Respecting Bush

I realize there are many hundreds, thousands, of blogs out to bash our president. But, from the bunch I have read, people fail to bring up the fact that a president is supposed to gain respect and trust throughout his nation. I have tremendous amounts of respect for Bush. Seeing how he dealt with September 11, was just amazing; he unified our country in a strike against Al-Qaeda. But, what happened was something you wouldn't want from a worthy fellow: he lost his mission; he lost his passion, but, more importantly, he lost the people's passion. We see from our history that, in times of need, the great presidents knew how to take our saddened hearts and form optimistic spirits, if not joyful. And from that, we learned to respect a leader. Bush had his cards given to him, served to him and he captured our hearts, only to leave us empty. Granted, he has had to deal with a lot in his 8-year tenure: two majorly damaging disasters, 9/11 and Katrina. But those are his cards; act brave and courageous, and the country would love him. Show that what he has done is the most he could've done. But no, Bush must not know how to play cards, despite being from Texas. He declared war on the basis of "weapons of mass destruction" that weren't even there. And wasn't our target Al-Qaeda and aren't they in Alfghanistan? No matter, we went on with the war and some people did approve and we still loved him. Then, he could never put a deafening point into the Iraqis and show us his bravery and determination. And our hearts gradually sank but his ratings slowly decreased. But our hearts took a hard blow in Hurricane Katrina and Bush had claimed he had no idea the hurricane would be so catastrophic, as the levees would be breached. Caught on tape, several advisers had warned him of the incoming disaster and he persisted in ignoring it. Maybe he tried showing us his perseverance? He had lied. True, many presidents lie but they do it for good reason and Bush ignored good advice and maybe some common sense and that is a steady path to disapproval. And that is how and why no one approves of Bush, he doesn't gain our respect or trust, he grabs it and then ultimately crushes us. Of course, I had skipped over many invigorating details, which spanned over the past few years. What more can I say? Other than: "two more years?!"