I'm not apologetic with respect to the policies of the Bush administration. I think we basically got it right.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you look back at President Bush, nobody agreed with his policies, but you understood that he was doing things that he believed was right.
I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
Make no mistake about it, my friends - Republicans, the American people are never going to forget that it was you who shut down the government of the people.
Americans want our leaders to defend our values, our culture, our legacy of liberty and our way of life, not apologize.
The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on.
While all Republicans acknowledge that there were mistakes made during the Bush Administration, again the continuous pointing a finger at President Bush has gotten tiresome.
I tend to agree with many aspects of President Obama's policies.
If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.
The Bush administration got a lot of things horribly wrong in its disaster response to the New Orleans flood, and it deserves almost all of the bitter recriminations hurled its way.
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.