[highlander_UW]

Probably very few people are lukewarm about him.

I would fall into the lukewarm camp on Bush. I'm sure he means well, but the best of intentions won't erase the horrific shift toward socialism that he has overseen as well as turning his back on US sovereignty in regard to illegal immigrants.

[Does so]

Bush has stated that any President in his place would have done the same. I still wonder about that....

[DieHard the Hunter]

I think President George W Bush did a fine job as Commander-in-Chief of a nation at war, and made the most out of the cards he was dealt. His first term followed a disastrous two years of Clinton, who appeased terrorists and chased skirts and did nothing to strengthen America and contributed nothing to the Nation he governed. Thanks to Clinton, President Bush was on the back foot for 9/11, yet he prosecuted war against the enemies of Democracy vigorously and with iron resolve. Under his stewardship Iraq and Afghanistan were liberated, Saddam Hussein and his evil henchmen were hanged and Hussein’s two psychopath sons were riddled full of holes.

Sadly, President George W Bush will not be as well known for his domestic policies, as they took a back seat to the War on Terror. But that’s OK, that’s what should happen during war-time. And anyway, now Obama has been elected President, he has said he is going to fix everything and everything will be perfect...

[FoxInSocks]

Despite vehement disagreements on a number of issues, I do believe President Bush is a decent man who tried to do what he thought was the right thing.

[the invisib1e hand]

They're already starting to feel badly about how unforgiveably awful they've been, the media. They're already starting to perceive (albeit as cockroach perceives an earthquake -- by instinct) the end of Leadership and the beginning of Chaos.

[Man50D]

He was liked more before he started showing his socialist side.

[screaminsunshine]

” This house of cards is coming down “ Bush on the USA economic system.

[Thrownatbirth]

He drove our enemies to BDS, an insanity from which some will never recover.

[jr.ewing.78]

I have always thought he was an honorable and decent man and it’s probably made me overlook some of his policy blunders. Nonetheless, even with the policy blunders, I cannot understand why so many people think he is evil or automatically assume him to be of the worst of intentions. It is obscene to be as disrespectful of such a clearly good man as so many people in this country have been.

[Leisler]

We got the man we elected. It was him or Algore or Kerry.

We were less worse off.

He wasn’t king, and the Hasteret/Lott Republican Congress were the one’s that blew the Republican brand.

[ConservativeCompendium.net]

"you have to admit that he's a decent man. I mean, that's just obvious: He's a good man. Why can't people see that?"

"... doing the jobs American's won't do ..."

"comprehensive immigration reform ..."

immigrant vs illegal alien.

He's an out and out liar. Period!

[wastoute]

There hasn’t been a single gun control law on his watch and the AWB and Brady sunset. This is why I voted for him and he is 100% IMHO. Good Job, George. Let’s see what Zero does.

[fr_freak]

I have some serious disagreements with what George W. did during his term, and I voted for him twice mostly as the lesser of two evils.

That said, the reason that leftists hate Bush has nothing to do with his personal conduct, nor his character. The members of the Left have simply been conditioned to hate all political opposition completely, to demonize them and want to kill them. It was that way with Reagan, with Bush Sr., and it will be that way even if Jesus Christ, Himself, returns and runs for office as a Republican. Leftists are simply conditioned animals who have given themselves over completely to their Leftist masters.

[wolfcreek]

As a Texan, I didn’t care for the man when he was our Governor.

[TomGuy]

My staunch support for GW Bush changed drastically when he threw Ashcroft under the bus for Ashcroft bringing up the wall memo at the 911 Commission hearings -- to defend GW Bush.

He-who-demanded-loyalty sure didn't show any then.

[see Ashcroft Helps Bush, Bush Hits Ashcroft]

In his second term Bush seemed to go out of his way to push unpopular issues: Dubai, Amnesty 2006, Amnesty 2007 -- first try, Amnesty 2007 -- second try, Harriet Miers, etc. He ran for a second term on reforming Social Security; he quickly tabled that at the first Congressional opposition.

Just last spring he and his team were all over the media telling us how great the economy really was and it was strong and there were a few ripples but no problems. Then the summer came and several economic tsunami waves have hit, making the failures of Enron and World Global peanut-sized in comparison.

I have a suspicion that history will not be very much kinder to GW Bush than the polls showed during his last term. He should have stopped at one term.

[samtheman]

A “decent man” would have pardoned the two railroaded border patrol agents and would have issued a blanket pardon protecting all US military and non-military personnel against future leftist “torture” witch-hunts.

Bush is not a decent man. Bush is an elitist prick who happened to have a very good policy in Iraq.

[GBA]

When he was first elected, he was the end (finally) of the Clintons and Algore and I hoped he would be better and do a better job than his dad. Then 9/11 happened...

I think he's done a lot of very good things for the country and our safety and did an admirable job of rising to the challenge of being a war time President. I believe that Saddam Hussein had WMDs and was the threat all believed him to be. Thanks to Bush, he's gone. I appreciate Bush's stance on embryonic stem cell research, his tax cuts and his appointments to the Supreme Court and Federal courts. These are all positive contributions that should continue to benefit us all well past his time in office.

However, his position on illegal immigration and the growth of government and government spending under his watch have done serious damage to our Republic, the economy and to the Republican party. While I do believe he is a good man and that all Presidents make mistakes, unfortunately his mistakes won't soon be forgotten nor overcome.

[bray]

Bringing dignity back to the WH was one of his greatest feats.

Pray for W, America and our Troops