One of the things that upset me the most about Bush is that he always ‘took the high road’. As the left attacked him with outright lies, he just carried on. He refused to defend himself or to take them down a notch.
And, by extension, he was refusing to defend US - his supporters.
His silence left us out in the cold. We ended up with talk radio as our voice. Not our elected leader.
I know that it’s not the president’s job to deal with all of the media clap trap, but sheesh. Every once in awhile, it would’ve been nice to have a snarling bear in our corner.
I *want* a president who says, “These people are immoral LIARS.” How refreshing that would be.
I think the worst was the "no WMDs" lie. We all saw the photos of the trucks lined up heading to Syria. Later, we all read about what was found buried in the Iraqi sand. We heard nothing and Bush never said, "here's the proof".
I like that Trump was able to shut down Hillary's war on women talk. Not sure any other candidate could have pulled that off successfully.