So babygene...you sit out there in whatever cubbyhole you occupy, anonymously dismissing the character, morality, strength and resolve of GWB. Well, I, for one, bow down before your shining wonderfulness. After all, the character, morality, strength and resolve it takes to anonymously spew your thoughts on an internet forum far surpasses those qualities in anyone else.
Nah...GWB doesn't have character, morality, strength, or resolve. How could he? After all, he doesn't see the world the way you do. He didn't sit in some dark corner hiding behind some silly screen name while trying to out-petty and out-snipe equally anonymous people on an internet forum.
Nope, not GWB. He stepped into the toughest political arena on the planet, won the presidency only after prevailing through a frightening power grab by Al Gore, started putting together his first administration late as a result, then got hit with the first attack by a foreign force on the continental US since 1812. Followed simultaneously by the first bioweapons attack on the US.
And how did he handle himself -- this man of "no character, no morality, no strength, no resolve?" Hmmmm? At a time when no one knew if more attacks were coming, he went onto the battlefield just four days after the 9/11 attacks, stood on a burned-out hulk of a fire engine with his arm around a retired firefighter who had come to Ground Zero to help, and said, "I can hear you. I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." And he meant it.
In October 2001, he stood all alone on the pitcher's mound at Yankee Stadium. At a moment in time when no one could be sure what the terrorists would do next, wearing a bulletproof vest under his windbreaker, this man of "no character, no morality, no strength, no resolve" threw out the first pitch in the World Series -- a perfect strike -- and lifted the hearts of New Yorkers and Americans everywhere.
In the years since, despite monumental pressure both domestically and worldwide -- and even from his own wife when she thought he was using too much "cowboy" language -- GWB has stood firm on the overarching issue of our time. He kept his promise made on the same day he went to Ground Zero and stood on that fire engine:
"I will not forget this wound to our country or those who inflicted it. I will not yield; I will not rest; I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people."
Has he been a perfect president? No -- but anyone who expects perfection from any human being is doomed to constant disappointment. But unlike you and others of your ilk, babygene, he doesn't have the luxury of making pronouncements willy nilly without consequences.
And what have all you brave internet warriors done in support of this man you so easily revile? Just spent your time spewing sewer bilge out there in the dark while patting yourselves on the back for having so much "character, morality, strength, and resolve." Must be great to be such a shining example of wonderfulness.
May I give you a much deserved 'virtual' STANDING OVATION!!
Excellent Post! Standing Firmly with this Good Man.
That is an incredible post, Wolfstar, and spot on. THANK you!