I wasn't impressed with Dubya in 2000. I didn't even vote for him then. Then there came that stupid No Child Left Behind nonsense together with the senator from Chappaquiddick. But after 9/11 hit, we saw a differnet Bush. We saw a leader, a risk taker, a problem solver, not a mere manager or politician.


Let me give you a little hint:

It was the same Bush.

Your perception changed.

It's possible that you looked at Bush after 9/11 and saw that the guy really did know what he was talking about and changed your opinion.

But I doubt it.

More likely you had your head in the sand, never thought any country/individual would want to kill us (and...scary enough, some have good reasons to hate us) and suddenly had to "face facts". You needed someone who sounded good.

And, someone wrote some very nice scripts for George W. Bush.

Some people didn't like that. 9/11 was a wake-up call to the nation, that we needed to get rid of terrorism entirely [*]. Some of us woke up, and some of us put pillows over their heads and tried to sleep. I woke up. George W. Bush woke up. In the end, the world will be better for it.


I'll give you another hint.

The world hasn't changed that much.


PS: Of course, my talking to a bot is pretty much self-delusion too, so go figure.