I sent my personal letter of appreciation to President Bush several weeks ago, but Eric over at Tygrrr Express penned an admiring letter of appreciation on the occasion of Bush's last day in office, appropriately Martin Luther King Day.
A few highlights worth noting:
"Dr. King was a much better speaker than you... Despite attempts by some who try to rewrite history for their own gain, I want to thank you for your many accomplishments, beginning with everything you have done to secure Dr. King's vision of a truly colorblind society.
"Nobody has hired as many black Americans to as many prominent positions as you have. You made Colin Powell your Secretary of State. You appointed Dr. Condoleeza Rice to be your next Secretary of State after a stint as your National Security Advisor. You hired Larry Thompson to be your Deputy Attorney General under John Ashcroft. Rod Paige was your Secretary of Education.
"These people were not hired because they were black. They were hired because they deserved the jobs based on merit. You did not make token appointments. You hired good people who happened to be black. That is colorblindness."
Read it all. And thanks, Eric.
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Several days ago, Fred Barnes at the Weekly Standard wrote ten things that Bush got right. It's well worth reading, if you haven't already.
And, if you missed Charles Krauthammer’s excellent column of January 16th, I highly recommend you read it here.
Thanks, Fred Barnes for reminding us what the left-wing myth-makers want us to forget. And Charles Krauthammer, I couldn't agree more with your perspective on Bush’s Imminent Rehab.
STUNNING: Another Bush supporter.
History, no doubt, will treat Bush far better than his contemporaries have done, for history has a way of seeing all things from a panorama where little is left of sacred secrets. President Bush has been crucified in the public square in spite of his decency, his goodness, his Christian faith -- that strong internal moral compass that guides him -- and, in spite of his remarkable success in winning two most difficult wars to protect this nation from those who would kill us.
All wars are hard; all wars involve mistakes and corrections. All wars, if they are to be won, come at a perilous cost. George W. Bush understood that and he did not shrink from it.
I cannot think of a more difficult job than being the 9/11 President, but that most terrible of jobs fell on Bush's watch and will forever rest on his shoulders.
George W. Bush had a charge to keep and he kept it. Thank you, President Bush, and may God bless you. My family and I will be forever grateful.
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