It is a cliche to say that Bush kept us safe. He kept us safe only after 3000 Americans were killed. Then he himself instituted rules against profiling muslims and Arabs which we can only thank God were not exploited during his watch.
I liken it to a relief pitcher who lets all of the inherited runners score while not giving up any runs on his own.
That is not responsive. You stated your revisionist history comments had “always” been your views, and clearly they were not as those posts demonstrate - and weren’t until Trump made these outrageous remarks - and he’s your guy, so you march right in step like a member of the personality cult that is the Trump campaign - remarkably similar to the Obama campaign and trying to reason with his supporters in 2008.
Here’s another post from 2007 - years after those others I linked to - further driving home the point you did not hold these views until you felt compelled to defend the indefensible from Trump and they magically became “always” your views:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898768/replies?c=6
Let’s stop playing games with each other.