Tonite GW was on television again with a speech on his plans to solve the immigration problem. Did I watch it? No, I started then to think about all of the things that have occurred during his administration and I wondered, what, if anything, will be his legacy?
So much has happened during the last 6 years, but the things that stand out most in my mind are as follows. His popularity is now at an all-time low of less than 32 percent, but don't tell Laura Bush that. She disputes polls because she travels all over the country and people speak highly of him, at least to her.
Much stands out in my mind with regard to the acts of Mr. Bush. Many of us remember his reaction to the tragedy of 911 and how at that time he vowed that this country would be prepared for any such future acts if, indeed, they were to take place on U.S. soil. Others may look at how Bush invaded Afghanistan, kept the troops there, and then invaded Iraq, spending billions of dollars and loosing so many American and Iraqi lives. His mission, of course, to spread democracy to a country that had very little to do with the United States. At first, it was the 'hunt' for weapons of mass destruction, and we know that none were found. That was blamed on faulty information from his sources. Someone, other than him, is always to blame. Then there was the time he tried to pass an amendment to the United States Constitution claiming that a marriage was a union only between a man and a woman. I then just about screamed when Bush also tried to intervene in the Terri Shiavo case, making it clear at the time that the law was meant for those other than himself, since he, after all, is President of the United States. We then also have the spy programs and his appointment to head the CIA, a military man. We have the leaks of the CIA agents, the resignation of Colin Powell. I won't even go into the horrible hurricanes that made their way across the Gulf Coast, and a president who failed to act for many days thereafter.
These acts affect all of us, as Americans, at least in some small way or another, but there is one act that has impacted on each and every American, rich or poor, smart on no so, urban or suburban, and that is the price of gas that has gone to more than $3.00 per gallon and rising. Every single one of us is touched, in some way or another by the spiraling price of gasoline at the pump. This president is literally a sleepwalker, he makes his presence felt in a big way, leaving us all hanging on and wondering why he lacks a clear vision of what is really going on today.
I wonder which act everyone thinks Mr. Bush will be remembered for? He has 2 years left in this term, so we will see........................
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