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I certainly agree with you about the alternatives, but you have to allow for some sort of self-shame (even hindsight) in having to do that. At this point I blame the damn GOPe and elitist establishment Republicanism (i.e., RINOism) for that damnable choice.

George W Bush is nothing but a freaking imposter who mislead me and many, many Americans about what he really is. As far as I’m concerned he is an appeasing uncaring idiot buffoon that has left us with the freedom disasters of DHS and TSA. There isn’t a Band-Aid or poultice big enough to put on that. Not by a long shot. STFU W!

You sound angry about the past because now you find out Bush is not what you thought he was. But I always look on the bright side of these things. You can't alter the past but you can imagine the disastrous results if GW had not been elected twice.

Just because I voted for George Bush, doesn't mean he hoodwinked me. It just means between him and the only other candidate, Bush was the better of the two both in 2000 against Gore and in 2004 against Kerry. Just as we dodged a big bullet in this election when Trump defeated Hillary, so did we when Bush saved us from Gore and Kerry. You think Kerry was bad as Sec. of State? Just think of him for 4 years as the president. And Gore and his climate BS. He'd have picked our wallets dry to line his, all in the name of changing the climate.

So Is Bush perfect? Certainly not. But seeking perfection is a waste of time because no one is perfect. Is he your favorite guy now? Apparently not, but he was at the time we needed him to avoid a democRAT takeover. And in stopping that, he did his job.

But I have never looked at our presidential elections as picking the "perfect" candidate, but the lesser of two evils. It's always been that way. Always. You hold your nose and vote for the guy who is not as bad as the other guy. Do you think I liked voting for that loser McPain-In-The-Ass in 2008? No, because I don't like the guy at all. But he was better than Obama by a mile and I liked Sarah Palin on the ticket. Do I regret voting for McCain/Palin. Certainly not. But he's still a RINO jerk.

But to get angry at these people when they don't turn out to be our perfect ideological knights-in-shining-armor, is a waste of time because you can't do anything about it. Look on the bright side and be glad Jeb didn't get the nomination or Hillary the presidency.

Be thankful we got the guy we need at this moment in history, Donald Trump, just as we needed GW Bush back in the early 2000s. And feel good about it, not angry.