Bush History-Bush's "Support" for the Troops: No Wonder the GOP Runs from Bush

Thank god the error of Bush is almost over.

Agreed. Things are in pretty sorry shape, but we did survive! The nation got thru the Civil War, two world wars, several depressions, and now we survived George W. Bush. We truly are a resiliant nation!

Bush... he was a great president. I don't know how much worse it would have been under Gore with all that happened through no fault of Bush.

A slap in the face of those who died or came back minus limbs, the idiot President gave up golf for penance.
If Hitler and Satan can have their own worshippers, why not Bush?

moonbats are a rude crude bunch.

It is quite amazing that people can be so self-delusional at this point to the extent that they can support Bush (like our friend Don above) After 8 years of Bush there are people defending him and completely ignoring his dismal record, bad choices, favoring the corporate over the people, favoring the rich over the needy, ignoring experts, an arrogant belief in his own wisdom etc that have brought absolute misery to hundreds of thousands of people. Real suffering, real people. Bush has done some good things as well, but the bad so out numbers the good. It's probably too much to hope for but maybe some Bush supporters will stop to take a good look at Bush instead of blindly support the man. Democracy is best served by an active mind, and too many (on the left and the right) will support their party, even if their leader is harming the country. It should always be country BEFORE party, not the other way around. Were Obama to be as equally bad (and I pray to God that he, nor any future president, be as bad) I would hope that I would treat him the same way as Bush now.

No president is perfect, but most show signs of at least trying to be competent. When Bush, an MBA, fails in basic management skills, like listening to the voice of experience instead of blocking it out if its a differnt opinion, it is hard to be sympathetic. When he ignores our own history, the struggles of the founding fathers, the reason they fought for things like seperation of powers, the rule of law, etc and Bush tries to tear that down, you wonder how he could try to be so arrogant as to undue these core principles of our nation? Those ideals and principles are, in a sense, America. Morality, respect for law, taking the high ground, etc. Bush wants to be bin Laden's tool, helping bin Laden change what America is all about. So that's why I post these daily reminders. And it won't be long now. They stop Jan 20th.

Bush's OWN former press secretary, (a man who served Bush back in his texas days and was at his side for many years in the White House), has admitted that those who say Bush will be regarded as a decent president by history are wrong. It's a good sign for the nation that many in the GOP are willing to stand up and say how bad Bush was. I salute them for their honor and their putting their nation above party. For Karl Rove's sheep in the field, irrationally continuing to support Bush because he has an R after his name, I urge you to consider why so many on the right, in the GOP, Bush insiders, military and CIA and diplomats have all spoken out against Bush. Loyalty is an admirable thing, but not when it blinds you to the truth

How anyone can look at the Bush years and say he has been a good president would make an interesting in study in man's capacity for self-delusion.

I am so sorry Don, but this man failed the people of the US as a president, he failed the Military as a commander, he failed the families of our troops, he has brought shame onto what should be a superpower of the world. I feel sorry for President Obama for his road to re-build the US will be a hard one. To mend relations with the world and to get us out of this depression we are in is a steep hill to clime. Personally I think Mr. Bush should go and be stationed in Iraq as a peace maker until our troops come home.

A well writen summary of the Bush years, Dj G. Thanks!

"an arrogant belief in his own wisdom etc that have brought absolute misery to hundreds of thousands of people. Real suffering, real people."

And what do you say of the 50 million people that Bush liberated through his policies. Certainly, that outweighs those 'hundreds of thousands', no?

"he has brought shame onto what should be a superpower of the world"

What shame? I don't recall him getting a blow job in the office or anything truly shameful. You may not like his policies, but there is no shame.

Not for nothing, but even on the NYT site there are many (seems a majority) that are thankful for what Bush did during his tenure.

Read for yourself

Just because you were brainwashed by the massive liberal campaign against Bush all these years doesn't mean we all fell for it. Think about this: as eloquent as Obama as a speaker, he only beat McCain by a few percentage points -- yet, he outspent McCain 5 to 1.

Just curious, did any of you watch the C-Span special An Inside Look At The White House? If you did, you would have gotten a very close look at how classy and well spoken Laura Bush is. As well, the President had time too. The point is, any leader that visited the White House would have come away extremely impressed -- and indeed, shame is not something that would have come to mind.

some comments from NYT story:

The media and political hate groups like MoveOn.org got what they wanted and many Americans fell for it—-ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK and the American people will believe that President Bush is the worst President in history.

