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silent_jonny: Thank you for continuing this special Thanksgiving DOSE — I hope you and all of my fellow DOSErs enjoyed a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving!
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MUST READ . . .

A DEBATE FANTASY, &c.
By Jay Nordlinger [I just love Jay — he shares our sincere appreciation for the vision, character and courage of President Bush!]

Can I indulge in a little fantasy? (No snickering or accusations, please.) I wish the GOP presidential nominee this year had said something like the following — perhaps in the last debate:

“Senator Obama keeps talking about President Bush. Well, I’m not President Bush. But I think he’s a fine man who has done many fine things. He looked the central evil of our time — Islamofascism — right in the eye, and didn’t blink. He has done necessary and hard and often unpopular things. He has had at least some role in keeping this country safe from murdering beasts for the past seven years — something no one thought possible. I have had my disagreements with President Bush, and he has made mistakes, as anyone would. But I’d sure as hell rather stand with him than with those who hate him and mock him and blacken his name.”

Would the GOP ticket have done less well at the polls? I doubt it. And the anathematization of President Bush, along with the weakness about him displayed by the Republican party, has been disgusting.

[Jay took the words out of my mouth. And because McCain did the exact opposite of what Jay recommended, he didn’t deserve to win the presidency!!]
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjNlYThjNWUxMjhiZDBhMzdkZGE0MDY5MWNlOWEzYWE=
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BE THANKFUL FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH
He will leave a safer America on January 20
By Don Surber

ON this national holiday when we give thanks to God for his blessings, I wish that everyone is near loved ones, from the homeless man at the shelter to the lonely rich man in his mansion.

As a nation, we have much to be thankful for. Topping my list, politically, is President Bush.

You can read the entire commentary here:
http://www.dailymail.com/Opinion/DonSurber/200811260495?page=1&build=cache
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And just in case you missed it:

Steven Curtis Chapman has written a beautiful tribute to President Bush:
http://www.stevencurtischapman.com/
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INTERVIEW EXCERPTS OF PRESIDENT BUSH AND THE FIRST LADY
by Doro Bush Koch, Storycorps

THE PRESIDENT: I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process. I came to Washington with a set of values, and I’m leaving with the same set of values. And I darn sure wasn’t going to sacrifice those values; that I was a President that had to make tough choices and was willing to make them. I surrounded myself with good people. I carefully considered the advice of smart, capable people and made tough decisions. [Have I mentioned lately how much I love our President?!]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/11/20081128.html