Gerge Bush - My Neighbor

I think if all on both sides would take a breath and "love their neighbor as their self" the conversation could be more edifying.

Do those who would deny the President the honor of his title ever consider the responsibility of the office. You want to call him George Bush then maybe you should think of him as George Bush, your neighbor. Yep, he is just a man, feet of clay just like us. Just a man with the weight of the nation on his shoulders.

Have you ever noticed how the Presidency quickly greys the hair of those who hold it? Have you ever imagined what it would be like to have to make the calls he has to make. It's easy to say he should have done this or he shouldn't have done that from the stands while he is in the game. Meanwhile, we as citizens of this nation, to a large degree, collapse under the weight of trying to maintain our marriages, control our spending, parent our children, pastor our church, do our job. But we know how George Bush screwed up and how we would fix it or not fix it and throw up our hands and say revolution happens. Yeah it happens and people get slaughtered. Yep, whatever he does people are going to die because of it. Every decision he makes foreign or domestic affects the course of a nation and the world. Any of us want that responsibility? Those who sign their name or those without the courage to even do that? If you think you do, don't forget in order to get there you have to first open your whole life to a microscope focused on your moments of greatest weakness.

George Bush is just a man. One I don't always agree with. One who might have gotten elected to an office beyond his capabilities. One who may be stubborn. Or maybe the other group of citizens is right and he is a man of conviction, protector of our nation, Harvard MBA, etc. It doesn't really matter, nor does it matter that he sought the job. All that matters is that when I think of him as George Bush, my neighbor, and love him as myself, I feel the weight on him, share his pain, carry the hate spewed toward him. It breaks my heart.

Better for me, to think of him as the President and give him the respect due his office. Disagree if I want, that is the right I have, but I for one will maintain civility and aim my criticism at the office. Because, George Bush is my neighbor and I love him.