Goodbye, Mr. President

If you love President Bush, as I do, please go read this article. Bush and the Bush Haters by J.R. Dunn is a fitting coda to the man's presidency.

Yes, he was not a "true conservative," he and congress joined forces to spend us into oblivion, and his inability, or disinclination, to advocate for his policies or even defend himself was maddening. He damaged the conservative cause, but I believe him to be a good and honorable man, as politicians go.

Here's an excerpt from the article. I agree with every word of it:

It can be stated without fear of serious argument that no previous president has been treated as brutally, viciously, and unfairly as George W. Bush.

Bush 43 endured a deliberate and planned assault on everything he stood for, everything he was involved in, everything he tried to accomplish. Those who worked with him suffered nearly as much (and some even more -- at least one, Scooter Libby, was convicted on utterly specious charges in what amounts to a show trial).

His detractors were willing to risk the country's safety, its economic health, and the very balance of the democratic system of government in order to get at him. They were out to bring him down at all costs, or at the very least destroy his personal and presidential reputation. At this they have been half successful, at a high price for the country and its government.

Although everyone insists on doing so, it is impossible to judge Bush, his achievements, or his failings, without taking these attacks into account. Before any serious analysis of the Bush presidency can be made, some attempt to encompass the campaign against him must be carried out. I hope no one is holding his breath.

Dunn sums it all up nicely in this paragraph. Be sure to follow the links he provides concerning President Bush's rehabilitation. It's too bad it took his leaving the White House to see some positive commentary.

And as for the "worst president in history" himself, George W. Bush has exhibited nothing but his accustomed serenity. Despite the worst his enemies could throw at him, his rehabilitation has already begun (as can be seen here, here, here, and here). He will be viewed at last as a man who picked up the worst hand of cards dealt to any president since Roosevelt and who played it out better than anyone had a right to expect.

Farewell, President Bush.

Chinese Terror Hoax?

Bloomberg reports that China has reinforced physical security and clamped down on internet access in response to a terrorist attack in the western part of that country. The government has issued statements guaranteeing security during the Olympics. Buried in the story is this quote:

Two reporters working for Japan's Chunichi newspaper and Nippon Television Network were detained by police for two hours and beaten before being released, Kyodo English News said, citing the journalists' employers.

Does anyone besides me find it funny that China is doing everything the left accuses President Bush of doing, but is receiving no criticism?

Has it occurred to anyone besides me that the Chinese could be cooking up this whole terrorism thing to justify cracking down on annoying reporters and snooty Eurotrash?

So China can actually beat reporters and get a free pass, but President Bush and VP Cheney are Hitler and Goebbels reincarnated for supposed "crimes" that exist only in the fevered minds of the foam-at-the-mouth left.

See how this works, folks? Imaginary crimes by the leader of the free world, bad! Real crimes by ham-handed communists just isn't news. Is it any wonder the press just can't get no respect?

An Apostate President & BDS Sufferers

Mr. Obama is an apostate, according to the pious headcutters who want to kill us. Even this fact doesn't convince the BDS sufferers that terrorism is a real threat. I was arguing with them over at the Washington Post. The subject was Guantanamo, and the the anti-Bush vitriol was at full froth.

Although I think the president's terrorism strategy is open to legitimate criticism, I just can't understand the red-faced, diaper rash ranting Bush hatred. I also cannot understand how someone can mock the terrorist threat as an invention of Bush, Cheney, and those evil neocons.

It was a dangerous world before Mr. Bush became president, and it will still be dangerous when he leaves office. A little Googling confirms this.

So what's the solution? The wackadoos attacking the president never seem to get that far. Can we at least agree on a constitutionally ironclad approach to terrorism that is politically and diplomatically viable?

You think things are bad now, wait until we have an apostate president.