November 6, 2008
I [Heart] W
He's taken his lumps on these pages, but I have agreed with Jay Nordlinger for some time that we are going to miss President Bush, whoever wins the election. We know now, and I am even more certain.
Terri at I Think ^(Link) Therefore I Err brings us I Love George W Bush Day. It's full of linkedy goodness, but here's a quote I like from former Speechwriter Michael Gerson:
But that humanity is precisely what I will remember. I have seen President Bush show more loyalty than he has been given, more generosity than he has received. I have seen his buoyancy under the weight of malice and his forgiveness of faithless friends. Again and again, I have seen the natural tug of his pride swiftly overcome by a deeper decency — a decency that is privately engaging and publicly consequential.
I'm guessing that a few ThreeSourcers will not be too anxious to participate in I Love George W. Bush Day, but the Gerson quote sums up an appreciation I will keep that goes beyond politics or polity.
President Bush
Posted by jk at November 6, 2008 12:20 PM
Please send the party invitation, via courier, to The Refugee. While he has had his differences with 'W', (i.e., domestic spending and too much willingness to go-along-to-get-along with Republicans and Democrats alike), The Refugee believes that Bush/Cheney are good and decent people trying to do the right thing. The Refugee would be pleased to accompany either on a hunting trip in their retirement.
Bush/Cheney have been the targets of extraordinary bile and vitriol from the left ("stupid," "worst in history," "stole the election", "illegitimate," "Nazis," "murderers," "dictators", etc. etc.). And this from the people who decry a lack of civility in politics. If the left wants a "new tone" in politics, all they have to do is shut up.
As The Refugee has previously stated, he thinks that McCain's eagerness to throw GWB under the bus, good and bad, was unseemly to voters and simply valided Obama's message. However, there appears to be a genuine animus from McCain toward GWB. On the plus side, the Republicans never have to deal with McCain ever again as a national candidate. He can walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand with Ted Kennedy.
Please send the party invitation, via courier, to The Refugee. While he has had his differences with 'W', (i.e., domestic spending and too much willingness to go-along-to-get-along with Republicans and Democrats alike), The Refugee believes that Bush/Cheney are good and decent people trying to do the right thing. The Refugee would be pleased to accompany either on a hunting trip in their retirement.
Bush/Cheney have been the targets of extraordinary bile and vitriol from the left ("stupid," "worst in history," "stole the election", "illegitimate," "Nazis," "murderers," "dictators", etc. etc.). And this from the people who decry a lack of civility in politics. If the left wants a "new tone" in politics, all they have to do is shut up.
As The Refugee has previously stated, he thinks that McCain's eagerness to throw GWB under the bus, good and bad, was unseemly to voters and simply valided Obama's message. However, there appears to be a genuine animus from McCain toward GWB. On the plus side, the Republicans never have to deal with McCain ever again as a national candidate. He can walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand with Ted Kennedy.
Posted by: Boulder Refugee at November 6, 2008 3:20 PM | What do you think? [1]