Our Soldiers: Bush addresses "an enthusiastic military crowd"
Business Leaders: "We're all pretty thrilled about this, the opportunity to host the president,"
But you know who says people are sick of Bush? Obama: U.S. Sick of Bush
Nice company you are keeping.
My point isn't that people are happy with what Bush has done, but that people enjoy getting a chance to MEET with him, are not repulised personally by the thought, and still can separate their position on issues from their personal feelings about a fellow human being who needs an d deserves our support and prayers, not our anger and hostility.
It generally is a bad idea to make politics personal. There ARE exceptions - such as Hillary and Ted Kennedy - who are PERSONALLY flawed and defective human beings, and people like Roanld Reagan who was generally a decent moral human being, as well a patriot and Great American.
I know a lot of people like Bush on a personal level. On a personal level I would probably like him also.
But we didn’t elect a friend. We elected a man who presented himself as a strong conservative leader. In some respects he fulfilled that promise, but in too many he did not.
His recent gambit regarding “Global Warming”, is just the latest indicator in a long series of his philosphical disconnects with his constituency.
The thing that most disturbs me about Bush is that he is NOT a conservative, has political views in contradiction to those of most Republicans and frequency most Americans, yet he has tarred conservatives and Republicans in general with the brush of his flawed views on many subjects.
There is no doubt in my mind that his views towards illegal invaders seriously impacted the midterms in an adverse manner.