Bush Didn't Sell His Soul For Politics
President Bush recently sat down with his sister, Doro Bush Koch, and gave her an insightful interview on the impact his faith has made on his family and his presidency. Bush also discussed his hopes for his legacy. See LifeSite News.
"I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process," Bush told his sister. "I came to Washington with a set of values, and I'm leaving with the same set of values. And I darn sure wasn't going to sacrifice those values; that I was a President that had to make tough choices and was willing to make them."
Bush wants to be remembered for liberating Iraqis from dictatorship and for advancing health care at home and abroad. He also said he wanted to be known for being a president that "focused on individuals rather than process; that rallied people to serve their neighbor," and that he "came to Washington, D.C., with a set of political statements and worked as hard as I possibly could to do what I told the American people I would do."
I have previously blogged about the disgraceful treatment of President Bush, especially during the last four years of his presidency here. Bush has received ridicule, derision and contempt from many people on the left and the right. No matter what happened - hurricanes, floods, global warming, terrorism, etc., it was all Bush's fault. Deepak Chopra even blames Bush for the terrorist attack in India. See FOX News.
The length Bush's attackers and critics will go to evidently knows no bounds. Just this morning I was reading about a Seattle artist named Deborah Lawrence, who had the privilege of being asked to decorate an ornament for the White House Christmas tree. Each representative chooses an artist and commissions them to create an ornament, and Lawrence was selected by her representative Jim McDermott. However, instead of being honored by the chance to create a beautiful ornament celebrating Christmas, Ms. Lawrence instead created an impeachment ornament which congratulated McDermott on his support for a Bush impeachment resolution. See The Washington Post. I suppose that there is no inappropriate or unsuitable time to show partisanship and bad manners for a Bush hater.
However, Bush is obviously not going to let his detractors affect him negatively, and credits his Christian faith for keeping him strong. "I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the President, and I have been affected by people's prayers a lot," he said. "I have found that faith is comforting, faith is strengthening, faith has been important." It is this very faith that his critics despise the most, but Bush says that those who hate his faith and what he stands for " . . . should recognize - as (at) least I have recognized I am a lowly sinner seeking redemption, and therefore have been very careful about saying '(accept) my faith or you're bad.'" Bush added that the freedom of religion is of paramount importance – a freedom that any president must "jealously protect, guard, and strengthen."
Partial excerpts of President Bush's interview have been released by the White House, and the complete interview will be archived in the Library of Congress.Please log in to comment on this story.-->
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i have always said that bush will be remembered in the history books as a fine president, though few will admit it, at this time, because it is too easy to blame him for everything that has happened, during his terms. 9/11, katrina, two wars, both the rise and fall of the stock market, loss of control in the senate and congress, etc.etc.etc., but few will remember him for keeping their families safe from harm, their children safe from harm and our country safe from terrorists attacks since 9/11. he is definitely not a "sell-out" for political purposes, eventhough it might have been the more popular choice..i am grateful for g.w.bush and what he has done for our country..slick willy never did anything positive for our country, brought shame to the highest office of the land, got debarred from ever practicing law again, and disgraced his wife and family..let the military fall through the cracks, did not maintain military equipment, taxed social security, drove the market down the toilet and subjected our country on numerous occasions to attack, because of his neglect..pres bush should be proud of his tenure in office.
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