This is a farewell to President Bush, who governed America to the best of his ability for eight years, and will hopefully be remembered by history more kindly than he is remembered by the media. To all those who would criticize him - and he is not perfect, like all of us - he has served during eight of the toughest years in American government. Had I been in his position, in all likelihood I would have done no better.
From the National Post:
Re: Taking A Shoe For The Country, Charles Krauthammer, Jan 19.
Charles Krauthammer, as usual, aptly describes George Bush's legacy by citing the incident in which an ingrate launched a shoe at him during a news conference in Iraq. I prefer to extend the shoe incident metaphor to describe the entire Bush legacy. Chiefly, what Bush did in Iraq was to secure the country's freedom by dismantling its tyrannical leader. And how did Iraq respond? By throwing a shoe at him.
Mr. Bush also secured the safety of Americans over the past seven years. And how did America respond? By laughing at him. Yes, an ungrateful era ends, and an over-grateful era begins.
Nick Kandel, Montreal.
Thank you, Mr Bush, from a Canadian who does not engage in Bush hatred to be cool. America - all of North America - owes you gratitude.
And welcome, Mr Obama. May you manage to both satiate your worshipers and pleasantly surprise your opposition. You've got a tough job.
2 comments:
Hear hear!
Hah yeah. America needed a scapegoat for its problems, and dear Mr. Bush was the perfect victim. You crash innocent civilians, you spark a war, right? 9/11 was ASKING for drastic measures. As far as the general public is concerned, Bush seems to be the only one who can take the blame. It's not even like we have an absolute monarchy. Legislation is passed by Congress, not by the White House.
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