I don’t get this defense of Bush. Bush was wrong in his policies and a failure in his policies.
The only people defending Bush are those that rooted for him and now are too red faced to admit he was wrong (and thus they were wrong).
I know.
I have always said that my support for Bush and No Child Left Behind was wrong. It was meant with the best of starry eyed intentions but was a nightmare of Federal bureaucratic over-reach.
I’ve also been unwavering of my support of the invasion of Iraq. My regret here is that Bush didn’t push through a formal declaration of war (we had the votes) and didn’t veto more social spending issues when we were at war. Also, the senior DoD leadership didn’t listen to the troops in-country.