Nancy Pelosi and Henry Reid (both of whom has been running the show the past two years) sat on their butts and attacked while the economy went to hell and the morale of the country sank. I don’t blame Bush totally — I blame many of the Democrats.

So for the election I voted the way the media and the Democrats asked and voted for Obama. If he gets it right…FANTASTIC. If he gets it wrong — the Democrats will forever lose my vote.

Thanks President Bush for everything and for keeping my family safe these past 7 years. I don’t forget what happened on 9/11 as I lived it in D.C. and saw the Pentagon burn and smelled the stench of jet fuel and flesh as I drove by. Thank you for working to make this world a better place –the record will show many years and decades from now how spot on you were.

— Greg A.


If the George Bush is the reason New Orleans is still a mess, why is it that Mississippi is doing just fine? My feeling is the democrat leaders who wait for someone to come and bail them out were in LA and the repubican leaders who do for themselves are in MS.
— jj

President Bush you were my CIC for several years, I was fortunate enough to serve under you. I would have liked for it to be longer, but I had a medical disability which got me an honorable discharge. President Bush I appreciate your sacrifices to the country. God bless you and the country.

— Kyle Salerno


What a blessing that there were Pro Bush comments in the NYT. Lets get a couple of things straight. The main cause of the financial collapse was the Dems (all can be seen on You Tube) refusing to put controls on Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac. Amazingly it was John McCain who proposed the regulations. But by outspending McCain 5 to 1 and with a Press behind Obama about 90%, McCain had no chance.
Could you imagine a first term Republican senator who went to a racist church for 20 years and hung out with someone who bombed abortion clinics! Thats basically Obama’ s story. I could go on but lets talk about Sarah Palin. The media was so scared of a charismatic conservative that they tried to destroy her even though she was running for VP and had more experience than Obama. Again, imagine if Palin was a democrat. She would have been a heroine to the party.
Finally , we are in a very bad economic time. Obama response is massive spending. That is very unlikely to work. The answer is huge tax cuts and reduced spending.
Hopefully in 4 years we will see a real conservative run on these 2 issues

God Bless

Rich



’m glad we’ve gone seven years without another terrorist attack. It looks like they did a great job to me. I only hope we are as safe under Obama’s regime of talking and appeasement. Unfortunately, appeasement didn’t work out so well when Neville Chamberlain used it on Nazi Germany. We’ll see if Obama has better luck.

— John D.


I thank President Bush for keeping us from reliving another attack like that seen on 9/11. It is really easy to criticize him for how things are seen and reported in the news….but there is only a very rare person who gets to actually see all the intel and get all the briefings before making a decision at the level of the president….we have recently seen the only living ones get together at the white house the other night……it is really easy for those of us out here in America to monday morning quarterback…..it is much harder to be the one at the tip of the spear making the on the spot decisions…….I doubt very much that President Bush planned and plotted for all the things that went wrong to happen…… believe he tried to do the best job he could……and I for one am glad that he maintained his integrity in what he believed was right……..no matter what the popular opinion was.

Thank you Mr. President for doing your best from a greatful patriot.

— Bob Bates



It’s sad to see the classless comments left here by JP and others. President Bush has served his country with class and honor. He kept our country safe since 9/11. Our country owes him a debt of gratitude.

I’m already sick of hearing about Hope and Change. Given these comments and others, it’s going to be nothing but politics as usual from Democrats.

I only pray that Barack Obama will keep our country safe for the next four years. I fear that they will tear down the policies which have kept us safe, however.

— Chris



Thank you President Bush, you have kept us safe for 7 years. No one seems to get it…….but my family does. . We wish you and your wife well. God Bless

— Susan



I rarely read the comment section but I did for this story.

Ok, we get it. You hate Bush. Who are you going to hate when he’s gone? Your guy won. Classless winners– that what you folks are.

— JHB


Thanks Mr. President for helping keep my family safe for 8 years. If BO can do that I will be just as happy with him. My principle concern is our country’s security. I have travelled the world for 30 years and there are MANY who only want our demise–keep us safe BO just like GB did and you will be a success–fail at this and you will be a failure as a Pres.

