His genuine love for this country and the many ways he showed it, both in front of the cameras and without them, will be greatly missed.
All of my ideological and policy differences with Obama aside, I really don’t know how Obama will be able to show genuine love and caring for this nation after spending the last 2 decades of his personal (wife, friends Ayers and Dohrn and Wright among probably many others) and political (Ayers, Dohrn, Wright, Chicago political machine) life among those who hate and despise everything about this country and its military. I really don’t.
And this is what I am will miss about President Bush the most.
A tad bit OT… It’s interesting to note that the GOP has put up military veterans as their Presidential nominees going all the way back to Gerald Ford. Ford, Reagan, Bush 41, Dole, Bush 43 and McCain. Meanwhile, the only military veterans the Democrats put forth were Carter and Kerry. Quite telling I’d say.
Just looking at that first photo brings tears to my eyes, each time I see it.
What will we do when the hip new hopey changey PEBO brings his particular brand of cool to the Oval Office? I don’t see him as having the gravitas, the empathy, the sincerity to have such a poignant moment as that. I truly hope I am wrong, and am willing to wait and see, but I’m not at all optimistic about the next four years.
@John Mahler: I’m not surprised you haven’t seen this side of Bush before. First of all, the President almost never talks about such things and the “news” media which does witness them almost never reports them.
The first story is about Africa. The story says “the answer may surprise you”. Not to those of us who actually follow ALL the facts about the President and the fact that he has done the most for Africa of any President. Not that any of the Left would know that in all their natterings about Darfur.
And not that Obama would be popular there either, considering he had the school named after him, only to leave there and never keep his promise to them.
Yet Obama is the ‘messiah’ and President Bush is the devil. Yeah. Whatever.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention my actual surprise at the poll they have there at the AOL story. Will you miss the President A Lot, A Little or Not at All. Last I saw (which was at about 11,000 votes or so, so not many yet), it was 42% A Lot, 17% A Little and 41% Not at All. Good to see, but I was surprised. 60% or so will miss the President. Impressive. I think people are realizing just what we had in him as President now that he is going to be gone and we are going to be stuck with Obama the next 4 years (at least).
The first story is about Africa. The story says “the answer may surprise you”. Not to those of us who actually follow ALL the facts about the President and the fact that he has done the most for Africa of any President. Not that any of the Left would know that in all their natterings about Darfur.
Michael,
I’ve been holding onto a post since the weekend regarding Bush’s commitment to Africa. Very much under-reported stuff that the very people who should be praising his work- namely liberals-don’t or won’t recognize and give him credit on.
His genuine love for this country and the many ways he showed it, both in front of the cameras and without them, will be greatly missed.
All of my ideological and policy differences with Obama aside, I really don’t know how Obama will be able to show genuine love and caring for this nation after spending the last 2 decades of his personal (wife, friends Ayers and Dohrn and Wright among probably many others) and political (Ayers, Dohrn, Wright, Chicago political machine) life among those who hate and despise everything about this country and its military. I really don’t.
And this is what I am will miss about President Bush the most.
A tad bit OT… It’s interesting to note that the GOP has put up military veterans as their Presidential nominees going all the way back to Gerald Ford. Ford, Reagan, Bush 41, Dole, Bush 43 and McCain. Meanwhile, the only military veterans the Democrats put forth were Carter and Kerry. Quite telling I’d say.
I take that back, Mondale (1984) was also a military veteran.
But it is interesting to note that, other than Carter, the only Democrats to become President were the non-military veterans.
This is a side of the president I’ve never seen before. Thanks for having the article.
Just looking at that first photo brings tears to my eyes, each time I see it.
What will we do when the hip new hopey changey PEBO brings his particular brand of cool to the Oval Office? I don’t see him as having the gravitas, the empathy, the sincerity to have such a poignant moment as that. I truly hope I am wrong, and am willing to wait and see, but I’m not at all optimistic about the next four years.
@John Mahler: I’m not surprised you haven’t seen this side of Bush before. First of all, the President almost never talks about such things and the “news” media which does witness them almost never reports them.
Just went to my AOL online mail and the top story on AOL was this: Who Will Miss Bush When He is Gone?
The first story is about Africa. The story says “the answer may surprise you”. Not to those of us who actually follow ALL the facts about the President and the fact that he has done the most for Africa of any President. Not that any of the Left would know that in all their natterings about Darfur.
And not that Obama would be popular there either, considering he had the school named after him, only to leave there and never keep his promise to them.
Yet Obama is the ‘messiah’ and President Bush is the devil. Yeah. Whatever.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention my actual surprise at the poll they have there at the AOL story. Will you miss the President A Lot, A Little or Not at All. Last I saw (which was at about 11,000 votes or so, so not many yet), it was 42% A Lot, 17% A Little and 41% Not at All. Good to see, but I was surprised. 60% or so will miss the President. Impressive. I think people are realizing just what we had in him as President now that he is going to be gone and we are going to be stuck with Obama the next 4 years (at least).
The Ashley Faulkner story was one of my favs about Pres. Bush. He’s truly a thoughtful and decent man. I think that history will be kind to him.
@Michael in MI:
Michael,
I’ve been holding onto a post since the weekend regarding Bush’s commitment to Africa. Very much under-reported stuff that the very people who should be praising his work- namely liberals-don’t or won’t recognize and give him credit on.