Proud To Call Him Mr. President, page 1

Although I am aware that I am in the minority here on ATS, I am proud to have called this great man Mr. President.

What greater test of a mans character is there than to stand for what one believes in even when all others are against you? I can only hope and pray that if there is ever a time in my life like that, I will have the moral convictions or President Bush.

Enthusiastic Crowds Welcome Bush Back to Texas

Waco, Texas (AP) - After an enthusiastic welcome from thousands of cheering Texans in two cities, George W. Bush spent his first night out of office at his Crawford ranch.

One little boy waved a sign that read, "President Bush, thank you for keeping me safe" in multicolored lettering. Others read: "Be Bold, Be Bush" and "43 is back."

"It's a special day but it's a sad day," Winn said. "He's done eight years of a job well done. He held our country together with the values we respect. He did the job we asked him to do. He kept our values safe."

"I never took an opinion poll to tell me what to think," Bush said.

CNS News

While I would never expect to agree with everything a sitting President does, I have tremendous admiration and respect for anyone that stands in the face of adversity and holds to their convictions.

Bravo Mr. President, I am proud to have called you that!!!!

Semper Fi

Semper

reply to post by watcher1960

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Nice one, Watcher1960! I'm familiar with those quotes but wouldn't have conjured them as quickly as you did.

Bush certainly believed in what he believed in (or probably more precisely what he was told to believe/say he believed). So did any number of fascist dictators...

All I can say with respect to the GWB Adminstitution is that with a Dick, a Bush, AND a Colin in the White House... we were bound to get *snip* (in one orifice or another).

Now, thanks to the "Barack 'em to Sleep America" (i.e Back to Sleep America) campaign, centered on some vague notions of Hope, Change, and Black and White Politics... we just Biden our time for the right domestic Hussein-Osama hybrid to finish the job!

Bush is a terrorist who's been a convenient fall-man puppet for larger more global forces (i.e. HE is not to blame--that's like blaming one's acne instead of one's diet and drug problem). Obama, though I won't criticize his actions until he's proven to be a front-man too, is most likely at the beck and call politically of the same forces.

Choose the right hand or the left hand folks (GOP or Dems)--we're still shaking hands with the Beast...

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Thanks Semper,

While I personally detested the previous administration. We as Americans can be proud to call Mr. Bush President.

What have we collectively learned from Mr. Bush's Presidency?

We have learned that it's not up to the Government to help the citizenry out in a time of natural disaster.

We have learned that it's ok to torture and abuse POW's as long as you call them illegal combatants.

We have learned that you can start a war for no reason whatsoever, with bad intel and zero exit strategy.

We have learned that it's ok to discontinue to search for the worlds #1 terrorist because your just not that interested in finding him. And it's ok to use the memory of nearly 3000 US citizens deaths time and time again to promote your own agenda.

We have also learned that if you put a gun to congress's head you can rob the treasury and give billions of dollars to your buddies in financial industry with no accountability, no oversight, and against your own parties ideals.

We have learned a lot from the presidency of George W Bush. We have got to be proud to call him Mr. President. He has shown a side of American politics rarely seen in world governments.

Bout the only thing that really truly can be said positively about George W. Bush is that people that work for him think he is a nice guy. (it's actually true, apparently George W. is a good guy to work for.)

reply to post by alchemicalbrother

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Their is way too much truth in what you posted, if only other could see that as well, kudos to you!!

reply to post by semperfortis

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I agree, Semper. It takes some courage to stand up on a site like this that is dominated with liberals and Bush-bashers, and show your support for President Bush.

While I certainly didn't agree with all of his decisions, I still respect him and admire what he did for this country. I think it is true that history will vindicate him. Someday, when we are made aware of the reality of the threat that we faced, and when we see the information that he saw on a daily basis, then we will be grateful for his actions.

I think it's fair to say that on 9/11 all of us thought it was just the beginning. We all accepted the fact that we were going to be attacked again at some point in the near future. But love him or hate him, Bush protected us. He protected this country and helped to accomplish the extraordinary- and that is preventing another attack on US soil. I know for a fact that terrorists have tried to attack this country since 9/11, and all of these attacks were foiled one way or another. While most people wouldn't dare give Bush credit for this, these very same people would be the first ones to blame Bush had we been attacked again.

I proudly voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004. To this day I stand by those votes as I am certain that Bush was a better choice than Gore and Kerry. This country would be in much worse shape had either of those men been elected president.

And to all of the morons who bash Bush on here and call him a Nazi, and to all of the idiots who gave him the middle finger as he flew off and booed him and the First Lady at the inauguration ceremony, I say this: grow up! Get some class, would ya? You are the epitome of what is wrong with this country. People have lost all respect for one another and especially for our President.

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