Mods, could we please have a tribute thread to Pres. Bush that’s free of hateful, vulgar and vicious comments? Thank you for anything you can do.
Thank you for this. I for one appreciate your steadfast support of our President and my son’s Commander in Chief.
President Bush was the President of the United States from January 2001 to January 2009. Prayers to his family.
Fare tee well, Mr. President. I may not have agreed with everything that you did, but you did make tough decisions and you kept the Jihadis at bay.
GWB approval >> ‘rat Congress approval. QED.
Thank you Mr. Bush for being a good man and making some very hard decisions that kept us safe.
I loved this President — George W. Bush. Perfect, no, but he was always well intentioned and a very good man. He will be sorely missed by more than is obvious at this time.
For me, the most important thing to take away from this presidency is that GWB kept the country safe from attack during his watch. That was no small task!
I wish President George W. Bush and Laura Bush all the best in their “retirement.” They deserve it.
Thank you for this thread of appreciation.
Of all the political and social philosophies, conservatism promotes: self reliance, individual effort, decency, love of and service to Country, charity, humility, doing what is right, confronting evil and giving praise to our Creator.
I believe, as President and personally, George W. Bush held to those principles - however, he has been surrounded and opposed by a majority of citizens, a Congress and mindless media kumquats who do not...
Agreed starwise
God Bless President & Mrs Bush!
Thank you for keeping our country safe for the last seven years.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thank you Mr. President
he will be known as the last great american president...
i will miss his wit, his humor, and his bushinisms...
thank you sir.
god bless your family.
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While the author did acknowledge that "Although some of his actions upset conservatives," she underplays what actually transpired, particularly during President Bush's 2nd term. The fact is that all one needs to do to realize the extent to which the right mirrored the left in its Bush hatred, is to read almost any FR thread.
I'd like to quote the following paragraph from the piece and make a comment afterwards:
And yes, he truly is a compassionate conservative. Unlike politicians who can turn on the tears on cue, George W. Bush could truly get misty at a T-Ball game on the White House lawn or at a press conference with "Snowflake" babies; those born from embryos that would otherwise have been destroyed or used for research. And who can forget one of the most emotional of all the scenes immediately following the carnage of 9/11, when President Bush returned to his seat after delivering his beautiful remarks in the National Cathedral, and embraced his visibly-shaken father.
Since when did "compassionate" become a perjorative among conservatives? How many times on FR and elsewhere have we seen the term "compassionate conservative" lambasted rather than embraced. Far too many people saw insult in that term rather than an opportunity to demonstrate to vast swaths of the American populace that conservatives are not the meanspirited caricatures described by the media and other left-wing mouthpieces.
What are we conservatives if we cannot hold dear the honor, dignity, moral conviction, compassion, and simple human kindness President Bush demonstrated every day during his tumultuous presidency?
There's so much that not only could be said about the right's abandonment of GWB, but that needs to be said. We expect shallowness and disloyalty from the left, but if we on the right abandon our friends, then what are we? Yet this probably isn't the time or thread to go into the necessary detail. Better, for, now to quote one of my favorite pieces from our nation's Revolutionary period:
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
-- Thomas Paine (The Crisis, December 1776)
George W. Bush did stand it, and he has my love and thanks for as long as God gives it to me to know such feelings.
Thanksgiving 2003, Iraq
You have been a trusted and loyal friend to our 43 President, always there to post these wonderful tributes to him and Laura...I miss them so!
I love the big black ‘Thank you, Pres Bush’ image. I’m going to use that as the screen saver in my university office. Blow a few liberal minds.
I will miss President Bush. He has done what he thought was right even when some of us disagreed with him. I admire his strength and character. I appreciate the lovely First Lady, Laura, and the example she has been for girls around the world.
I believe that history will show him postively.
Thank you, Mr. President.
President Bush will be missed for his honesty, decency and steadfastness. Knowing of his faith and his personal relationship to God, gives me the belief that in the future, he will be vindicated for the decisions he made.
