George W Bush

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Well, he's off on Tuesday and few will be sorry to see the back of him, the most lampooned American President in history.

I'm not sorry to see him go but I will miss him for his linguisitic gaffes. Some have speculated that he might be dyslexic and they may be right. In my acquaintance, I know one very intelligent person who is dyslexic and avoids writing and public speaking as much as possble.

Interestingly, Africa will miss him according to CNN and many others. CNN showed a little video of his visit to Africa in 2007 and the crowds greeted him with jubilation. Well he did kick off a massive programme to attack AIDS and later malaria. Some say that millions would have died without that aid and that is of course a damn sight more than have died in his misguided adventures in the Middle East.

I just wonder if history will be kinder to him than we have been. And anyway, Laura is gorgeous.

Oh and don't forget Richard Nixon. So wrong on so many counts and yet he initiated the rapprochement with China and that was long overdue.