silent_jonny: You have out done yourself!! The feature photo is AWESOME, the selection of quotes is stellar, and the Three Stooges’ edit is INSPIRED!!
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Hugh Hewitt also out did himself with the following commentary:
THE LEGACY OF GEORGE W BUSH
By Hugh Hewitt
. . . Bush’s great legacy is the peaceful transition of power in an age of terror, a legacy made possible by his courage and his resolve to take the battle to our enemies, confront and defeat them wherever they could be found, contain them when they could not be attacked, and demand of the world a seriousness about the threat that remains real and deadly in its intentions. He has modeled how to act as president in this new media age of virulent venom at home and of fanatical violence and hatred abroad — with detachment toward the former and courage toward the latter.
Count me among the 30 percent, which will soon be 40 percent — and then more than 50 percent much sooner than most of the chattering class can conceive. Bush is deeply loved and respected in places as diverse as remote villages in Africa and booming tech centers in India and, despite the noise from a left still trying to diminish his character, among tens of millions of Americans grateful for the care he has taken to protect them and their families.
But his greatest admirers will be Americans, and perhaps Afghans, Iraqis, Israelis, Indians and Africans a century or more from now who read about his record and resolve in so many efforts will marvel at his restraint and credit his faith and his family for a remarkable service to freedom.
You can read the entire commentary here:
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=A7E56153-18FE-70B2-A8158E15A2E8FBD7
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GEORGE W BUSH COMES TO MIDLAND ON INAUGURATION DAY
Watch the video announcement from Don Evans and Mayor Wes Perry here:
http://www.mywtxchatter.com/video/george-w-bush-comes-to-midland
Read some great ‘welcome home’ comments from the folks at lucianne.com (a refreshing contrast from what often passes as commentary at FR — NOT the DOSE of course):
http://lucianne.com/threads2.asp?artnum=444219
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TEXAS DOSErs:
I hope MANY of you are planning to attend this welcome home party for our beloved President and First Lady!
I was going to fly in from Ohio but my hubby will be busy with a trial and my sister was just asked to attend a board meeting on the same day — she’s the lead counsel (and just as bummed as I am at the moment)! HOWEVER, I’m hoping we can all enjoy this event vicariously through our Texas DOSErs. We need you to provide us with a FULL REPORT (and photos)!! . . . yes, I’m talking about you LUV W!!
Here’s an AP article about the same event; I enjoyed the video link from CBS 11 Dallas:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_back_home;_ylt=Ag4WSlFpNga1YFB8NGHJGh0EtbAF
Curly seemed like a natural fit for Clinton ;)
Thank you for your post tonight and for all the years you provided us with valuable information that we wouldn't have seen/read/saw otherwise.
I am really going to miss your links. The video of the planned celebration in Midland is really special. How many people outside of Midland or the Dose will ever see it?
I was wondering as I watched it, what the voting record of Midland precincts was for GWB, considering that it must have been about 80-20 pro Bush. Then I read the one comment posted below the video and it was a snarky anti-Bush comment. Oh well, let us hope that the poster is a minority opinion in Midland.
What stamina the Bushes have to be able to get through all the drama in DC and then be up for a party in Midland!
Negative PS: I bet the Clintons had no place to go after W’s inauguration. That is why they hung around Andrews ‘celebrating’ and refusing to get out of town on Jan 20, 2001.