I Fell Far Short Of Living Up

I'm Glad To Share My Views.

Critics Have Stepped Up Their Attacks On The President For Authorizing The National Security Agency To Listen To International Communications Of Known Al Qaeda Members Or Affiliated Terrorists During A Time Of War. The American People Expect Their Leaders To Stay A Step Ahead Of The Enemy, And The National Security Agency Authorization Is A Critical Tool In The War On Terror That Saves Lives And Protects Civil Liberties At The Same Time.

As A Texas Loyalist Who Followed Bush To Washington With Great Hope And Personal Affection And As A Proud Member Of His Administration, I Was All Too Ready To Give Him And His Highly Experienced Foreign Policy Advisers The Benefit Of The Doubt On Iraq. Unfortunately, Subsequent Events Have Showed That Our Willingness To Trust The Judgment Of Bush And His Team Was Misplaced.

We Have To Deal With Reality. The Reality Is, We Have A Number A Very High Number Of Illegal Immigrants In This Country. They're Meeting An Important Economic Need. And We Are A Nation Of Laws, And We're A Nation Of Immigrants. And If We're Going To Address The Real Threats, Then We Need To Have A Temporary Worker Program To Allow Our Border Patrol Agents To Focus On The Criminals And The Thugs And The Terrorists And The Traffickers And Smugglers That Are Trying To Come Into This Country Illegally.

I Still Like And Admire George W. Bush. I Consider Him A Fundamentally Decent Person, And I Do Not Believe He Or His White House Deliberately Or Consciously Sought To Deceive The American People.