ON this national holiday when we give thanks to God for his blessings, I wish that everyone is near loved ones, from the homeless man at the shelter to the lonely rich man in his mansion.
As a nation, we have much to be thankful for. Topping my list, politically, is President Bush.
He is going out of his way to give President Obama the smooth transition that Bush was denied.
In handing over the reins, Bush hands over a world safer than one he received.
His reaction to 9/11 is why there has been no bigger follow-up act of terrorism in the United States.
Rather than treat the matter as a criminal matter, as previous presidents had done, Bush declared war on terrorism - all terrorism.
This was not a war of vengeance or choice, but one of necessity.
Read the whole thing. And thank you, Mr. President.
And just a reminder, while Obama is able to hold a presser-a-day and trot out all of his Clinton retread leadership team, at this point in 2000 then Gov. Bush was only able to hope that his legal team was embarking on the right strategy. His transition wouldn't begin until Dec. 13th when Al Gore finally conceded...and meant it. And despite never once being behind in the Florida vote totals, to this day he has to hear how he "stole" the election.
He has been far more gracious to his political enemies than they have ever been to him.
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