— Bill

tons of comments... and negative ones as well.

I was going to register 'thankyoupresidentbush.com', but somebody beat me to it. Probably a lib who will let it sit idle.

Morons - (not you, Don) -

The Troops WON'T be coming home anytime soon, and Conservatives ONLY have a problem with Bush's NON-CONSERVATIVE policies; OVERSPENDING, THE ATTEMPT TO SELL OUR PORTS,and ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, to name a few. You only look like fools when you try to speak of that which you know NOTHING about.

It is when Bush acts as a Liberal that (good) Republicans run from him...as they SHOULD.

The incredible thing is that the people you would expect to support Bush, so many of them spoke up for their nation instead, and came out against Bush policies. They throw around words like 'incompetent'. They point out what a mistake his Iraq war was. They point out how their warnings were ignored. They note with shame the betrayal of the CIA They point out the severe damage Bush has done to the GOP.

You have conservatives, ex-cia and military, reagan-era officials, Bush insiders. I've never seen a president so roundly criticized by those who one would have expected to support him. It's truly incredible. Their words are damning, absolutely damning.

Karl Rove's blind sheep will continue to be fooled of course, but intelligent conservatives and smart GOPers are fully aware of the sad truth of this abysmal presidency.

frank o -- you did not cite any examples of those insiders who called him incompetent. We all know Scott McClellan had a book to sell, and of course Powell did not like what happened to him in the famous UN meeting.

Anyways, every president has a few insiders that turn on him, and the fact that Bush's were so highlighted was because of the times we were in -- there was lot of books being sold and the mostly liberal media ate it all up and fed into the frenzy. Too bad you were unable to put it all aside and really look at what Bush had to deal with during his presidency. Just go back to the election -- the recount was unprecedented. Then the Enron/Worldcom scandals hit, all the while the Internet bubble (which it never was a bubble) burst and the market tanked, and of course 911. And that was within the first year. Hey -- there is no changing your mind, but I'm confident that history will look kindly upon Bush. And God forbid if America is attacked on the same level as 911 or greater and you will see and INSTANT turn-around on public opinion of Bush.

"It is when Bush acts as a Liberal that (good) Republicans run from him...as they SHOULD."

Agreed. This is why McCain lost -- he was even more liberal than Bush. Also, the fact that McCain undermined Bush a few too many times did not help his cause.

If Romney had won the primary, tomorrow would be a different day completely.

frank o -- just know that there are many reasonable people who were not led like sheep by the media. Don't think for a second there are only a few of us. And don't be fooled by our decency toward Obama... he deserves a fair shot, but if he screws up he will be out in one term just like Carter. No matter what, you won't hear the nastiness that Bush was treated to these past 8 years.

"If Romney had won the primary, tomorrow would be a different day completely."

"just know that there are many reasonable people who were not led like sheep by the media. Don't think for a second there are only a few of us." -- Don

Right on, Don.

Frank- you know nothing about Conservatives, or Conservatism. Again, Bush was no Conservative. When he Governed like a Liberal, Conservatives DISAGREED with him. Learn the DIFFERENCE between "Conservatism" and "republicans," and then we'll talk.

MJK: I realize Bush is no conservative, but he is labelled as one (and was one on some issues )and while you understand why conservatives hate bush (along with most liberals and middle of the roaders), others do not realize this. I do.

DON: In response to "you did not cite any examples of those insiders who called him incompetent. We all know Scott McClellan had a book to sell". The following is NOT a complete list ....

** There is Bush insider Matthew Dowd: Dowd worked for six years to get Bush elected and then re-elected to the White House. In 2004 he was named Bush’s chief campaign strategist. Today Dowd admits that he was wrong about George W. Bush, expressing his disappointment in the president’s Iraq policy and his leadership. Dowd justified his coming forward now by saying, "I’m a big believer that in part what we’re called to do ... is to restore balance when things didn’t turn out the way they should have." Dowd added, "Just being quiet is not an option when I was so publicly advocating [his] election".

** Richard Perle (called the ‘chief architect of the Iraqi war’ and ‘the Prince of Darkness’), once stated : "And a year from now, I’ll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush. There is no doubt that ... the people of Iraq have been liberated ... And it is getting easier every day for Iraqis to express that sense of liberation". Mr. Perle, in his own words, got his opportunity to be "very surprised". Over the next several years many in Iraq would indeed be expressing their "sense of liberation", via suicide bombings, improvised explosive devices, etc.. Perle would eventually resign from the Bush administration amongst allegations that his business interests stood to profit from the war.

