[AFPhys]

Then came 9/11. And things changed, A LOT. You saw it here on FR. Even some of the worst critics of Pres. Bush here began to change their view of him.

One of the funniest things about the phenomenon is that although many people changed, President Bush and Laura were pretty much the same people they have been for years. It was only then that many could finally understand the value of his steadiness and leadership, and appreciated his wife for the classy First Lady she is.

[Illbay]

Agreed. That's why I, who originally supported Alan Keyes (and I voted for Dr. Keyes in the Texas primary, even though it was a "throw-away" vote by that time), had no problem throwing my support behind Mr. Bush.

He was my governor; I KNEW what a fine man he was, and what a wonderful wife he had.

The garbage that was thrown his way here on FR, though, did not easily abate. It was really only after 9/11 that that began to happen.

By this past Tuesday, many of the "fence-sitters" had become converts. Add to them, the people in general that had come to recognize what a fantastic leader we had, and when Mr. Bush asked for help from the voters, he got it.

That, IMO, is the story of November 5, 2002.