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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	I think
	Date:	8/15/2009 4:26:59 PM

you just wrote his book for him. Maybe you should give him a call.

You know, no President is all bad or all good. GWB did do some good things. I don't know who could have done better than he did on 9/11 and the days thereafter. I think some of the things that came out of 9/11 have been unfairly criticized 7 years post.

I'll even forgive him the response to Katrina, because he probably had no freaking clue that the head of FEMA and the Head of Home Land Security were locked in mortal combat. I think when he writes his book, he'll regret what happened (despite his claim that he has "no regrets".
But, his 2nd term was a disaster and that is coming from some one who voted for him. The Iraq was a huge mistake. I don't want to debate it, because I feel history will reflect this. And he has to assume at least partial responsiblity for the economic meltdown. It started on his watch. I don't blame him entirely, because I think the makings of the meltdown started before the Bush Administration, but I kinda doubt he ever looked out and asked himself if all the "properity" was nothing more than a bubble. I think all politicians should ask themselves those kind of questions and really probe the answers.
He made some mistakes in putting too much trust in his advisors -- Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld (and the boys), probably George Tenet. I suspect they told him what they wanted him to know, probably what he wanted to hear. Everything was not great.

I know you love him and are probably one of only a handful of people who will buy his book when it comes out. I would buy it just because I'd be interested in seeing if he has had time to reflect and maybe adjusted his perspective with the passage of time. Historians will ultimately decide how his Adminsitration will be judged; just as they will judge Obama at some point in the future.