A conundrum.
I do not hate George Bush.
I am, however, greatly disappointed in him.
Not for most, or any, of the reasons that are trotted out regularly by The Usurper, his minions, or the statist news outlets. I am disappointed in him for not vigorously defending conservative principles when he had the bully pulpit of the Presidency.
I am also disappointed in him for playing into the hands of the global statists by acquiescing to the TARP program, which set the stage for further fiscal improprieties and later downright malfeasance on the part of Congress.
The weakness of George Bush's response on these issues, added to his failure to prosecute the War on Terror on the domestic publicity front, as well as on the battlefield set the stage for an even weaker John McCain to default the election to The Usurper.
These factors, combined with the treachery of RINOs at all levels of government has reminded us most painfully of the truth in Ayn Rand's words:
"In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit."
Was The Usurper's election Bush's fault? Not exclusively. But one cannot deny that in many ways, the whole political structure of the US, and the cause of objective good in the world got a black eye in that election.
Time for men of compromise to shut up and sit down. Time for men of principle to take back the nation.
