Mrs. Bush: Bush Presidency Was Not A Failure

I'm going to miss President George W. Bush a great deal. He changed the tone in the White House, restoring honor and dignity to the presidency. With tremendous courage and determination in his leadership during the impact of September 11, 2001.

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The RNLA Newsletter:

History should judge President George W. Bush as one of America’s great Presidents. His record of accomplishment in both domestic and foreign policy, his grace in the face of unrivaled malevolence, his courage in the face of dreadful pressure, and his vision of a world made free are the stuff of greatness. Here is an abbreviated catalog of his accomplishments and virtues:

President George W. Bush has liberated 50 million people from two of the most ghastly regimes in world history. For those who would minimize those achievements, a comparison with the two other Presidential liberators is appropriate. Abraham Lincoln freed 4 million slaves—at a human cost far greater than our current President’s wars of liberation.

...George W. Bush’s quiet, innovative war against AIDS and other diseases has saved millions of lives in Africa. According to the London Guardian, the President’s Pepfar program in Africa “has been hailed as a ‘revolution’ that is transforming healthcare in Africa and has been praised as the most significant aid programme since the end of colonialism.”

...America’s War on Terror has, by any historical measure, been the most successful war America has ever waged. President Bush’s response to the most devastating foreign attack on American soil was to vow that he would protect Americans from another terrorist attack. He kept that promise. To keep Americans safe from terror attack has been no easy task.

Condoleezza Rice:

"This isn't a popularity contest. I'm sorry, it isn't. What the administration is responsible to do is to make good choices about Americans' interests and values in the long run -- not for today's headlines, but for history's judgment," she said.

"And I am quite certain that when the final chapters are written and it's clear that Saddam Hussein's Iraq is gone in favor of an Iraq that is favorable to the future of the Middle East; when the history is written of a U.S.-China relationship that is better than it's ever been; an India relationship that is deeper and better than it's ever been; a relationship with Brazil and other countries of the left of Latin America, better than it's ever been ...

"When one looks at what we've been able to do in terms of changing the conversation in the Middle East about democracy and values, this administration will be judged well, and I'll wait for history's judgment and not today's headlines."