> Leadership means having a defined agenda, a plan to achieve it, and a prompt factual response to your detractors, so much so that many of those on the fence or the other side of the argument become some of your biggest supporters.
I beg to differ. Leadership means the ability to have followers. Nothing more nor less. President George W Bush demonstrably has that ability.
> Like his father, GWB has turned out to be a brutal disappointment from a conservative standpoint
Not this Conservative. In my view he has been a fine War-time President. Every other consideration is secondary: America is at War and President George W Bush prosecuted that war competently and to the best of his ability.
> and a mealy mouthed 98 pound weakling when it came to confronting his opposition
You mean like Saddam Hussein? I seem to recall he had Saddam hanged.
> and outlining his positions to the public.
His positions on the WOT were well-understood by the public. Everything else was a sideshow that did not merit his attention. Winning the WOT was (and is) everything that matters.
> Good Riddance!
Let’s see how you feel after His Excellency Barack Hussein Obama Dada’s first four years. I bet you will look back fondly at GWB.
I’ll only look back GWB as opportunities squandered.