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Okay so I was going to bash Bush in this post too, but, unluckily I could not find a video of the quote I wanted. So instead I’ll break out one of my positive memories of our president. Not positive as in happy but… positive because of what it did to bring our country together.

September 11th, 2001.

I truly believe America, and American politics changed forever after this day. For what it’s worth, I think our country was more united than ever at this moment. Divisive politics were put aside, even if only for a few months, and all of us were simply proud to be American. Proud to be a symbol of freedom across the world. Not knowing what was in store for us in the future, but positive that our great nation would bounce back.

It’s too bad that Bush could not keep that unity intact. I think our country would have been a lot better off for it. Instead, with a majority in congress, Bush continued to push divisive politics not only with America but with other countries around the world. How different things would be if we had political parties that were willing to work together for the good of our country. At least for the few months after 9/11, our country had that.

It’s just too bad that it takes a national tragedy to bring about that unity.