thanks for the gracious congrats... i admire the class you displayed in your post.
our 4 year election cycle sometimes makes it unclear who or what is responsible for how things go in our country. 8 years is a much better frame of time to gauge the success or failure of a certain policy. if things are markedly better or worse at the end of his second term... i think it's fair to hold Bush's Presidential leadership responsible.
however, i think that the degree of responsibility varies by issue. it's tough to hold any President completely accountable for the economy given the structure of our government and the preponderance of external factors. however, the war on terror and success in iraq has clearly been delivered to Bush's hands. that will be his legacy, our country has placed its trust in his convictions.
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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