I have something good to say about George W Bush

Here it is:

In light of Peter King's apparent desire to make sure American Muslims know how much the rest of us hate and fear them, I can see now that President Bush's 2001 insistence on blaming terrorists, but not Islam, for the events of 9/11, was courageous.  Maybe couragous isn't quite the right word- he was universally praised for taking this stand at that time, and didn't have to pay a political price the way a liberal might have paid, as the liberal would have been attacked from the Right by bigots.

Why do I say that?  Well, look at our American polity now.  Liberals are in charge, assiduously trying to differentiate between Islamic extremists and the Muslim religion, demonstrating that American is an inclusive place- in other words, the exact same thing the Bush administration did.  But now you have Peter King and others on the Right warning that the liberals are too soft on Islam.

With all that said, however, GWB deserves credit for this particular gut-level decision.  He apparently doesn't carry the kind of hatred in his heart that we see from many on the Right today.