“So you think President Bush was a “squish,” huh?”
Yep.
“He had incredible balls, awesome resolve. His speech to Congress 9/20/01 was one of the greatest political speeches I have ever heard. The fact that he was able to change direction on the Iraq War, and back the surge when he was taking such heat from the media and all the usual suspects, still awes me. Not since Reagan have we been blessed with that kind of leadership.”
Wow, your standards are low. He fought the “surge” for years after it became clear more troops were necessary and his speeches told Americans to be tolerant of Islam and go to the mall.... It takes real “balls” to repeat politically correct platitudes and prosecute our own soldiers and Marines to make the enemy feel good.
“A great Christian, a great American and a great President.”
A man who believed in giving to others money he stole with the power of the state (African and other foreign aid), a man who thinks Americans are lazy and should be replaced with his “good-hearted” people from south of the border, and a man who wouldn’t use the bully pulpit even when he WAS right on something. Yeah, great guy that 43. We really got our money’s worth electing him.
You say that my “standards are low” because I consider President Bush to be our best national leader since Reagan. If you disagree, which intervening president do you think showed better leadership? George H.W. Bush or Bill Clinton?
It is difficult for any strong man to admit a mistake - particularly in the case of war strategy. It is much easier to say from the sidelines what a leader should do on the field, than it is to actually make those consequential decisions. President Bush made the right decision on the surge, stood behind it, and saw it through to a successful conclusion. Well done.
I don’t believe President Bush “stole” money from the American people to give to Africa and “other foreign aid” - unless one’s definition of thievery includes a large percentage of federal expenditures. Under that definition, it could be said that President Reagan “stole” money from the American people to give to Israel, the contras, etc. I don’t think it buttresses your argument against President Bush to blame him personally for things that all presidents do.
President Bush was vastly better than his principal opponents in ‘00 and ‘04. The country and the world are better off today because of his service, than we would be had his opponents been elected.
Yeah, but he was a “great Christian”. That about all most of these clown care about anyway.