Bush's greatness

George W.Bush does two things that will endear him to Americans of the future and many others in the world.  Schools, streets and public facilities will be named after President George W. Bush for centuries to come.

First, he doesn't watch television news and he gets all his media news from his daily briefing reports. This is the choice of a man who knows his role as President is to be a leader not an ego manic who must be loved by the public and respond to transient public mood shifts.

Second, he never rebuts and seldom responds to attacks on him or his positions. These attacks are frequent, rude, dishonest and relentless.  When an attack by an opponent harms the standing of the United States, as was the case when both Democrat candidates for president publicly threatened the NAFTA treaty, Bush got the Mexican President and the Canadian Prime Minister to join him in vigorously supporting NAFTA.  He never rebutted the two harmful villains.

Both these behaviors have made sure that our 43rd president will be regarded as a president of great dignity.  Dignity is not following public whims and never stooping to the level of your opponents.  Dignity is a winning behavior trait when the cacophonous voices of history converge to make long term positive judgments.