BUT he would later call the administration’s occupation plan a "foolish policy". Said Perle in a New York Times op-ed, "we blundered into an ill-conceived occupation that would facilitate a deadly insurgency ... With misplaced confidence that we knew better than the Iraqis ... I had badly underestimated the administration’ s capacity to mess things up". Quite the admission, coming from a neo-con Bush insider, and Iraq invasion advocate.


** Former Bush official Richard Armitage and former Pentagon official Joseph Nye testify to Congress . Reflecting the failures of Bush foreign policy decisions, the pair believe that: "Since 9/11, the United States has been exporting fear and anger rather than the more traditional values of hope and optimism. Suspicions of American power have run deep". Armitage is one of the authors of a bipartisan report released just the day before: ‘A Smarter and Safer America’. The report concedes a sad failure of the Bush years, saying: "America may be less regarded today than at any time in its history". The report authors include politicians, executives, and academics, both Republicans and Democrats, with input from specialists throughout the globe

** Ken Adelman: With talk of an Iraq invasion in the air, an opinion piece by a key Bush insider appears in the Washington Post. Ken Adelman disputes an invasion estimate from Brookings Institution analysts, Michael O’Hanlon and Philip Gordon that the U.S. would "almost surely" need "at least 100,000 to 200,000" soldiers and "could lose thousands of troops in the process". Adelman said that, in contrast to "such fear-mongering", liberating Iraq would instead be "a cakewalk" In November 2006, Ken Adelman is once again quoted in the Washington Post on Iraq. Said Adelman, "There are a lot of lives that are lost ... A country’s at stake. A region’s at stake. This is a gigantic situation ... This didn’t have to be managed this bad. It’s just awful". Adelman now believes that "the president is ultimately responsible" for "the debacle that was Iraq".

Frank, wouldn't you agree that labels are irrelevant? I couldn't give a rip about labels.

Nor do I place a cintilla of Value in the beliefs of "middle-of-the-roaders;" lukewarm water is distasteful to me. Fence-sitters are not leaders; nor are they Thinkers, nor have they any Courage. Conservatives do not "hate" Bush; nor do I. However, given the opportunity, I'd have slapped him around plenty when he behaved like a Liberal. He's done some damage to my Great Country, just as any Liberal would do damage with Liberal policies. But not the kind of damage that you dislike him for. You appreciate his Liberalism, I don't. You hate him for a different reason, don't you?

I also have no time for posuers, or for "turncoats" like Adelman. But, I'm beginning to "understand." You simply hate Bush for the War. Peacenik? Pacifist? I would like for you to be honest, and tell me.

Understand? No Frank, I don't believe that you do. You haven't a clue on the distinctions between the two: Conservative and Liberal. You are a "protectionist," and a Ron Paul supporter, no doubt. Pegged it, didn't I?

Sorry, pretty far off the mark M-J K. I like how Ron Paul stands up for our Constitution, but I wouldn't have voted for him. You seem to focus on just those who call themselves conservatives, and their objections to Bush. There are those who worked in the CIA, and their objections. There are those who served in leadership positions in the military, and their objections. Their are those who served within his administration and saw first hand the incompetence, mismangement, poor choices, wrong priorities. You dont' have to label these people conservaties or liberals. These people aren't objecting to bush's "liberal" policies. They're objecting to his incompetence, mismangement, poor choices, wrong priorities. They are standing up for our nation. I would label them "patriots"

Frank, you couldn't swing a cat without hitting SOMEONES enemy. I'll wager I could find plenty of People who have turned on you. I'll wager the same for myself. Hell, I'd wager that we could find plenty of Enemies of ANYONE.

How did you vote?

Well, most who have acheived fame will make enemies, agreed. But consider Bush: you would be hard pressed to find the wide spectrum of people from the left, right, and middle, from the military and cia, from his own party, from those who have worked for the man ... I say it would be impossible to find so many such as these speaking out against any other president in modern history, perhaps all US history. It is pretty damning. Believe me, when they did so they were not thinking about who I voted for. They were thinking about the welfare of their nation.