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I have a much higher opiniion of Bush than McCain. I do think there is substance to your claims against both of them.

I still believe conservatives criticize Bush unfairly and romantize Reagan’s failings to a vice.

I think Reagan’s conduct of Lebanon was atrocious and sharply contrasted by Bush’s tough determination in Iraq. I think Bush has truly defeated the vietnam syndrom as no other American president. That is a vitally important point.

Moreover, the Kurdish genocide has been erased from public discussion despite the new prominece given to genocide as a policy criteria.

That is proof positive that Bush was profoundly and historically great. History is being blotted out to prevent his legacy. It won’t work.

He will go down as an incredible leader. Even if McCain wins, he will be quite lame in comparison. Conservatives will reluctantly realize this as well.

I agree with your assessment of Bush entirely. History will be far kinder to Bush than contemporary so-called journalists. Much of my quarrel with Bush is that he has left the defense of his administration and conservative principles to historians. The problem with leaving politics to historians is that historians comprise a very small voting bloc.

I think we might make a huge mistake to put Bush in this equation.

We have had eight years of President Bush. I do not nor have I ever agreed with all of his policies. I have strongly disagreed with him on many issues. I find myself scratching my head more often than not these days.

That being said, he was the right person at the right time. God help us if Gore had been President on 9/11.

I also think we tend to forget how the GOP slowly parted ways with Bush when the mid-term elections came up. They allowed the dems to shape any debate or issue rather than show some real balls.

I have no doubt Obama would persue an investigation if he was following Reagan. Obama wants to change our system.

As I have posted before:

“.....Obama “clearly agreed with me at the time that a shift in constitutional thinking from a rights-based discourse to one that centered [on] responsibility and duties ... would be a good thing,” West told Politico. “Partly because of those conversations, I don’t find it surprising at all that Sen. Obama’s speeches are often marked by calls to spark a sense of responsibility, rather than a sense of grievance.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11257.html