Six Months IN

It has been six months since George W Bush has left office and the democrats are still running against him. I guess all that "change" didn't bring the results they wanted and so to get re-elected, they have to resort to old tactics.

For eight long years all we heard was: Bush is dumb, Bush is a cowboy, Bush is an embarrassment to the country, Bush can't speak eloquently, World leaders don't respect us because of Bush and my personal favorite, Bush lied, thousands died.

Our e-mail boxes were filled with images of Bush as Hitler, a monkey, the village idiot, a toothless hillbilly, a cowboy, a fisherman and the devil. (Of course after BHO was elected, a relative of mine sent as message saying that yes, they supported BHO, but they didn't want their mail box filled with anti-BHO e-mails. Never mind that for eight years they filled mine with anti-Bush ones!)

Let me say right here and now that although I supported Bush, I did not support everything that he did. There were mistakes made during his administration. The former President was not a conservative, especially with the budget and expansion of the government. It is this corespondent's view that history will judge Bush in a different light, just as it did Harry Truman. Having said all of that, I don't feel he was the devil as some people have made him out to be, nor was he the "village idiot" than many think he was.

So it's been six months. Let's look at how much things have changed.

George Bush is a hick and an embarrassment because he can't speak eloquently.

BHO can't speak without his teleprompter. He takes it everywhere with him. If he's introducing a new cabinet member, or at a press conference, the teleprompter is right there with him. The times he does not have his teleprompter, he is reduced to "um," "aah," "you know" in other words, he's as much as a babbling idiot they made Bush out to be.

George Bush is a cowboy and doesn't have the respect of the world's leaders. BHO will restore America's standing in the world.

Merkle from Germany doesn't like BHO and Sarkozy isn't fond of him either. Both Medvedev and Putin laugh at him and even Gordon Brown (who is knee deep in his own mess) doesn't care much for BHO. BHO has insulted the Queen (how's that restoring image thing working out?) and is regarded as a "light weight" in Europe. All of the above mentioned leaders were able to work with Bush and did not find him to be a light weight. While the populate love BHO, it's the leaders he has to work with.

George Bush was just plain dumb.

Bush had the same grade point average at Yale that John Kerry did. We don't know what BHO's was as that has remained a state secret.

Bush lied, thousands died.

There has been absolutely no evidence that "Bush lied" or slanted the evidence leading up to the Iraq war. There is an abundance of evidence that BHO has lied repeatedly since he became President. From no new taxes for those making under $250,000 a year, to transparency in the White House, to no lobbyist being part of the administration, the man has repeatedly lied to the America people. But of course, BHO is the sainted one and he gets a pass.

If Bush went to war for oil or to avenge the attack on his father, the evidence doesn't show that. We have not "reaped" the benefits of the oil as it has been sold on the world market and the money went to the Iraqi people. What would be gained from an invasion to avenge Sadam's attack on Bush 41? As for weapons of mass destruction not being found, they were found, but not in the quantities the US and the rest of the world expected. But consider this. There WAS over 100 pounds of Sarin found. Considering that ONE OUNCE could kill thousands of people, wouldn't that be considered a large quantity of WMD? Finally, do you really think that was Muammar Gaddafi's Nukes he turned over to the US?

BHO has tried to control the media and the media lets him! During press conferences he pre-selects his "questioner" and uses a teleprompter and a small computer screen in the podium to provide him with the answers from staffers feverishly typing from behind the curtain.

BHO stood there and stated that "No lobbyist would be allowed to apply for a position within my administration," yet over 13 "exceptions" have been granted because they can't find anyone more qualified.

You see, it's all in whose ox is getting gored. BHO is not the sainted one that the media has made him out to be and Bush is not the village idiot the same media made him out to be. They both ARE polarizing individuals who are advancing their agenda. If you are a conservative, you for the most part liked Bush and for the most part disapprove of BHO. The difference as I see it, is that conservatives for the most part, don't make it personal with their disagreements with BHO. The liberals got very personal (and still do), with Bush and most were were hateful and vengeful in their writings and speech.

Earth to Liberals.....Bush is NO LONGER the President. You can't run against him. You have to run against BHO's record and right now, it looks like he will be a one termer.

One thing I never thought I would say, let alone think, I miss Bill Clinton.