Posted by
Casper on Monday, January 12, 2009 11:05:45 AM
After eight years in the White House the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush is now entering his last full week in office.
Bush leaves office as one of the most reviled men ever to hold the office. Had President Lincoln lost the Civil War I think he might be a close second to President Bush. The left hates him for his mistakes, they hate him even more because he is a proud Christian, and they revile him for his successes.
I don't agree with everything George W. Bush has done. His spending habits left us with large deficit the economy grew but so did the reach of the federal government. He signed the McCain-Feingold bill and Republicans have not won an election of consequence since. He pushed for and eventually signed a prescription drug plan, creating yet another entitlement program that will never go away. He was warned by former President Clinton to keep an eye on Osama Bin Laden but his administration refused to move, concentrating instead on an educational bill thats done little to correct the problems in our educational system. When he struck Iraq, his administration refused to let the boys on the ground do their job and after the success of the ground war, US coalition forces were losing the fight for peace.
Still, there were some successes. His tax cuts created larger budgets and he pulled us out of the recession left behind by Bill Clinton. Since 9/11 there has been no terrorist strike against the United States and there can be no doubt that the terrorists want to hit us and they want to hit us hard. The Bush Doctrine of hit them before they hit us has kept the terrorists on the defensive and let there be no doubt that America is winning the war on terror under the leadership of President Bush.
The leftists in Hollywood will never respect George Bush, they will never agree that he was ever their President. Still, when talking about the affairs of state who really listens to these "mental midgets" anyway?
In closing I would like to say this about the man who is leaving office in little more than a week. He did not always make the right decision, but he always did what, in his heart, was right for America. In doing so he knew he would be the most hated man in the nation. As Coach Paul W. Bryant once said, if you stick your head up above the crowd be aware that someone will try to cut it off. President Bush, despite my disagreements with the man, is a courageous gentleman who put his reputation and legacy on the line to do what he thought was right for America. Regardless of the outcomes, that takes a courageous spirit, the same courageous spirit that made this nation the greatest on the face of the earth.