Why I'm Thankful for George W. Bush

American Thinker ^ | 7-9-09 | Ken Russell - Commentary

[liliesgrandpa]

Yea, Bush did engage the terrorist, for which I am glad, but he handed the country over to the Democrats on a silver platter. He helped to destroy this country’s economy, opened our borders, gave us McCain, no child left behind, etc.

All in all, no thanks from me to Bush.

[Crolis]

Thanks for posting this article.

[jaycee]

I sure did enjoy these quotes by our President. Oh, how he loved America and our Military! The one in there now loves only himself “reading speeches”.

[Kaslin]

Thanks for the ping.

Thanks for posting this great editorial

[ohioWfan]

Where did this blame President Bush for Obama tripe come from? Who started it? It's absurd, and ignores all the real factors that led to the election of Obama.

You should be thanking the LORD for George W. Bush and what he gave you, and what he did to keep this country safe from the most dangerous enemy we've ever faced.

[ohioWfan]

GREAT article, smoothsailing! I'm printing and keeping this one.

Thanks for the ping, STARWISE. Brilliant article, indeed!

[jaycee]

Thank you, Starwise! I love that piece “The Leader” by Anonymous! Could I borrow (steal) that? LOL!

[ohioWfan]

Great post. You nailed it.

Look at all that President Bush had to deal with in fighting terrorism every single day, here at home, in two hot wars abroad, and in places we never heard about.

And yet, there are those who gripe and complain that he didn't follow THEIR foreign policy plan.

I think it's ego, Berlin_Freeper. Most of these guys would collapse in a puddle on the floor from fear if they had to deal with what President Bush dealt with.

It's easy to be "tough" sitting at their keyboards at home.

[jaycee]

Thank you so much for the article and this thread, smoothsailing! Enjoyed it so much! Anything about our wonderful President Bush brings a smile to my face!

[ohioWfan]

General Tommy Franks told us precisely how on Day One of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Few caught it. It was so very simple and so very brilliant and almost everyone thought it only applied to one objective; overthrowing Saddam Hussein. Remember what he said?

"We will close with and engage the enemy at a time and place of our choosing."

Just a note. Tommy Franks was quoting President Bush who used this phrase in his September 14, 2001 address at the National Cathedral (IIRC)

It was President Bush's strategy all along to engage the enemy on OUR terms and not on theirs.

[jch10]

Newby, It pains me to see posters try to ruin an obviously positive article by posting their ire more than once. Most of us here wouldn’t go to another site and do that. Perhaps you haven’t been here long enough to learn that.

[Theodore R.]

Even if we were to concede that GWB “fought” terrorists effectively, he left his political house in such disorder that socialism seemed the replacement choice to a majority of his “fellow Americans”.

[ohioWfan]

Even if we were to concede??? Are you that ignorant that you don't KNOW that we weren't hit by terrorists because of the vigilance of George W. Bush? Yikes!

The political argument you take is sheer nonsense as well. The leftist media lied incessantly about Bush, about the war, about our military, about the economy and forced his approval down with their lies. The Republicans, wanting to be popular boys, stayed away from the "unpopular" one, and also abandoned our troops in battle. The media lied through their teeth about Obama, slobbered all over him and covered his campaign entirely postively. Our culture and leftist educational systems have created a white guilt that caused a lot of the voters to want to be cool and vote for the first black President. McCain ran a stinky campaign and was a weak candidate. And there was a Democrat created economic crash that everyone stupidly blamed on the President.

Blaming George W. Bush for socialism is ludicrous. You have to ignore 95% of the facts to believe as you do.

[Jacksonian Grouch]

Veritas Vos Liberabit

[STARWISE]

Absolutely .. it’s not my creation .. it says so much.

[Jacksonian Grouch]

let’s not forget the fraud chosen1’s campaign committed regarding financing. Shutting down the ID verification check for all those online contributions meant that the 200 dollar limit on contributions could be bypassed, and with no ID associated with previous contributions, there was also no limit on how much a given account could contribute. Just perfect for the Soros’ of the world to provide funds to chosen1.

Imagine, having 1000 separate accounts setup, each one going through the ka-ching! routine approximately every 10 minutes (time it takes to process one of these); day in and day out, starting months before. Chosen1 had almost 3 quarters of a BILLION dollars to spend this last election, and only went through about 1/2 of it. Do the math, even for a month’s worth of “contributions”.

President Bush didn’t do this, Theodore...

JG

[ohioWfan]

An excellent point, Jacksonian. Obama had unlimited, illegal, international funds coming in to his campaign.

Even if McCain had run a good campaign, there was no way to compete with 80% negative media coverage and unlimited money coming in on the other side.

Again.......blaming President Bush for Obama's win is ludicrous and any argument for it unsustainable.

[dervish]

Thank you Pres GW Bush for keeping us safe. Pres Bush was the real deal.

[crazycat]

Tks great post.

The whole World will soon be missing GW, especially at the rate of idiocy that O’Bummer is showing.

[SuziQ]

Thank you President Bush. I know it doesn't mean much coming from some former Marine in Missouri but I appreciate what you did and I'll never forget it.

Oh, I think it will probably mean more to President Bush than Mr. Russell will ever know. Or, come to think of it, he might find out, because President Bush might just give him a call to let him know!