Thank You, President Bush

Thank you, President Bush. I know those are words you aren't used to hearing lately. You are probably more used to being called a liar about the war in Iraq. You are probably more used to being blamed for every problem imaginable in the country, from the war, the rising cost of gas, problems in the real estate market and too many others to name. You are used to people saying they hate you (when hate is a destructive, useless and wasteful emotion and does no good in the political arena, or life in general-whether directed toward you or liberals like Ted Kennedy or Hillary Clinton.)

I want to say before you leave office, however, that I thank you President Bush that during your term there has not been a second 9/11 (at least partially I believe because of things you have done), and integrity and honesty have been restored to the Oval Office, after eight years before you in which the occupants did not even know the meaning of the words. I thank you that we have someone who respects life from birth to death, and even though we have some problems now, the economy was not that bad for most of your term.

That does not mean I think everything you have done is perfect. You are far too willing to grant citizenship and amnesty to illegal immigrants, and you are just wrong. Our country has always been a country of immigrants and always should be. It's just that it should always be done only legally. In my area of the country recently we had a large number of immigrants that became American citizens, but they did it legally. We should never seek to reward those who do otherwise.