This book is a vital, uplifting read, so much so that even former Pres. Clinton and most of the mainstream (anti-Bush) media has read it and/or recommended Americans who are interested in their nation's past, present and future, procure a copy. While many will spout hatred and lies without perusing, many others will and have read.
President Bush wisely took a cue from the wonderful memoirs of U.S. Grant, and avoided a boring self-congratulatory book like Obama, Clinton and most athletes, celebrities and other narcissists. Instead, the extremely well-read Texan told the story of his time in the White House by "focusing on the most important part of the job: making decisions."
Good idea, as while the book is therefore not chronological, the 43rd president offers us a `thematic flow,' providing for a balanced, smooth read. Thankfully, he puts his ego aside (imagine that) and explains his circumspect decisions, maturely admits his mistakes, rarely castigating anyone but himself or his staff, just as he's kindly done in his post-presidency, unlike many others past leaders (see Carter, Jimmy).
In fact, I think President Bush is almost too contrite and too excruciatingly 'fair' to his critics, who never apologized for the inappropriate way they treated him. Just as the US military does more for true PEACE on one afternoon than the UN in 65 futile years, Bush, on his worst day, is a far better man (ask the tens of millions whose lives he saved with his AIDS & Malaria funding work in Africa) than the elite media dunderheads on their 'best' day.
Pres. Bush also writes eloquently on behalf of others' mistakes, while, again, scarcely mentioning the unfair deceit, dangerous lies and blatant hypocrisy of his detractors (NY Times, Kerry, Obama, Hillary, Reid, philandering John Edwards, et al, especially on life/death matters such as OEF & OIF).
This president had his shortcomings, but overall, as more and more folks have learned considering the past two disastrous years, HE was an American LEADER:
Humble, inquisitive, well-versed on meaningful matters like history, open-minded, intellectually curious, self-reflective, honest, balanced, principled, thick-skinned, thorough, tolerant to a fault, compromising yet decisive in the end, reached across the aisle instead of ignoring or excoriating his opponents, open-minded yet unwavering when necessary, deeply patriotic, extremely compassionate, pious, understood good vs. evil, loved freedom and children, cared about Americans and trusted them to make individual decisions in lieu of the Ruling Class stooges, listened, made tough decisions and, most importantly, 'stubborn' in a GOOD way. (i.e. cautious yet committed to his duty to protect Americans from harm, which some Republicans, most Americans, and nearly ALL Democrats fatuously abandoned or forgot about in the years following 9/11/01 -- mostly for political expediency).
Compare that to the current occupant at 1600 Penna. Does he reflect ANY of those positive traits? Even if you disagree with some of what I wrote about GWB, the majority of those adjectives accurately describe him.
I personally did not vote for the man in 2000. Fresh out of four years of academic theft/brainwashing (aka college), it was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. Had Al Gore been president on Sept. 11, 2001, or JF Kerry won in 2004, many of us would be dead. Period.
Mr. Bush became my president due to his perfect performance after the worst terror attack on US soil in our proud history. He had the toughest job since Lincoln -- and unlike Lincoln he had no warning -- and performed admirably.
His petulant, disingenuous critics who, through their lies and name calling tore apart this country, should be ashamed.
Do yourself a favor and read President George W. Bush's informative book.
The writing puts the final confirmation of what Ed Luttwack noted in a Sept. 2008 in the UK's Prospect Magazine: We have a Truman for our Times.
If you don't understand why this is a perfect analogy, you probably won't want to read this important book either, and will continue to vote inapposite of America's proud history.
So as to reiterate, I, like most reasonable and sane people in a post 9/11 world, I truly miss this humble and mature LEADER.
Happy Thanksgiving, and G-d Bless America!
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