I guess we can put you down as unimpressed by the "New Tone In Washington" approach to governance. Yeah, me too.
To his immense credit, Bush did exactly what he promised when he campaigned back in 2000. He said he would ‘change the tone in Washington’ and bring ‘dignity back to the White House’. He absolutely did.
But he has refused to say anything bad about any of his opponents. He has refused to speak harshly about those who betrayed him and the US by leaking our secrets. He refuses to allow his staff or spokesmen to take shots at the opposition or even call them on the carpet when they openly lie about us. It’s all very civil and very Bush-family manners of him. Bush even invited all those libs over to the White House and did nice favors for their families and friends. Bush even refused to expose democrat pork and fraud or veto hideous legislation unless last year just to be ‘bipartisan’ and collegial.
And in return, Bush was treated like an illegitimate child and/or a rented mule and they beat him relentlessly, mercilessly and without concern for his feelings or the toxic environment it would result in. And yet Bush still never hit back or even condemned those who call him a terrorist, a nazi, Hitler or a traitor. He allows them to accuse him publicly of lying about Iraq and tear apart his White House over the Plame scam. And his refusal to sink down to the level of his opposition and engage in partisanship allowed those opponents to take back Congress, prosecute Scooter, run up millions in legal bills for his friends and destroy the careers of numerous patriots who gave up private sector riches to join him and fight terrorism (like Doug Feith or Porter Goss). Bush let his friends and US valued assets be destroyed because he would not fight to defend them.
It’s almost as though Bush never planned to be President and had no idea of what he should or would do if the democrats in D.C. weren’t as cordial and honest as the democrats in Texas where back in the 1990s.