I was not a fan of the Bush administration while he was in office for several reasons that I’m not going into right now. I have started to warm up to him since he left office because he seems to have the one quality I often look for in an ex-president, the ability to do nothing.Since he’s left office; he hasn’t gone on the news denouncing his successor, he hasn’t appointed himself as a negotiator to some far-flung place, or run off to monitor elections. The fact that George Bush has managed to resist the temptation to stay relevent means that for all his failings, George W. Bush is a good ex-president and I for one hope that he continues to be one.

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