George Bush was never an eloquent speaker in public, and we can laugh at that. Bush himself was aware of his poor oratory skills, even joking at press conferences about his fumbling. (Those that have spoken to him in private tell a very different story, however.)
I have to hand it to him for sticking to his principles despite vehement hatred and contempt from the political left in America, who wished to spite Bush to the extent of hoping for failure in Iraq. But Bush held on and persistence paid off in Iraq; President Obama now need only fall into the pit of success.
Though he was often portrayed as a bumbling fool, history will record President Bush as man who led the nation out of the dot-com economic bust, responded with action in the face of 9/11, stabilized gas prices in spite of poor international economic conditions, and brought democracy to dictatorship.
For all your faults, we’ll still miss you, Mr. Bush.