His name IS Bush, isn't it, A$$WHOLE???
As far as "writing him off before 2009" is concerned, your dreaming.
He already ruined the mid-terms for us and if the Dmes take over Bush will face impeachment for sure. And the U.S. government will be bogged down in an intparty fracas while the North Koreans and Iranians work on an atomic solution to dealing with us.
That doesn't mean he deserves lack of respect when addressing him.
And when you consider who the alternative would have been in 00 and 04, you should light a candle in front of the Baby Jesus Sacred Heart that it's him leading us right now.