Reminds me of the saying, "there's a great woman behind every great man". Laura is amazing.
I just really liked the way he treated Laura in public. I liked the way she looked at him. I liked the way he always knew where she was in a complex public chaos.
The stuff I've learned subsequently regarding his "good ole boy" crousing problem and his subsequent commitment - God inspired and directed - to his wife, daughters and obligations were just supporting evidence. It fortified the great vibe I got when I saw George and Laura look at, and treat, each other in public. Loving partners. I don't need much more. We can never anticipate the crises, radically evolving landscapes and political realities facing the people we put in office. We can only trust the character, judgement and integritry of those people.
That's what the "one-issue holier-than-thou" folks around here miss. Intentionally. We "Bushbots" trust Bush, we understand that we don't have the contextual information he does on a daily basis, and we know any nitpicking or second guessing we do is purely an uninformed, self indulgent exercise.
We Bushbots have given him our governing proxy to this team. That's all we can do, we're living our lives, we either trust the President and his world class advisors and management team (with good reason) - or we don't. I do. Everyone I respect, admire and influence do too, or they are soon to do - through a combination of my charmful embrace and their understanding of the truth. Or, I no longer admire them.
Okay, okay. I'm voting for Bush-Cheney. Alert the Blogosphere.