Let's not make Bush out to be a victim in all this. He has consistently betrayed conservative principles since at least 2004 and, with his bailout stunt today, probably put the final nail in the coffin of the Republican Party. He makes McCain look like Reagan at this point and that's saying something.
My point is not that Bush took a pounding, it is that he NEVER used the office to fight back! He stood there taking the pasting. Republicans in general never stand up for truth, they are way more interested in not creating waves and crossing their plantation masters, the Democrats.
Further, Bush took us to war. I’m okay with that, but he never had a consistent effort to maintain the support for the war with the rest of the country. He abandoned his post and thus the country turned against the war and against him.
In 8 years how many times did Bush address the nation from the Oval Office? 3 times in 8 years? 4 times (once every two years?)