George W. Bush is a great President

Hello Cristy, Thank you very much for accepting my challenge to debate this topic. I'd like to take your points one at a time... I don't recall anything that defined Bush's foreign policy as non-interventionist during his candidacy. If you have something to the contrary, please provide it in your next argument. To be honest, I don't agree your premise that President Bush is intervening. The Commander in Chief's numero uno (forgive the irony here) is to protect and defend the Constitution and the citizens of our great nation. The President is clearly doing what he believes is necessary to protect the people. What makes him such a phenomenal leader is that despite the absolutely hatred of the man by the liberal dominated press, and the constant bombardment of personal assaults, he is steadfast in his resolve to defeat our enemy. I don't think you really understand the facts of Scooter Libby, but that's another debate. More to the point, how exactly does his indictment affect President Bush's legacy? I'm failing to see the connection. Let's assume for the sake of our argument that Scooter Libby was a member of the cabinet, and during his term he committed some egregious felony of his own accord. I would understand how this would reflect poorly on the President if Mr. Libby wasn't fired immediately. However, that was not the case here. Even with the power to pardon, President Bush only commuted his sentence, leaving his friend with huge legal bills and a $250,000 fine. I do find some fault with the president here however. I believe where President Bush has let most of his supporters down, is in his total refusal to defend himself, his policies, and his friends from his political adversaries and their attacks. Regarding the line item veto, I'm curious to know, were you opposed to President Clinton when he first used the veto "11 times to strike 82 items from the federal budget" in 1996 to control "pork barrel spending"? (1) The issue at hand here isn't the fact that President Bush used a power granted to him by our Constitution, but rather the such a power was needed because congress loads so many unrelated items in the laws they try and pass. Also, if you honestly believe the president is going through your personal mail then the conspiracy theorists are getting to you. According to Tony Snow, "All this is saying is that there are provisions at law for – in exigent circumstances – for such inspections. It has been thus. This is not a change in law, this is not new." (2) Just like the wire tapping issue, the left is trying to create a false image of the President and his motives. If you are receiving packages from suspected terrorists in other countries, and/or if you are receiving phone calls from suspected terrorists in other countries, then I expect my government to investigate. I don't believe that our Constitutional or Miranda rights apply to non-citizens. Unless you weren't watching television on 9/11, I'm sorry to be the first to inform you that the War on Terror is not a "war on ideas". There is a very real enemy out there, one who's strongly held belief it is that the lives of non-muslims are worthless, and that muslim law should rule the day. I have thought greatly about this war, and have had many conversations with friends who at this moment are on the front lines fighting these would-be murderers. We are not fighting an idea, we are fighting every person, group, and country who would murder our citizens because they don't subscribe to their muslim ideology. What's sad here, is you actually believe President Bush is power hungry. That is such an absurd statement. Hillary Clinton is power hungry, John Kerry is power hungry, most of the life-time politicians in Washington are power hungry. In case you have forgotten, President Bush is a faithful believer in Jesus Christ. Just to clarify, Christians believe strongly that they will be held accountable for their actions at the end of their lives. What scares me are politicians who in fact don't believe in a supreme being, who don't believe that their actions will be held to account. President Bush is an honest and honorable man. Despite the many differences I have with him and his policies, he is clearly not power hungry nor does he attack his political enemies with vitriol. Can the same be said about the politicians you support? I'm not interested in discussing Ron Paul in this debate. The topic is what it is. Also, I think there's this notion on the left that if someone listens to Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity, that doing so automatically discredits our arguments. I'm assuming you're a liberal (or progessive), so aren't you supposed to be a little more open minded than us closed minded conservatives? (1) http://en.wikipedia.org... (2) http://www.signonsandiego.com...