“All in all Bush was a damn good president. He cut taxes, moved to improve education, supported the military.”
He cut taxes, but with a time limit. He expanded the illegal federal control of education, not improved it. He supported the military with one hand, yet had no problems with JAG-run-wild and the mess of a limited “hearts and minds” war on the other.
“Medicare Part D is one of the few government programs that is under budget and moderately successful because free-market principles are at the program’s foundation.”
Medicare Part D is an illegal expansion of government.
“He eliminated Saddam Hussein and his two lovely sons. He gave Iraqis freedom.”
Unfortunately, he replaced them with an Islamic government and giving Iraqis freedom (that they don’t know how to keep, since they will vote for tyranny) is not the proper role of the US President. Protecting the interests of the United States is - and THAT IS IT.
“And for seven years he kept you and me safe. He almost dismantled al-quaeda until the Democrats gave them support again.”
He left the border wide open, causing 10s of thousands of Americans to die who might not have if he had done his most basic job. He supported the KLA in Kosovo - an Al Qaeda affiliate - and did nothing about Saudi Arabia.
“Bush was a President of honor and dignity. I’m tired of people here bitching about Bush.”
Bush was a globalist. There’s no honor or dignity in that.
A free and democratic Iraq that is allied with America is in America’s national security interests. Going by your logic, after WWII, we should have abandoned Europe to the Soviets.