Bush Bashing

Ex-President Bush flew home to Texas to a crowd of 20,000 well wishers. He worked the rope lines, gave a speech and then left for his ranch. There was a boy in the crowd that had a sign that read, "President Bush, thank you for keeping me safe." He has gone home, and the people that know him, still love him and thank him for his service to America.

However, flip on over to ABCNews or any of a number of other news outlets and read the blog response. I can sum it up in one phrase: "Glad you're home, now stay there," and that is a mild comment. I was on the CBS news site, and every single comment following the story was negative. There wasn't one positive response about him. I was actually shocked. Was GWB that bad? Is GWB responsible for all of this nation's ills and troubles?

Is ex-Presidential bashing now the hip thing to do?

Maybe I grew up in a simpler time and learned a different set of morality rules than these people bashing Bush. Maybe I know that it is better to respectfully disagree than to pass yourself off as a moron by screaming out a profanity-laced argument that my Grandmother could win just by washing your mouth out with soap. Maybe people don't really respect others and just want to get their 15 minutes of fame by shouting from the rooftops hoping they'll be heard. As I said before, I was shocked and frankly, disappointed that we as a nation had sunk to this level.

Whatever it is, it's disgraceful. President Bush did his best, that's all anyone needs to say. If you disagree with that, fine. If you don't like the wars, fine. If you dislike the way the economy is performing, fine, get in line behind me. If you have problems with a myriad of other things that you believe are the direct cause of one man (the former President), then you have that right. However, form an intelligent, coherant and respectful argument and present it without prejudice or profanity, and then we'll talk.

I do feel however, that it is a disgrace when we as a nation don't let the man sail off into the sunset, so to speak, but rather continue to tear him down as he gracefully exits the White House and turns the keys over to the new occupant.

I hope we can be a better group of citizens when Barack Obama leaves the White House and not turn into a group of thugs intent of holding him accountable for all of our ills.

In short, I hope we can grow up.