Meeting with POTUS

Rex Hammock has been blogging about something that I've always thought would be cool; A Private Meeting with President Bush. He's received a massive number of emails and press coverage on this, both praising him and condemning him as a puppet of the administration. His post has prompted me to imagine what I would say to President Bush in a private meeting...

(Liberals and other Bush-haters need not read any further. There's nothing here for you - move along.)

Mr. President:
Thanks for showing us that it's possible to have deeply held traditional religious beliefs and still be successful in politics. Your leadership throughout your presidency, but especially after the horrible events of 9/11 have been essential to our country. Thanks for holding true to your principles and taking a principled stand on things like:
-The International Criminal Court: You refused to sacrifice our national sovreignty for a "court of law" that would've placed our soldiers and citizens at risk of unjust imprisonment by those who do not hold the same ideals.
-The Kyoto Treaty on Global Warming: You managed to keep us out of this politically correct millstone with it's unreachable goals and onerous cost.
-Partial Birth Abortion: This heinous practice has finally been outlawed thanks to the fact that you weren't afraid to oppose the feminists on a practice that cheapens all human life.
-The UN: You tried to work with the UN to bring justice, peace and stability, but didn't seek a permission slip from them for taking actions in Iraq and Afghanistan that needed to be taken as part of the war on terrorism.

Mr. President, I believe that your term will go down in history as a great one, but there are some things that I don't understand.

Your support for steel tariffs went against free market principles and looked like an attempt to buy the votes of organized labor.

You've been tepid in support of Cubans who have tried to establish a new life for themselves in the country while fleeing an evil dictator.

You've given the Saudis way too much political support despite the fact that they've worked against us in so many ways.

You committed even more money to the National Endowment for the Arts despite the hard financial times and despite the fact that this organization has a history of using taxpayer funds to denigrate the beliefs of many citizens.

You created yet another bureacracy in the form of The Department of Homeland Security and our government spending has grown to tremendous levels. Republicans are supposed to be against the "nanny state" yet you've encouraged government to be more involved in our lives and not less.

Our intelligence services and military were gutted under the Clinton Administration. You've helped our military to recover but have done little to address the shortcomings of the CIA and FBI. Someone needs to be held responsible for the embarassing intelligence failure with WMD in Iraq.

Like I said, you've been a great president and it is crucial that you be re-elected so that you can finish what you've started in the war on terrorism. I'm hopeful that you'll use your second term to more aggresively pursue the war on terror against Iran and Syria. I'm hopeful that you'll use your second term to scale back government spending.

I'm proud of our country's actions and proud to have you as our president.

That's what I would say to POTUS. Still, I'd love to meet him, even if I didn't have a chance to enlighten him with my view of his actions.

What would you say to POTUS?