Thank You, President Bush

Thank you, Mr. President

Thank you, Mr. President for keeping us safe after 9/11.

Thank you, Mr. President for keeping us safe, even if it meant using aggressive interrogation techniques.

Thank you, Mr. President for showing no mercy to our enemies.

Thank you, Mr. President for lowering taxes, fostering entrepreneurism, and protecting small business.

Thank you, Mr. President for adding 7 million new jobs in 7½ years.

Thank you, Mr. President for steering us through the recession occasioned by the dot.com collapse at the end of the previous administration

Thank you, Mr. President for steering us through the 9/11 financial turmoil.

Thank you, Mr. President for comforting the 9/11 families without seeking attention for yourself.

Thank you, Mr. President for steering the airline industry to recovery after 9/11.

Thank you, Mr. President for not panicking at any time.

Thank you, Mr. President for not panicking during the oil price bubble.

Thank you, Mr. President for promoting offshore drilling.

Thank you, Mr. President for your wise judgment in choosing your cabinet.

Thank you, Mr. President for replacing your advisors on the few occasions when they were not up to the job.

Thank you, Mr. President for changing the Secretary of Defense, military leaders, and the strategy when the existing strategy was not working in Iraq.

Thank you, Mr. President for realizing, like President Lincoln, that you need generals who know how to win.

Thank you for the surge.

Thank you for making the most of the military, whose ranks were depleted during the previous administration.

Thank you, Mr. President for changing the ethos in the Mid East.

Thank you, Mr. President for fighting to add to the Republican majorities in 2002 and 2004.

Thank you, Mr. President for keeping a low profile this election cycle to help Senator McCain’s campaign, even while raising funds for the Republican Party.

Thank you, Mr. President for standing up to the Democrats in Congress.

Thank you, Mr. President for your efforts in attempting to rein in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before it was too late.

Thank you, Mr. President for letting Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed Chair Ben Bernacke craft the road out of the global financial collapse.

Thank you, Mr. President for attempting, along with Senator McCain, to broaden the base of the Republican Party.

Thank you, Mr. President for your loyalty, especially with our allies.

Thank you, Mr. President for never complaining or blaming others.

Thank you, Mr. President for restoring dignity, grace, and honor to the Presidency and White House.

Thank you, Mr. President for not one scandal in the Presidency or White House.

Thank you, Mr. President for professionalism.

And thank you, Mr. President, most of all, by governing for what is right for the American people versus popularity, unlike many politicians.