political and material resources to invade a country on the other side of the world because of what they might have done with what they might have had. Iraq posed so little threat to this country compared to other sources that it was one the worse decisions in world history to commit such critical resources to that fiasco. Iraq might come out better off, but the USA is obviously not better off because of that ill advised effort (ie. president Obama). It is not our place to be the policeman of the world - see the founding fathers.
The GOP’s largest mistake was joining with Democrats in demonizing Bush, who faced an unprecedented 8 years of attacks and undermining of his administration from the Democrats and their leftist cabal.
Obama was not a mistake brought about about 8 years of Bush, but by 14 years of planning, setting the stage and demonizing conservatism, ridiculing Republicans (many of who brought it on themselves) and by craftily protecting their own from exposure.
During this time, they stacked courts, schools, corporations and government as well as their support groups with plans of a complete takeover, while we sat back and cringed and refused to support Bush or his worthy causes (other than the War on Terror.)
We failed to protect good Representatives we had while Democrats attacked at every chance.
We failed to get behind Bush and watch his flanks, while demanding better performance from him in regards our borders.
We failed because we got complacent after 1994 and whenever a Republican was thought to be or accused of outside our own definition of a conservative, demanded their expulsion, while patting ourselves on the backs that we were “clean.”
Mark Foley was gay, but broke no laws. Tom DeLay was accused, but has not been tried. The list goes on and on, but the point is, these were our strong players on our behalf and we abandoned them for some Puritan ethic that allowed the Democrats to drive that wedge between the GOP.
At the same time, we replaced some with weaker Republicans, thinking they were “clean” when they were more left than some Democrats.
No, don't put it all off on Bush, accept your part as well.