Everyone's Jumping on Bush

As this blog's author, I figured I had to weigh in here with a quick entry, since almost everyone is criticizing President Bush these days. In fact, one recent comment in a blog entry included the following:

" everyone is out to get bush. thats the takeaway from this blog."

That's not the point of my blog. I'm not afraid to criticize President Bush and I've done so many times. He spends too much (well, Congress spends too much but he's afraid to use the veto), he doesn't communicate well, he can't debate well, and he wants to be liked by all, which makes him too Clintonesque for me. However, I will take a moment to remind you of some terrific things he has done that took real guts:

-The Afghan and Iraq War (which makes up for his father's and Clinton's mistakes), which has also brought 50 mm+ into a better form of government - unless you're an Islamofascist;

-He reduced taxes for every American, in particular, reducing taxes on investment for all those "rich" Americans that dare have a 401-k or mutual fund. The tax cuts are the reason the economy is in such great shape (oh, and tax revenue is up 15% yoy) and has had 10 straight quarters of 3.0%+ in GDP growth;

-He increased military spending by 35%, which although adding to a budget deficit, was necessary following the HUGE reductions in the mid 90s;

- He has promoted democracy in the Middle East (first person EVER), which is leading to small and large steps towards democracy in the most unlikely places;

-He is realigning the armed forces and removed troops from Saudi Arabia (which was the previous Muslim/liberal argument that the U.S. was a fair target);

-He addressed the Social Security problems, despite the fact that no one in Congress dares touch it and it was a 1 in 100 shot that he would ever see change implemented on his watch;

-He has appointed hundreds of new originalist judges, including a Chief Justice, which will shape the judicial branch for decades to come;

Sure, there are plenty of reasons to criticize President Bush as well, and I have done so when necessary. But, back to the comment that this is a blog that promotes the fact that "everyone is out to get Bush," I'm not sure what to say except that I disagree completely.

The reason I might highlight and attempt to disprove Bush's detractors is because the MSM simply is not a fair assessment of his record. Not a single station has had an expose on Joe Wilson's severe criticism by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Not a single station has pointed out the fact that the WMD issue in Iraq was but one of 15 reasons Congress gave for invading Iraq. Not a single station has shown accurately the increase in government revenue since the tax cuts were implemented. The truth is - the media only cares about leaked information when it hurts the Bush Administration, and that is a fact. Ask yourself why you never heard from the vast majority of CIA personnel who still believe that their Niger intelligence was correct, but instead have only heard about Joe Wilson's story (proven to be false by the Senate). Ask yourself why you have not heard anything on Paul Volcker's recent damning report of the UN Oil for Food Scandal, except for on Fox News...

It's not exactly a secret that among a poll of MSM journalists before last year's election, 93% wanted John Kerry to win. So sorry, but they're not Bush's best friends...