Do you actually LIKE George Bush?, page 3

I do not believe he's been a "great" president, but I believe he has been an OK president. I like him, actually. I totally agree with whoever it was that said he let his advisors steer him wrong. The economy has been handled poorly... but I honestly think considering the hand he was dealt with 9/11, Katrina, the housing & credit bubbles, and the war in Iraq (and no, I do not believe any of the bullcrap theories that we were behind 9/11, the Iraq war was meritless, Katrina was the product of weather manipulation, etc.) anyway, considering the hand he's been dealt, I don't think any president could have retained a robust economy. Also, don't forget, Clinton left a nice fat recession as he left the office... a recession largely created by the economic passing of the buck that gave us that surplus that's so touted.

I also don't agree with Bush on imigration. I am by and large in favor of total border closure all the way around. Hang up a sign on the Statue of Liberty that says "No Vacancy" and let's go a few decades without accepting any more huddled masses, tired, poor, or hungry into our borders. Those who are here illegally need to be corralled and shipped back to wherever they came from.

Finally, I believe that Bush has pandered to the environmental crowd and he's done it for absolutely nothing. No political gain for him, no financial gain for us. No gain = bad business.

Otherwise, I really like him. He's certainly been a much better option than Gore or Kerry, neither of whom I believe were even remotely fit to run this country and would have quite possibly traded her away for a handfull of brightly colored magic beans. The really sad thing is, thanks to complete partisan nonsense, there has remained about 30% of the American population who had some serious anger management issues against whoever the next Republican president following Clinton would have been. These yambags quieted down for about 30 days immediately after 9/11 and gave us normal folks a break... only to slowly churn up the hate machine again once our nation had calmed down a bit. Bush could have crapped out gold nuggets and personally delivered them to that crowd and they'd have still hated him. Unfortunately, hatred sells papers, puts butts in seats in front of the TV, and speaks volumes louder than satisfaction. As a result, we see news reports that state Bush has an approval rating lower than any president in history... regardless of the fact that I've never once been polled, nor has anyone in my family been polled, nor have any of my neighbors I've spoken to about it... curious, eh?

Also of interest is the fact that I got to witness a protest against Bush last year in downtown Bellevue... he was at a fund raiser across the block from where I worked at the time. According to the news, hundreds if not thousands of angry protestors were outside the building... absolutely incredible considering I was watching from my office window and saw, at most, 60 or 70 of the saddest sack bunch you've ever seen waving their little signs and parading around their little upside down flags. The media has blown Bush hating WAY out of proportion and that's truly sad.