[Delacon]

He is a good wartime leader and a good man. Other than that, he is the republican party's Jimmy Carter. Not the conservative movement's Jimmy Carter because he never was a conservative.

[DouglasKC]

I admire George Bush for not selling out Christian principles. He may have been a bad politician, but he apparently understands that his standing before God is more important than the praise of men.

[Chgogal]

I am so sick and tired of the likes of Deroy Murdock, some fellow Freepers and others who are constantly complaining about Bush. Obama and friends are an unmitigated disaster and yet no one is screaming about this. So, please fellow Freepers save your venom for our enemies foreign and domestic.

[Will88]

When the administration found 3,894 pounds of low-enriched uranium in Iraq, Bush did not call a news conference. Instead, the Energy Department issued an almost totally ignored press release on July 6, 2004. Ditto the 606.3 tons of yellowcake uranium that the administration moved from Iraq to Canada last July. Despite the Left’s relentless charges that Bush lied about Saddam Hussein’s fondness for yellowcake, this development passed in near silence.

That one puzzled me a great deal when the news broke, then just faded in no time at at all.

Republicans should have learned how costly poor, and even non-existent communications from the WH, can be.

A lot of truth in the article.

[Sawdring]

This writer is spot on. The last laugh would be if the Left prosecuted him for war crimes.

[veritas2002]

Two mistakes right out of the box:
1. Getting into bed with Teddy Kennedy. If there’s no difference in the philosophy of governing between Republicans and Democrats, I can just as well sit out elections. Bi-partisanship is utter nonsense.

2. Talking about “compassionate conservatism.” I always resented this. Like I have something to apologize for when I say that it’s not the role of government to wipe everyone’s ?ss. I’d match my compassion for the poor and the sick any day with that of a liberal. Bush simply signalled that he wasn’t sure about how he should govern and the Dems picked up on this and have been whittling away at his ability to govern since he said this. It sounded too much like his dumb father’s “Thousand Points of Light” or dumb Jerry Ford’s “Whip Inflation Now.” It’s funny how the moderate Republicans keep on uttering this bull; it’s obvious they have no clear governing style.

I liked George Bush as a campaigner. He was a lousy president and I have been a loyal Republican for 40 years.

[r9etb]

He is a good wartime leader and a good man. Other than that, he is the republican party's Jimmy Carter.

But for Bush, Islamic terrorism would have been this century's version of Nazism, with all the implications and dangers of that movement .... that's all Bush needed to be, to be a success.

Miss Murdock needs to extend his historical vision farther ahead than the paycheck for his next column.