[rabscuttle385]

So you think President Bush was a “squish,” huh?

For failing to veto bills, yes.

For championing Medicare Part D, No Child Left Behind, amnesty for illegal aliens, man-made climate change, and the bailouts, among other things, yes.

But, just by reading the rest of your post, I can see exactly where your priorities are.

So long as you feel "safe" because the U.S. is at war (even though one could replace Iraq with Kosovo and Bush with Clinton, and then you would probably oppose the war) and the President is speaking soothing words to you, you're perfectly happy.

Benjamin Franklin had some words for you, over two hundred and thirty years ago.

"Those who would trade liberty for short-term safety deserve neither."

[karnage]

I didn’t agree with everything President Bush did, but he did a lot of big things correctly. He was vastly better than the alternatives of the time - Gore and Kerry. He recognized the existential threat of Islamist terror, and took decisive and ongoing action against it. He stayed the course. That’s why I think history will judge him quite kindly.

I don’t feel “safe” because the U.S. is at war. And “soothing words” from a president don’t make me “perfectly happy.”