Posted on 05/21/2008 5:22:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
[snip] Anyone who knows me is aware that I am a proud American and a proud Jew who, while not religiously observant, fiercely loves and defends his faith. It has become fashionable for Americans in general, Jew and gentile, to hold President George W. Bush up to derision. As I believe many readers and listeners of my commentaries know, I crossed party lines in 2004 to support the President's reelection, saying at the time that I did not agree with him on a single domestic issue, but I did believe he was the only one running who appreciated the threat of Islamic terrorism to American values and Western civilization and was prepared to wage a war to defend those values.
I have no regrets for having made that decision and helping the President to win a second term. Today, according to the most recent CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, "71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush is handling his job as President, an all-time high in polling." His position can be compared with that of Harry Truman who left Washington unpopular and alone in 1953. Today, with the passage of time, most historians and certainly the American people, see Truman in a different light, primarily for his willingness to stand firm against Soviet aggression, whether against Greece or South Korea, and proclaim the Truman Doctrine, effectively defending the free world from Soviet efforts to expand their hegemony. Like Truman, George W. Bush, in my view, will be seen as one of the few world leaders who recognized the danger of Islamic terrorism and was willing with Tony Blair to stand up to it and not capitulate. [snip]
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Thank you, I couldn’t have said it better ;)
I don’t think it will take that long to recognize how important George W. Bush has been to the United States, indeed, to the entire world, with his unwillingness to concede Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq, or any other country to the Islamic extremists.The scary thing is what will happen once he leave office x(
How can one “fiercely love” one’s faith and not observe it?
Being “redeemed by history” is worth about as much as a bucket of warm spit. (Cleaned up from the original Garner version.) What worries me is not Bush’s treatment by history but a possible debacle for conservatism in November.
Agreed. McCain ain’t no great shakes, but in this, he is clearly superior to Obama.
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