[Man50D]

Without question, true in the general sense...but Bush has, in his own imperfect way perhaps, put the country's and it's people's interest foremost.

That is at the very least debatable considering his weak stance to fight global terrorism at our own borders. Endorsing a "Guest Worker Program" is an open invitation to terrorists posing as illegal aliens to destroy our country. Anyone who describes the Minutemen as vigilantes for trying to defend our country by upholding our immigration laws certainly does not have the people's best interest at heart.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Except in a lesser sense, he has not been villified by the population for his border policy, he has been villified for defending his nation by fighting a pre-emptive, offensive war against his nation’s sworn-to-the-death enemies. His nation has become a nation that is infected deeply with a sense of guilt — and can never feel justified being anything other than a victim. And because of that, pre-emptive, offensive warfare — taking the battle to your enemy — is anethema to them. And it is because he has done so that he is villified.