I have a lot of mixed feelings about Bush. In 2000, I thought he was the best choice and the right choice for the job. I 2009, I’m not so sure - but only because we witnessed few real examples of his conservative credentials.
That said, the statement about a divided nation rings more true than ever before, and this is a charge I lay at the left’s feet. It is the Democrats who have driven a wedge in this country that has created a political divide. It is Democrats who have driven the wedge in the country that has both created, maintained and exacerbated the racial divide. And, it was Democrats in the Clinton WH and Democrats at the Obamessiah inauguration who displayed some of the most classless, juvenile and immature behavior towards the incoming/outgoing president, Bush.
Clinton’s trashing of the WH and stealing $200,000 worth of property from the WH (remember the china, silverware and computer keyboard “W”’s they stole) - property that rightfully belongs to the American people.
The Obamanites’ “booing” of Bush and the whole “hey, hey, na na na” business is a prime example of just how immature, juvenile and classless they are. And, IMO, the biggest problem with Democrats and politics is that, with them, it isn’t about policy, it isn’t about patriotism, is isn’t even about America - it’s about who won. They have corrupted their political party into one giant Superbowl rivalry. And that kind of attitude will NEVER serve America well.
President Bush is a leader of uncommon moral vision and clarity of national purpose.
And in his farewell address to the nation, delivered January 15, 2009, President Bush made his valedictory exhortation on liberty and America’s responsibility: “In the 21st century, security and prosperity at home depend on the expansion of liberty abroad. If America does not lead the cause of freedom, that cause will not be led. … America must maintain our moral clarity. … Good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise.”