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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

I do not accept the premise of George W. Bush’s “mistakes.” I don’t agree with him, or anybody else, on everything, but he was a fine president. The media was the only entity who “polarized” people’s views of W. At least he had the best in mind for the country, unlike the America-hater we have now.


18 posted on 06/03/2014 12:32:17 PM PDT by trillabodilla (For I am the LORD, I change not; Malachi 3:6a)
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To: trillabodilla
I do not accept the premise of George W. Bush’s “mistakes.” I don’t agree with him, or anybody else, on everything, but he was a fine president. The media was the only entity who “polarized” people’s views of W. At least he had the best in mind for the country, unlike the America-hater we have now.

I "mostly" agree with you. I'll give him "fine" not great. Bush got soft and squishy in his second term, especially the last two years. He started caring about public opinion and wanted media & democrats to like him. The spending, education, medicare, etc. all pushed him back to mediocre.

I am very thankful he was President when 9/11 occurred and during the recession that followed (along with Tyco, Enron and the tech bubble burst). Those first few years were his finest hours as Commander in Chief.

36 posted on 06/03/2014 12:48:18 PM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Tagline deleted at the request of an offended FReeper.)
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To: trillabodilla

George Bush was a decent and honorable patriot who did a fine job as president except he spent, or allowed the spending of too much! The city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana created the Katrina disaster. Virtually all politicians, including all DEMS, agreed there were WMDs and the Iraq War was the right thing to do.

The Washington Post cannot say anything bad about Obama without first saying something bad about Bush.


43 posted on 06/03/2014 12:56:41 PM PDT by Laserman
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To: trillabodilla
I do not accept the premise of George W. Bush’s “mistakes.” I don’t agree with him, or anybody else, on everything, but he was a fine president. The media was the only entity who “polarized” people’s views of W. At least he had the best in mind for the country, unlike the America-hater we have now.

Like his father, George W Bush is a decent, honorable man. He would have been a great president except for the fact that he was a Bush, and as a result was too enamored with the idea that a centralized government can do things well. Thank God we had him on 9/11, but his cozying up to Ted Kennedy was beyond the pale. His reluctance to take on and respond to the attacks from his political enemies (I blame the porcine Karl Rove's advice for that) led to his ultimate downfall.

47 posted on 06/03/2014 1:12:38 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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