Posted on 12/30/2009 1:32:44 PM PST by STARWISE
Though it may be an unpopular sentiment to some, I really do find myself missing George W. Bush. There is no sarcasm in that statement; no hidden slander. I genuinely find a vacancy in the world where President Bush used to be, and for very specific reasons.
I voted for Bill Clinton twice.
In subequent years I came to realize the kind of creature he was, what he did - and I don't mean Lewinsky - and the kind of no-conscience reptiles he and his wife were. And are.
I remember experiencing rage at the election of George W. Bush in 2000.
Then 9/11 happened when I was working down the street from the JFK Federal Building in Boston. I realized with 20/20 horror-sight what it would have been like if Al Gore had been President.
Gore, in the following years, has shown what terror he would have brought on this country with whatever his ideas of leadership would have been.
My mind changed and I began to see the foundation of what made this country and what motivated lunatic terrorists to want to snuff it out. And I became angry.
The next 8 years went by and now we are truly infected by a brand of vermin without conscience. And lately this has caused me to seriously reflect on what we are missing and the reasons I genuinely miss President George W. Bush.
Quite probably the most noticeable reason is that we were not bombarded daily with the Maoist inundation of images of the "Commander in Chief" as we are today. President Bush, once he won, stopped campaigning. His victories and, indeed, his presidency were not about some bombastic, megalomaniacal ego feeding frenzy.
He was our CEO.
Further, President Bush could be relied upon for steadiness of purpose. Whether you agreed with him or not, you knew there would be a landing on the tarmac without incident.
While I was a supporter of the Iraq War at the beginning, by 2006 I realized that something else had to be going on, and it wasn´t oil. If it were oil, we´d have seized it and avoided the rising gas prices. The expenditure of lives and money for the Iraq War are far, far out of proportion to the stated objectives. I don´t claim to know what was or the purpose is there. All I am certain of is that it is not oil and it is not security from terrorism.
That being said, we have been safe. Inarguably safe. This is not in small part due to the fact that President Bush surrounded himself with some of the most experienced and seasoned bureaucrats and military officers around. And, yes, I am an unabashed fan of Dick Cheney.
Dick Cheney just in sound bites makes Joe Biden look like the utter moron he is. Cheney is a man of class, decency and dignity. Yes, he probably knows a lot of things I would really like to know or would really not like to know. But my guess is these things are safe with him.
I can say that of no one in the current administration, least of all the President.
Understand, we have the first administration in history that is an administration of thugs.
If you criticize them, you are insulted on a personal level. I never once remember this happening in the Bush White House. The Bush Administration handled criticism primarily by citing the individual´s right to free speech and to challenge aspects of authority.
Now, if you disagree with the Obama gang, you are a racist or a Nazi.
How sane people can´t see this stark difference is beyond just mere learning disability.
No, I don´t give a damn about so-called "real Conservatives" who carped on Bush for not being the cardboard cutout of a party platform.
These same people helped sink McCain and elect Obama.
I grew up feeling lucky for what I had. I wish these idiotic Conservative ideologues would learn from that principle.
But, they´re all rich. They have no idea of being truly thankful.
And on a purely intuitive level, I miss President Bush because I don´t believe he had an evil bone in his body. He ran this country; he didn´t try to shape it into some Frankenstein´s monster socialist nightmare.
A President of the United States should be a statesman, even a simple man, but surely not a child radical whose origins we are not allowed to challenge lest we be labeled crazy.
Yes, I miss George W. Bush, if only because I could come home at night and go to bed knowing that, for now, everything was going to be all right.
He didn´t have a staff of hotshot narcissists with daddy issues. He ran a board of directors. They stayed in the background and actually worked.
Work.
And you better believe me: God, we need to get that back sometime or we´re all in deep crap.
Cheney is an excellent speaker and buried his opponents in their debates. Too bad he wasn't president instead of W.
I miss him very much. I think very highly of him.
No, he didn’t do everything I wanted.
But he is a man of character and conviction, and got the big things right.
“America is a strong nation, and honorable in the use of our strength. We exercise power without conquest, and we sacrifice for the liberty of strangers. Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America’s gift to the world, it is God’s gift to humanity.”
President George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 28, 2003
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Amen. Oh, to have a leader with those principles
and discipline in the White House now. I pray God
blesses us with such a leader in time ... maybe a
total unknown now .. for the next election cycle.
And God willing there is one.
When it came to saying we needed illegal aliens to break the law and do the "jobs Americans won't do," he was very steady.
He was also like a rock when it came to CFR, NCLB, and letting Congress do whatever it wanted without being kept in check by vetoes.
I am proud to say that I miss Bush and I don’t give a damn how that might rub anyone with BDS.
On the other hand, I am glad that he’s gone, for two primary reasons. After two terms of 24/7 service to this thankless country, during very difficult times.. he was ready for a well deserved rest.
Additionally, I was well beyond my tolerance level for having to deal with the daily Bush bashing. He was not a man without warts, he was human... but he loved this country and he gave it all that he could.
So, you bet, I miss him, but as bad as things have gotten, I still take a certain amount of enjoyment in seeing the suffering of those that helped put Obama in office.
The entire commentary spoke to my heart.
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Mine, too ... it’s very balanced.
It is .. and as I said .. a very balanced
and level-headed piece.
I'll bet you brought your DU photos with you for your usual show and tell, didn't you?
Go out and win voters to the idea of what America is about - freedom, freedom, freedom.... Go forth!
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Before we lose them .. please God.
Anyone besides me remember the enormous relief the day GW took over from the Clinton mob?
And how the Clintonites trashed the offices, ripped off anything not tied down?
GW wouldn’t allow any investigation of it, because it was more important to simply move on. He never once during his presidency threw blame on the Clintons for anything he had to deal with. He always treated his opponents with respect even when they turned around and trashed him right back... Ted Kennedy being a prime example, but there was in fact a long line of people who attacked him in the most dishonest ways, and he bore it with more grace than I could have done.
On another thread, on another day, I can tell you all the stuff I’m mad at him about, but he was a good and decent man, and O is a daily reminder that there are millions of Americans who do not know “good and decent” when it is right there in front of them.
Consider the source...like "People's Republics" aren't republics, groups stressing Democracy in their name generally aren't democratic (except in their loyalty to the RAT party)!
You said a mouthful ... YES!
LOVE IT! ... LOL
By all means, be sure to ignore that
you and your family were saved from any
beheading, bombs or other terror attacks
by evil jihadists here on our soil or in
the air over our land.
Expect that to change.
Back to your sniping ...
You do realize that democrats in congress loaded up defense bills President Bush NEEDED for the troops to force him into signing the legislation, don’t you?
I wrote on President Bush’s Facebook wall and thanked him for his character and integrity and still needed his leadership.
I hope he doesn’t keep silent during his retiring years.
Remember it all .. that whole month of
waiting for the decision was agony. It’s
seared forever in my mind.
He exemplified grace under fire .. more
than anyone I’ve ever seen, and more than
I’d ever be able to extend to my vicious
enemies.
I’ve never seen a man so personally mocked,
smeared and vilified and stand so far above
the rabble, retaining his humor, civility and
class, while always bringing honor to the Office.
God bless him and Laura always .. they were
and are the epitome of class in all their public
dealings. They truly walk the Christian walk.
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