The Enigma In Chief

Hi Pia, I get it. Vypurr and I don't fight. We discuss.

What is the conservative mantra? Isn't it individual respnsibility? I realize that neither Weisburg nor Bush know anything about Mo-Town, but they need to know the wisdom of that Motown Oldie: "Don't blame your neighborhood; you're the one."

If we can tell this to African-American youngsters in the inner city.(And I have, since I spent a lifetime teaching in inner-city schools), why can't we apply the same principle to President Bush? Oh yes, I forgot, Bush can't utter a statement that''s grammatically correct. I should know since with the help of my students, I'd post famous Bushisms on my overhead project and ask my students to revise them. Even my 10th graders could figure out what was wrong - and bear in mind that I taught in one of the so-called worst schools in Los Angeles. Consider that. Students in an inner city public school correcting the grammer of Bush, the product of Dearfield, Yale and Harvard. What does this tell us about the standards of ourtop Ivy League schools?

Bush is an excellent example of white privilege. When a black man commits a crime, he goes to jail, directly to jail. He does not pass Go and he does not collect $ 200. However, when a rich white guy like George Bush messes up everyone finds excuses for him.

Weisburg, your racist garbage is enough to make me throw up.

Bush will be moving to Dallas rather than returning to his Crawford ranch. For those of you who said he was washed up, i've got news for you. It turns out that Dallas' village Idiot, after 30 years of devoted service to the city, has decided to retire. Bush is the odds on favorite to get the Mayor's appointment to this very prominent post. Bush will bring a wealth of experience to the position. Crawford's loss is Dallas' gain. The retiting Village idiot said he was under no pressure to retire.

The reason Bush did not gain world-popularity is simply because he is a man who took the Presidency job with no intent to chase popularity. He remained true to his believes and principals and deserves admiration for that. Not many of us can be leaders, most of us tend to become followers (even if we posses leadership qualities) when unpopularity strikes us. But not Bush. Bush kept on being a leader in the toughest of unpopular times.

As far as the war on terror??? Bush did not engage the world in it. The war on terror started long before Bush was born. What Bush did was, he opened our eyes to see that the war on terror is real. America was attacked many times on her soil long before Bush became President. Did you forget that? Bush took a stand to protect America from that happening again. And it did not happen again???

As far as Iraq??? Saddam had to go. If you still have doubts about that, I suggest that you go to Iraq and visit the graves that contain over 300, 000 people (in each grave) who died on the same day, who were killed by Saddam. Bush remained true to his principal of a selfless person who is troubled by the massive killing of human beings, even though it was not in his own country. Not to mention that Saddam played a main part in the war of terror.

Now that Bush is leaving office, why is the war on terror not calming down? Terrorists know that Bush is no longer a threat. Terrorists know that Obama is not a threat. Why aren???t they settling down, but rather engage in even more bombings and more ways to keep the war going? I will tell you why. Because the war on terror is real, and now that the terrorists have no real opposition, they will get even more vicious, so vicious that you and I will wish that the American Presidency allowed third term.

Has it crossed the minds of any Newsweek writer that in 40 years from now, Iraq could be considered a success after the change of strategy, which was implemented by BUSH? Could Bush become like Harry Truman, who was despised for a stupid war (Korea), where a wonderful ally is created by a disagreeable war?

oh and LIKEITIS: it's "emperor" not "emporer", grandchildren is one word and truly has no "e" in it. I find your comment ironic given your bumbling mistakes.

Is George W. a sociopath? Does he have a conscience? This is the real question.

Probably the biggest question Bush leaves behind is about the most consequential choice of his presidency: his decision to invade Iraq. When did the president make up his mind to go to war against Saddam Hussein? What were his real reasons?

We should all know, from Russ Baker's interview of Bush's original biographer Mickey Herskowitz, that George was already thinking about a war with Iraq in 1999. We know that he like the idea of gaining political capital as a wartime commander-in-chief, and he expected to use that capital to have his way with Congress and push his agenda. He ordered our children to war and death in part to burnish his own legacy.

Everybody else was just an ennabler. What more do you need to know?

The simplest explanation is usually the most correct. Many of us in India believe that the Iraq operation was just a means to reward (monetarily) the President's campaign supporters.

3 most obvious? How about Katrina? Post traumatic stress and suicides of U.S. soldiers? Veterans being neglected by the the Administration? The attorney firing probes? Most obvious? The list goes on and on about what is most obvious. The most obvious is that Bush shouldn't have been President to begin with.

It seems Bush was misled about Iraq. We should have considered sending Americas Pious Fearless do-gooders to discuss Human rights with Hussain instead of diplomats and soldiers. By the way Jacob, Why dont you try the diplomatic approach with Hamas. They would Love to speak with you.

Once again the mainstream media distorting the facts. The financial crisis was the result of democrats such as Barney Frank and Chris Dodd loosening regulations and basically forcing banks to make loans to non-credit worthy folks. Now throw in a president Obama and just imagine the possibilities. The inmates are definately now running the asylum!!!

I think Mr Bush supported the ideals of traditional Americans who have fought for other people around the world for generations. When other leaders in the world would not stand up to the tearney of the Middle East leaders, the United Stated did. After 911 we went to the heart of the problem as defined by the United Nations and our own intellegence organizations. America stood up for the ideals of a free society, maybe for the last time under the leadership of George Bush, Thank You.