Dittos.
GWB was handed one sh!t sandwich after another by the 'Rats and their willing accomplices in the media from day one. All things considered, he's done fairly well. If he had managed domestic issues like a conservative and not worried about 'getting along' with the 'Rats like he did in the Texas state house, he'd be a candidate for Mount Rushmore.
One small mistake in the linked article--the burning of Washington DC was in 1814, not 1812.