Hard to believe isn't it, but true!!! Two months after 9/11 Bush's popularity rose to extremes as people looked for revenge and for leadership. This was a time that any President would dread, but at the same time, it provided (dare I say it) hope for the future. I had hoped that Bush would use his high popularity for the good of mankind.. A country and a world had come together. Many things could have been accomplished. What do you think? Am I wrong?
But we all no that did not happen. BUT, the opposite did. The United States became the outcast, not the leader. All done by the man who had the world handed to him on a silver platter. But why did he not take advantage of this opportunity. My answer is simple: Ideology. No middle ground. Bush thought he was always right. It was his way or the highway.
The heck with everyone and everything else!!
This Thanksgivng I will reflect on the hope I had seven years ago, AND smile that I have hope again. But, this Hope is not produced from the fist of revenge, but instead from the true compassion and wisdom I see in the President-Elect.