I voted for Bush also. And I still look back on him fondly compared to the Anti-American Commie Muslim who rules the roost today.
But Bush made many mistakes. Number one being not connecting the importance of border security to national security.
I think you're being far too kind. Bush II wanted total amnesty. "Family values don't stop at the border." What an idiot. I used to think that it was simple elitist treason, but as I described above, I'm really convinced now it's just basic human stupidity.
Bush II gave us a guns-and-butter fiscal policy that would have made LBJ blush.
Bush gave us one pork-laden highway budget after the next.
Bush gave us the biggest increase in entitlements that we've ever had.
Bush got is into two wars that had no clearly defined exit strategies (if there was one lesson to be learned from Vietnam - a war he so assiduously avoided - it was never get into a war that you can't know you've won).
Bush appointed the HEAD OF AN INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW for cheap political reasons to head up our emergency response to Katrina, with disastrous results.
Bush signed the first bailouts in 2008.
The list could go on and on, but I'm already feeling naseous.
Better that Bambi? Okay, I'll give you that.
Swell.
But let's not get carried away. Bush was the most mediocre of men. He had no business managing the local pet store much less presiding over the gargantuan federal government.