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<p style="font-size:xx-small;"> When he left the White House in January 2009 after two tumultuous
terms, President George W. Bush -- the only man to attain the
presidency by virtue of a Supreme Court ruling and only the second
son of a president to also serve as president -- was nursing
an approval rating around 30 percent.Four years later, however, public opinion
has turned slowly but steadily in the former presidents direction. A nationwide
Fox News poll conducted earlier this week now finds registered voters evenly
split in their assessments of the 43rd president -- a verdict roughly
equal to the esteem in which they hold his successor, President Obama.As
Bush prepares to attend the dedication of his presidential library in Dallas,
Texas, on Thursday, his increasing approval generally mirrors the trend
for other former presidents, but Bush's turnaround is remarkable, given
how low the numbers were when he left office. At his lowest,
amid the dark days of the financial collapse in October 2008, only
23 percent rated Bush positively.Throughout President Obamas first term
-- when the incumbent relentlessly blamed his predecessor for the state
of the economy and a host of national security problems -- Bush,
aside from promoting his 2010 memoir and giving a small number of
paid speeches, mostly remained silent. This was in keeping with the practice
of his father, George H.W. Bush, of never criticizing his successor, and
it may partially explain the rise in esteem for th
Thursday, April 25, on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas,
Texas, four living presidents Jimmy Carter, No. 39; George H.W. Bush,
No. 41; Bill Clinton, No. 42, and Barack Obama, No. 44
will honor one of their colleagues, George W. Bush, the 43rd president
of the United States, at the dedication of his presidential library.So I
take this occasion to remind my fellow liberal Democrats, many of whom
continue to attack Bush in harsh and personal terms, of three things
about him that I dont think they understand or appreciate.First, while there
were many polices under Bush with which liberal Democrats (myself included)
disagreed such as tax cuts, the Iraq War and not paying
for either (as well as the Afghan war) with current revenues rather
than borrowed money there must be a distinction between disagreement and
personal attack.For example, many Democrats still use the lie word in describing
Bushs rationale for the Iraq War that Saddam Hussein had weapons
of mass destruction. This turned out to be wrong.But Democrats in the
Clinton administration also believed Saddam had WMDs, as did most experts
in the U.S. intelligence community.Our politics have become so poisoned
and our government so dysfunctional precisely because too many people on
both sides cant make a distinction between lies and being sincerely
wrong.Second, Bush is known for his brilliant slogan when he first ran
in 2000, describing himself as a compassionat
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