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He protected the country for 8 years. He does not deserve the hatred and derision and bile sent his way from the left, or from the right, or from the world. That having been said, he did not advance conservatism. Under his watch, Republicans became the caricature that the left always claimed we were. Ted Stevens, Mark Foley, Medicare, No Child Left Behind... I realize much of this was not George W. Bush's fault-- but actually, it was. In that he could have stopped it. Or he could have advanced conservatism. He could have controlled spending. But the point is he is a patriot, a true American-- and in comparison to Terrorist-Elect Obama-- a great man.

I can agree with that- and I'll add a snippet I wrote elsewhere:

Like many who voted for the man twice, I went through stages of lukewarm support, enthusiast support, and finally “just wish he'd go away,” but...

Big “but.”

But I think shortly most of us will wish he were still in office, due to the imminent Obama Thugocracy”...

Yeah. “Compared to what?” is always a good question to ask. WE don’t know what the media and the Dims would have done to another president or how another president would have reacted to the Dim willingness to hold the country’s safety and security hostage to their agenda.

I don’t know what happened with W. But I know he’s a good guy. So it could be that the War on Terror just sucked up so much time and energy that he couldn’t do much else.

I mean, think about it: Would anybody give a crap about any of the issues that today seem so important— if 911s were happening once a year?

Of course not. It’s only because we believe we’re safe— that we can go around complaining about what we complain about.