I must echo Will's sentiment that I think Bush was a bad choice for President and a cautionary tale for future decision making. Bush was elected b.c. people thought he was a good guy and would therefore make good decisions. What wasn't known was that he'd make some bad and expensive decisions that were contrary to stated positions made during the election.

He decried nation building as a candidate and IS nation building in Afghanistan and Iraq. He said he was against big government and helped usher in the largest entitlement program in our nation's history, medicare drug benefit. I'm a novice in matters of history and politics, but I knew that invading Iraq wouldn't end well. It may have been legal, but thinking that removing Saddam Hussein by force would lead to a friendly democracy is a pipe dream.

We should have anticipated bad foreign policy from Bush, given his lack of experience in this. Bush I didn't do much better, and he had plenty of experience in foreign relations - so experience doesn't guarantee results.

GWB's presidency has made me rethink how I will vote in the future. My faith in Jesus is important to my life, but I'm doubly suspicious of any candidate who cites his/her faith background or is endorsed by religious figures.

President John Kerry may have made better choices than GWB. I haven't liked his past choices [although I'm a huge fan of Heinz ketchup], but I don't know how he could have done worse in the middle east short of employing nuclear weapons.