“Bush has been a millstone around the GOP label.”
Myself, I very much appreciate his service, especially in the War and Supreme Court Justice areas. I think history will judge him kindly.
The titular head of the Republican Party wanted to govern, but not hold together and build the party that put him into this governance. He couldn't care less.
He influenced the placement of dopes into the RNC, like Martinez.....and politically-correct ignoramuses into cabinet spots, like Gonzales. He surrounded himself with magnificent bastards that encouraged him to remain above the fray when his enemies trashed and slashed him and by extension, our party.
Anything he did for party-building is a mystery to me.
As for his appointment of two good justices.....what hath it availeth us?
They will soon become two blips on the radar screen when Hillary or Obama appoints three or four leftist powerhouses. Our Constitution will become a "living document", subject to trashing on the political whims of marxist justices.
GW never nipped open borders in the bud.....therefore, the invasion continues, amnesty will be granted and the twenty million will forever vote themselves the "free" benefits and handouts of the socialist state.
This true Republican conservative (moi) will not judge him kindly at all on a political level.
He had everything going for him when assuming the office.....the Republican brass ring was his. However, he never could quite grab it, nor do I think he ever really wanted to or maybe he didn't know how.
At any rate, he leaves with his party in ruination. There's plenty of blame to go around for this fix, but shiite happens when there's no leader and the troops mill around helplessly or fighting with each other even while the enemy is at the gate.
What did the famous sign in Harry Truman's office say?
Let's not blame Romney, nor Fred, nor Rush, nor an amorphous "them", nor ourselves, etc. for the collapse of the Grand Old Party. The blame belongs to those Republicans starting from the top who had the power, drive and the means to hold it together if they really cared about it more than themselves.
We did everything we could here in the hustings, unselfishly and for the good of the Republic.
Leni