Michelle Malkin » Things I don’t miss about George W. Bush

Things I don’t miss about George W. Bush

By Michelle Malkin • February 9, 2010 02:04 PM

Sorry to be a wet blanket, but someone has to do it.

The “Miss Me Yet?” billboard (inspired by Jonathan Maney’s t-shirts) is cute. But let’s not get carried away with nostalgia.

President Bush put America on the proper war footing after 9/11 and deserves much credit for doing so, but he also:

1) joined with open-borders progressives McCain and Kennedy to try to force shamnesty down our throats;

2) massively expanded the federal role in education;

3) championed the Medicare prescription drug entitlement using phony math;

4) kowtowed to the jihadi-enabling Saudis;

5) stocked DHS with incompetents and cronies;

6) pushed Hillarycare for housing;

7) enabled turncoat Arlen Specter;

8. nominated crony Harriet Myers to the Supreme Court;

9) pre-socialized the economy for Obama by embracing TARP, the auto bailouts, the AIG bailout, and in his own words:

“I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system.”
– George W. Bush

No, I don’t miss having a corporate socialist Republican in the White House any more than I like having a corporate socialist Democrat in the White House now.

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#202

On February 10th, 2010 at 10:45 am, beenthere said:

Like Gerald R. Ford he was a humble man . . .

Unfortunately, George II had ample reasons for his humility.
#203

On February 10th, 2010 at 12:23 pm, yohannbiimu said:

I totally agree with Michelle’s sentiments. Had George been more courageously conservative, and not a weak-kneed progressive who wasn’t bothered with illegals eroding every aspect of American existence, we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in.

That said, George wasn’t much more or less than the rest of the GOP. In fact, he personified a GOP that was slinking farther and farther away from the mainstream of American thought. He and they were still considered not in line with the kook-dom of lefty collectivist thought, but still they are heading towards THEM, and away from US. The problem for the morons in the lefty fringe (the Daily Kos types)is that they aren’t moving towards them fast enough.

Make no mistake about it–”CHANGE” with the Obama regime only means moving towards the moronic lefty fringe as fast as it can. As usual, their “good intentions” are making hell apparent in all of our lives, and it got a good start with George and the progressive GOP.
#204

On February 10th, 2010 at 12:30 pm, AlohaGuy said:

No, I don’t miss having a corporate socialist Republican in the White House any more than I like having a corporate socialist Democrat in the White House now.
That hits the nail on the head, now doesn’t it?

Well no. If Obama were only a “corporate socialist Democrat” sure – how about “America-hating Marixist”? He’s a lot closer to Chavez than to Bush. I think the contrast is stark, the comparison weak.
#205

On February 10th, 2010 at 1:27 pm, corkie said:

On February 9th, 2010 at 2:39 pm, zyzzyg said:

No, I do not miss any administration, I am partial to the two term limit for president.

Someone tell zyzzyg that the two term limit only applies to holding the office – not missing someone that previously held the office.
#207

On February 11th, 2010 at 12:51 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

I hope Dr. Tom Coburn runs for President, personally.

I sent money to Duncan Hunter in 2008, but he never got any media attention. By far the best candidate.

Coburn, as a US Senator and a leading opponent of Obama’s Hell Care, would be impossible for the MSM to ignore.