WSJ: The Treatment Of Bush Has Been A Disgrace
An Op-Ed in today’s Wall Street Journal touched on a topic that most people are either too stupid or too cowardly to talk about — the disgraceful treatment of president Bush.
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro deserves major kudos for bringing this issue up, because it’s a stain on our nation that may never be washed away.
The treatment President Bush has received from this country is nothing less than a disgrace. The attacks launched against him have been cruel and slanderous, proving to the world what little character and resolve we have. The president is not to blame for all these problems. He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time.
Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies. It has shown to the world how disloyal we can be when our president needed loyalty — a shameful display of arrogance and weakness that will haunt this nation long after Mr. Bush has left the White House.
Demonizing and slandering president Bush has become a sport. Most animals are treated better than we’ve treated the president. The way the media talks about Obama’s election win in the context of him “saving us” from the blood thirsty tyrant currently living in the White House — is an outrage.
As a final slap in the face to our president, Obama supporters jeered and chanted outside the White House last night:
The most remarkable scene unfolded after midnight in front of the White House. Under the watchful eye of the Secret Service and the Park Police, a predominantly young crowd waved huge American flags and sported signs that said “Yes we did!” Some climbed fences around the construction site where inaugural reviewing stands are going up.
A group of about a half-dozen Georgetown athletes said they jogged spontaneously from campus after hearing of Obama’s victory. “This might be the best day of my life,” said Danielle Bailey, 18, a freshman from Florida.
Kyle Poole, 48, a financier, said he brought a flag because he felt “honored and proud.”
“I was once a Republican,” he said. “Then George Bush came to the White House and now I’m thrilled to be here with the flag.”
As late as 2:30 a.m., revelers were streaming south on 16th Street by car and foot. In front of the darkened White House, chants of every stripe continued.
“Biden! Biden!”
On a chain-link fence erected by inaugural construction crews, someone hung the sign: “Welcome Home Malia and Sasha!”
President Bush has had to make some tough choices over the last eight years. Instead of always doing the popular thing, he chose to do the right thing — or at least what he felt was the right thing.
The far-left has brutally smeared and undermined his administration from the very first day he took office. But as Shapiro points out in his piece, the attacks haven’t just been from the left.
Many republicans have abandoned the president to the point they dare not speak his name. I thought it was disgraceful for the RNC to make our sitting president speak via video to his own party during the convention.
Every single American who’s enjoyed going to work each morning safely since 9/11 has president Bush to thank for that. He has done whatever it takes to keep us safe — even when it made him unpopular.
You don’t abandon a good man simply because his poll numbers are down. Nobody has to agree with all his decisions or even his particular brand of conservatism, but George W. Bush is still the president. He’s our president and he should be respected as such.
I don’t think Barack Obama is ready to be president. I fear that many Americans will regret taking a chance on such a inexperienced and far-left candidate.
Having said that, I’m proud of my country for putting the sins of the past behind us and electing a black man. I think all Americans should be extremely proud regardless of party affiliation.
I didn’t vote for Barack Obama, but he’s still my president and no matter what happens in the months to come — I will always respect that.
-Chris Jones
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A thinly veiled vehicle to smear the liberals and invoke 9/11. You make me puke. W. deserved this scorn for Iraq and the crapping on the constitution.
It wasn’t meant to be thinly veiled — I was in fact smearing liberals.
I applaud the Wall Street Journal article and applaud your article as well. President Bush has had a difficult presidency. He inherited numerous problems that were a result of prior administrations.
One must understand that he went into IRAQ to create a democratic country that would provide future opposition to Saudia Arabia and Iran and help stabilize the region. This is huge undertaking and could significantly alter our world for the better. As a result we uncovered the scandal of France and Iraq in the oil for food program.
We have treated him with disgrace and he deserves better.