The Essential President Bush [Bush did not abandon us; we abandoned him]

The Anchoress ^ | 05/22/06 | The Anchoress

[pfflier]

Thank you. It is so refreshing to see something that summarizes what Dubya has accomplished. We have forgotten that in all the righteous rhetoric.

[nopardons]

Thanks for posting this...it's fantastic!

Oh, the "purists" and UNAPPEASEABLES will trash it, but that's their problem.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Having symbolically LED the Minuteman Caravan to D.C. I still love this President and am praying for him. I do urge him to be more pro-active on our borders but I want him to remain in the Oval Office.

As I say, in other words, on my site.

http://www.spiritofallegiance.com/

Lyman

[Chena]

STANDING OVATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What an excellent portrayal of serious truths! God bless President Bush and God bless those who stand with him. BUMP!

[DrDeb]

AWESOME! JUST AWESOME! . . . The Anchoress is my favorite blogger too!

[nopardons]

Yes, yes, thanks a lot, Miss Cleo, your channelings of the FFs, are just soooooooooooo wonderful. Where do I send the money? /rabid sarcasm

[nopardons]

It sure is! Many thanks for the ping.

[spinestein]

President Bush hasn't surprised me either. Since before I voted for him in 2000 until the present day I've assumed that Bush is a moderate Republican who'll support many but not all of my own ideals. I voted for him in 2000 because he is better than the Jimmy Carter clone AlGore. I voted for Bush in 2004 because he is a far better candidate than that jackass John Kerry.

President Bush has brought us mixed results; significant tax cuts, strict constructionist judges, and serious attention to the Jihadist threat in the face of opposition from pacifist fools here and around the world are welcome, but he also signed CFR and brought us new Medicare spending and increased federal spending overall.

I doubt many people here at FR would be happier with the results of a Gore or Kerry presidency.

[Chena]

Stunning...brilliant. I have emailed copies to both my sons and several friends. I DO NOT send links to FR anymore because of all the hatred displayed here towards this great man.

I completely agree, CWOJackson. I've done the same and feel the same.

[Chena]

Well said. I thank you.

[TASMANIANRED]

Good article.

[Chena]

I suppose I could get in trouble for insistent "bumping", but your thread, this article, needs to be read by everyone, again and again.

[MEG33]

What a treat!

[Redleg Duke]

I read you post. I believe you are wrong. I don't expect you to rationally reconsider your comments. Good-bye.

[prairiebreeze]

BTTT

[Fred Nerks]

thanks, Howlin. I agree with our Prime Minister John Howard...'be careful what you wish for...' he said.


Thank You, John Howard

John Howard, prime minister of Australia, is doing a world tour. At a stop in Chicago, he told the unmitigable truth, as headlined in the Age newspaper on Friday morning: "World would be a darker place if not for US: Howard."

His actually words to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations were even better: "To the voices of anti-Americanism around the world, to those who shout 'Yankee go home', let me offer some quiet advice: be careful what you wish for."

It is a reminder that America is a big country, big enough to withstand the attcks of 9/11 -- the trillion-dollar damage to its main stock exchange and the near loss of its military headquarters.

Big enough to absorb the loss of an entire city.

Big enough to have 11 million illegal aliens in its midst and still argue whether welfare benefits for them should be cut off.

Big enough to host the most anti-American organization in the world, the United Nations.

"Without American leadership, the trials and tragedies of recent years could be but a prelude of darker days to come. With American leadership, we can build a better world — not just for us, but for all."

The Iraq War is very unpopular in his nation, yet Prime Minister Howard said, "Australia is with you. We will stay the course. We will finish the job."

I appreciate a world leader who is willing to still stand up for the land of the free and the home of the brave.

http://donsurber.blogspot.com/2006/05/thank-you-john-howard.html

[fire and forget]

Thanks for this and the many pings, Howlin. I don't often get to them but when I do they're well worth it. His stances on immigration and concessions to spending grate, but I give the President the benefit of the doubt, even on these issues. He possesses much better and a vastly greater scope of information that we do.

It's really disheartening seeing the viciousness that routinely surfaces in these Bush-related threads. Some have an odd character about them that suggests (as many have said) there are disruptors at work stoking the flames. But too many true conservatives, on both sides of the issue, get awfully personal. One thing everyone should agree on: If the dems get Congress in November, the balance of the President's final term will be a REAL nightmare.

[Bahbah]

It is harder than one might think to find a good and decent man...and then to stick with him. I can do that.

[deport]

Interesting essay and very much on point. Too few try to express the good things the President has done but many from across the spectrum spare no opportunity to bash him for his less than perfect performance.