[Jamestown1630]

"when 9/11 hit, he was the right one."

I agree with both of you.

I was born in DC, and grew up/lived/worked nearby, all of my life. I always thought of it as 'my town.'

The entire District became very tarnished for me during the Clinton years; I didn't even like walking past the White House in those years.

GWB and his wife brought back dignity; and when 9/11 happened, we felt far more secure than we would have felt a year before.

We are never going to have a perfect President; and unless you've done that job, you can't possibly understand the pressures and horrible choices involved. I often wonder how many of those who criticize Bush could have done even half as well.

Politics have become so absolutely nasty, that the kind of people we would like to have up there want nothing to do with it. We shouldn't disparage the few generally decent people who are willing to take the job on.

[mairdie]

Beautifully said. We sometimes forget just how sleazy the Clinton years were, and what a relief it was to have George and Laura Bush in the White House. You didn’t cringe anymore when you heard “Mr. President.” As Congress is proving the old adage, it’s possible to let the perfect get in the way of the possible. He was better by far and on 9/11, he absolutely was the right man on the job.