We listened to President Bush's farewell speech tonight, and I must admit that I was moved to tears. I have an incredible amount of respect for this man. He was not perfect, but at least in my opinion, President-elect Obama has some pretty big shoes to fill. I really hate how much people in our country bad-mouthed him and every single decision he made or every single thing he said. However, this is completely to be expected when you are the leader of the free world, and by running for President, you're pretty much asking for it. You can tell that it didn't bother him one bit. This takes a very confident man who is comfortable with who he is and the job that he is doing. I love politics and would love to be involved in local politics someday, but I don't think I could ever handle the constant scrutiny and living my life under a magnifying glass. He said something tonight that really struck a chord with me and that I hope is written down in the history books, instead of all of his other verbal 'mishaps'...which I actually think are pretty endearing and not at all proof that he was a "bad president" in the least. He said (I may not get it exactly right, sorry!) "You may not have agreed with all of the tough decisions that I made, but I hope you agree that I was willing to make those tough decisions." Right on, George W. We elected him to make those tough decisions and MAN, did he have a lot of those to make during the past 8 years. We have been through so much as a country and I am extremely proud to say that I lived and "grew up" in the time that he served as President of the United States. It's a weird feeling. I have always had the utmost respect for him, but I never realized how much true appreciation I really had for him until tonight when I heard this speech. I am really going to miss him as our President. Who knows what the future holds. I'm sure that there will be some more "tough decisions" to make for our next President and I hope that he learns that he needs to make those tough decisions based on what's best for our country and not based on "what's popular." It may be something we have to learn the hard way. But, nonetheless, thank you, President Bush (who I am certain reads our blog) - you have made me proud to live in this country and I do thank you for making those tough decisions.
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I completely agree, I think it is so annoying that no matter who our president is, its always popular to hate them. I remember when his dad was president and everyone at school talked bad about him, then the same thing happened when Clinton was president and now Bush and even though Obama is so popular right now I bet the exact same thing will happen with him, it is really so annoying. I am not too in to politics but I like George W. too:)
true that :)
well said, I have to be honest and say I will not miss him so much but I am glad you enjoyed his speech. He did take a lot of crap, some of which was deserved! all in all we should all support whoever our president is I am sure it's a big job
word sister. give the man some credit! thanks for the encouraging pregnancy words -- it's really helped how many friends have given me their two cents on the lonnnnng sickening process, haha! i'm excited to jump onto the mommy train with you :)
Em! I LOVE your tribute. People say a lot of negative things about Bush. They always have. He had demonstrators at his first inauguration. The Clinton team did not give him an easy transition. The courtesy that he has shown Obama shows true character.
One thing that I will always be grateful for is that we didn't have another terrorist attack on US soil since 9-11, and we owe that to Bush and his administration making those tough decisions. Thanks EM!
hey girl so I have gotten some flack for my comment (mainly from my mom) but I was glad that you posted it, I hope I wasn't rude at all I don't think everyone has to agree about politics and I think it's interesting to see and hear different points of view. I respect anyone who is willing to stand up for what they believe in so kudos there. I know I am not a very popular person being a more liberal mormon but that's ok. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't harsh or anything. I wanted to post about the election too but I was afraid to ruffle feathers :( And my secret to the weight lose has been a VERY high maitence child who is allergic to dairy, eggs, oats and who nurses like he's never seen food. Thanks for your comment though, I am not complaining it has been nice for a change to buy smaller clothes, I just hope I can keep it up when I am not nursing anymore:)
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