Beginning to Miss George Bush? Here’s Why.

I just started reading former President Bush’s new book, “Decision Points”, and I find it very interesting and well written. Rather than proceeding to give us his life story and a day to day description of White House meetings, as Clinton did in his book, “My Life”, Bush focuses on a dozen key decisions he made during his presidency, the facts leading up to each crisis, and his rationale that led to each decision. I find it much more enjoyable than Clinton’s rather tedious book.

Early in the book, Bush describes his various ventures, including his childhood, education, and the ten year period after he left college and was trying to find his way, which I found fascinating. Although born to privilege, he never really was dependent on his parents and was determined to make it on his own.

George Bush was truly an entrepreneur and once he became a Governor and then President, he was trained and well prepared for those responsible positions. Notwithstanding the erroneous judgment of most Europeans and liberal elitists who characterize him as an intellectual buffoon, Bush is street smart, has a great work ethic, and an excellent educational background in economics. In fact, he elected to return to school after a period to go to Harvard for an MBA. What I also found was that he has an excellent grasp of history and a real understanding of the American psyche.

Reading this book makes it abundantly clear what we are missing in the White House today. We have a President who is ill-prepared for the job, with no early life exposure to the values and principles of our system and absolutely no connection with the majority of the American people. He is a man who can write two autobiographies before the age of 50, and received a Nobel Peace Prize, without really accomplishing anything other than getting elected and becoming the first “half black” President of the United States.

Nowhere has this been more apparent than his recent trip to Asia (which cost us $3 billion) where he was treated like the leader of a second-rate power, scolded by our Allies and China for his economic policies, embarrassed by South Korea for losing a trade deal that he could have acted upon two years ago, and gaining none of the U.S. initiatives at the G-20 Summit.

They may love Obama in Europe and Asia but their leaders treat him like an underling. It’s hard to negotiate when the other side thinks you’re in over your head and don’t have the support of your constituency.

I’m beginning to miss George Bush.

2010 Election - No time to Gloat

Over 70 million Americans voted in the 2010 midterm elections, representing 42 percent of registered voters, about 1.2 percentage points higher than in 2006. Turnout was up in at least nine states, including significant increases in Florida, Minnesota and Texas; it appeared to be down slightly in several other states, including Ohio and Pennsylvania as the Democrats stayed home.

Even as results from the 2010 mid-term elections were still coming in, America was seeing a shift in the makeup of the political landscape both in Washington, D.C. and in state legislatures across the country. Republicans gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives and closed the gap in the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate. They had a net gain of at least 60 seats in the House.
Democrats retained a slim majority in the Senate, where Republicans picked up 6 seats.

At the state level, Republicans will control at least 29 governorships, Democrats at least 16, and an Independent will be governor in Rhode Island. Combined with Republican pick ups in the state legislatures, this will have major implications for "redistricting" in 2011, where boundaries are established every ten years for congressional representation, which will favor Republicans for the next 10 years.

To say I’m ecstatic about the results is an understatement, even though it was expected. However, this is no time to gloat and the road ahead will be difficult. We must remove from office the most destructive President in our history. I’m amazed that many of these races were so close and how many people still don’t understand the magnitude of Obama’s flawed agenda. It certainly points out the need to continually hold him accountable for his errant policies and actions in the next 2 years and to counter the toxic propaganda of unions like SEIU, the leftist media and internet, and the misguided theories of about 40 Socialist and Communist “czars” who have found a home in this Administration.

The new conservative-controlled House will be the source of much legislation in the coming months that will refute and repeal the garbage that was past in the last 2 years under Pelosi’s authoritative and intimidating reign of terror. Obama will be forced to veto much of this legislation which will make him more vulnerable in 2012, because he is an ideologue not a politician like Clinton.

Now that the political landscape has changed and the country has sent Mr. Obama a resounding message, it is time for a new leader to emerge, one who loves America and is capable of unseating him, one who can get this country back to the optimistic world power it once was before we elected a President not worthy of his own people.