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.
IN Bush’s defense, in BOTH elections he clearly stated that he wanted comprehensive immigration reform that would include a path to citizenship for those currently in the county illegally.
I remember in 2004 hearing people calling into talk shows saying they couldn’t vote for Bush because of his position on illegal immigrants.
So whatever else you thought he was promising that he didn’t deliver, his push for immigration reform was one of his signature issues in the campaign, and we can’t complain that he wasn’t living up to his promises on that one.