Seven years later: no terrorist attack.
No one expected the country to remain untouched by terrorist attacks after Sept. 11, 2001. Sadly, the country has taken its freedom, its security and, of course, George W. Bush for granted.
Someday soon, people will come to appreciate the policies that Bush upheld — and that kept the country safe.
Yes, there was an economic crisis during his term, but I challenge anyone to produce a rational explanation of how Bush or any of his conservative policies caused the credit crisis. Indeed, it was the corruption of Wall Street executives along with a natural cycle of growth and recession.
The overconfidence of the new president is quite disappointing. Taking a train to the capital for the inauguration as Lincoln did and swearing on his Bible? What has Obama actually accomplished to equate himself with such a leader? It seems arrogant for him to already be comparing himself to one of America’s greatest presidents. If Lincoln, the first Republican president, could hear Obama’s tax and foreign policy, he would turn over in his grave. Before being sworn in, Obama was already claiming that he would “heal the nation.” Heal the nation from what?
Yes, the economy is in a recession, but that’s something America can recover from in time. If Obama spends his way out of this economic crisis by giving tax breaks to those who don’t even pay taxes and using more than a trillion dollars in federal spending, this country will spiral into an economic mess that makes this one look like nothing.
Liberals complain about the recession without any objection to the $150 million price of Obama’s inauguration — compared to the $40 million used for Bush’s in 2004, when people claimed Bush spent too much and should’ve given the money to poor countries.
This call for a “united” America must work both ways. It’s only when liberal Democrats are in power that they want a “united” America. When Bush was in office, they eschewed unity. Obama preposterously spoke in his inaugural address of choosing “hope over fear.” Have Americans been in “fear” under Bush? If anything, his clear focus on national security kept fear at bay.
I’m sorry if I haven’t bought my commemorative Obama coin or T-shirt. Watching people scream “Obama, Obama!” in the streets reminded me again that this election was based not on domestic or foreign policy but celebrity status. That’s what Obama is: a celebrity.
Liberals fail to give Bush credit for his accomplishments. Bush is not leaving Obama with a mess — he’s leaving the country safer and more equipped to keep itself secure. He promoted freedom for people all over the world. His policies heavily weakened al-Qaida, and Iraq is inches from a peaceful democracy. Last year, Joe Biden himself credited Bush’s global President’s Emergency Action Program for HIV/AIDS with “(saving) more than a million lives,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
Who cares if America has lost prestige in the eyes of some Europeans and Middle Eastern leaders? They were never fond of America in the first place. People all around the world — especially in Africa — respect and cherish the United States. Why do people risk their lives to immigrate into this country? It’s because America is still a beacon of freedom to the world — not the horrid country that liberals have made it seem under Bush.
Regardless of what many may say, Bush was a man of justice and honesty — someone who served his country blessed by almighty God. He was not a politician, but a man seeking the greater good of his country. He can truly return home knowing that he abided by his principles to lead the nation in good conscience. The man is a patriot who toiled for America to give it everything he could.
As Bush said in his farewell address, “The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence — a time set apart.”
Truly, in the past decade there was no man better suited for office than President George W. Bush.
Chris Girgis is a senior majoring in biomedical science.
George Bush: true servant of America
Published: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Updated: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
39 comments
First let me start by saying as much as you like to blame wall street types for our recession, it was Bush that bailed them out. Using taxpayers’ dollars from middle class families. He cut taxes to the rich (!) when we needed the money most, and gave HUGE amounts of money to companies like Halliburton that are taking oil from Iraqis. Bush's claim that everything is okay and keep spending your money was what lead us here. If people just left their money alone, this recession would be okay. You cannot throw money into the economy to make it better. That is bad economics. Trickledown effect does not work. It never has.
That is why there was a recession during the Reagan years. Lincoln was a Republican, but he is part of the reason the republicans of that day turned into democrats, the Whigs
turned into republicans... it had more to do with racial standing and less to do with economic policy than everything. Obama is not trying to compare himself with Lincoln. He
is just doing him. You are just trying to make "liberal" a dirty word. If you were for uniting the country, you wouldn't have to place blame and use labels to classify people. I am NOT a democrat. But vote for who is right for the job. And sometimes it’s hard to vote when "it's like choosing between an asshole and a douche-bag."
As much as you like to let yourself believe that Bush was great, you are in the minority. Bush had horrible approval ratings. What you need to do is take a history lesson and figure out why our party names don't matter because republicans do not have the standpoints they used to and slinging out names doesn't unify at all. Under bush and his cronies the country went under, tax cuts for the richest, his spying illegally on all Americans, his disregard for the constitution, his carelessness, and evil protocol left this country in a shamble, wow if this guy who really didn't serve in the military but for a kitchen help, a liar, war monger, wants to get credit for something he didn't do, then go ahead give credit where it doesn't belong. G.W. Bush should be indicted and sent to jail and his whole administration, so let's not fool ourselves in believing the lies of these politicians they're all a bunch of BULLSHITTERS. So do a little research on Bush and his family and the harm they and the Clinton's have done for the past 40-45 years to this country!!! So sad you're not educated in these matters!!!
$7,556,660 for grape and wine research. (as per 2008 pork barrel spending report.)
Wine research???? I'm sure that was a much better thing to spend $7.5 million on compared to our national security.Thank you President Bush for keeping us safe.
I just have to ask one simple question: do you even know the meaning of "Freedom of Speech"? Newspapers are based completely on this most fundamental right. We might not all agree with each other; even many of he Framers of the Constitution were diametrically opposed to each other. However, they all agreed on one principal, which they wrote into our Bill of Rights: we might not agree with each other's opinions, but we need to defend each other's right to express them regardless.So, Anna, what is a newspaper for? Would you like to see only liberal bias? What would be the point if the other side cannot be presented? Would you like to shut down the communist publications? The conservative ones? The Muslim ones? The Jewish ones?
1) Bush's legacy will be written in 25+ years from now, much like many of our former Presidents, when classified information is publicly realeased.
2) For the record, Bush's approval rating was not the worst of an exiting President. Truman still holds that record,
George Bush true servant of america. I was blown away, I have watched as our young people have cursed George Bush, made all sorts of fun about him and have literly "lost" their minds for Obama. I have been fearful of what is happening to my country and then I find your article, and see that you are young and a senior in college and my heart sored! this from someone so young, it gives me hope that there is more young people like yourself somewhere here in America. Please continue to write your article and maybe more people will read them and finaly catch on to what is really happening in our country. Thank you for your article , it has made my day