Last night President George W. Bush made his last major scheduled speech (State of the Union) to the nation and the world.
That gives him a final year to act as President of all the people and offers him a chance to leave office with a better reputation than Jimmy Carter or Warren Harding.
Should he remember what he said when he took office, he - and we - are likely to be better off:
"America, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility. A civil society demands from each of us goodwill and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness....Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. And this commitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared accomplishment."
George W. Bush
Inaugural Address 2001
I was an enthusiastic supporter then. Now, I am greatly disappointed.
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