Right Wing anger: At President Bush's treatment in the media

Along side the anti-Obama crowd, there are right wingers in the media who claim that Bush's presidency was "unlucky," that he was "unfairly treated by the left," and that all of "the disasters he faced were not his fault."

Jeffery Scott Shapiro, an Op-Ed columnist for the WSJ, has this to say:

Those bipartisan efforts have been met with crushing resistance from both political parties.

The president's original Supreme Court choice of Harriet Miers alarmed Republicans, while his final nomination of Samuel Alito angered Democrats. His solutions to reform the immigration system alienated traditional conservatives, while his refusal to retreat in Iraq has enraged liberals who have unrealistic expectations about the challenges we face there.

I'm not one to throw around the word "apologist," but in all honesty, even a reasoned, well-written piece about how Bush has been unfairly treated just makes Bush's time in office sound like a failure. There are compromises in which both parties feel represented and compromises in which both parties feel like losers. President Bush's time in office has been marred with countless instances of the latter. Trying to help both sides and failing miserably doesn't speak of an "unlucky" term. After 9/11, his approval ratings were hovering around 90%. America looked up to their President and expected great things from him. But what about Hurricane Katrina, the war(s) in Afghanistan and Iraq, the rapidly growing National Debt, the current financial crisis, unconstitutional wire tapping? The test of a President is how well he can handle himself and make decisions during a crisis. Bush didn't fail in these situations because of the left wing media; he failed because he didn't know what to do and had people around him who couldn't help.