This was never given a title, so I’m just filling in the blank now, 2 years later

This Peggy Noonan article is spot on, I think.  I especially appreciate the “battered wife” reference, as that’s how it has felt these past few years.  I’ve not always been a Bush supporter — I have grudgingly admitted to voting for McCain in 2000 — but, as the Republican candidate and office holder, he’s what we’ve got, so I’ve voted for and done my best to support him (I still contend he’s better than the alternatives we’ve been given, even if not by much). 

To be completely honest, he’s done some dumb things that, as Noonan, Laura Ingraham, and Mark Levin point out, have been hard to swallow — I’ve never been too shy about admitting that — and  I agree whole-heartedly with the assertion, by a political commentator whose name eludes me, that Bush is not a conservative, but a “neo-liberal.”  I find myself longing for 2009, though at the same time fearing it because a Democrat might win the White House, making things a whole lot worse.  But at least we won’t have “illegal” wiretaps, so I guess that’s got to be a plus. 😐