[prairiebreeze]

Thanks again for the compilation of Presidential accomplishments during one of the most trying and difficult times in American history....certainly THE most trying in recent years.

I'm off and running. Bookmarking for pick up

Prairie

[Wolfstar]

...one of the most trying and difficult times in American history....certainly THE most trying in recent years.

Yes, very much so. In our "me-generation," instant-gratification era, too many have quickly forgotten that 9/11/01 and the anthrax attacks were:

• The first acts of war by an external enemy on any of the 13 former orginal colonies since 1812.
• The first large-scale bioweapons attack, not just on U.S. soil, but in history (to my knowledge).
• The first time any nation's entire air traffic was grounded.
• One of the very rare times (if not the only time) when Wall Street and other markets were shut down for days.

I don't know if the magnitude of what happened that Fall has yet sunk into the minds of many Americans. If we had a president in office who indulged in finger-pointing at the prior administration, or at the other political party, or who didn't act decisively to kick-start the nation's economy, or destroy our enemies, who knows where we'd be today.

There is nothing more truly conservative (and Republican) than actions and behavior of George W. Bush in the aftermath of 9/11/01 and the anthrax attacks. For people who genuinely consider themselves conservatives to fail to reward this President for literally conserving the nation — getting it through those dark days with the least possible long-term damage — would be, frankly, dishonorable.