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Dear friends, Below is an appraisal of President Bush by his closest advisor, Karl Rove. The appraisal is (as is to be expected by someone so close to him) highly favouring President Bush and comes at a time when L2 Sun at 14° Leo is conjunct exactly the H2 MEP of his chart. For an opposing view just Google the internet - it is full of critical appraisals. In regards to the opposing views, has predicted, on the basis of the natal chart for President Bush (attached), that he will - leave office with his reputation intact - come out of his present difficulties in a few months time. I presume the latter prediction is because a) the stationary nodes are presently closely conjunct his H2 and H8 MEPs b) stationary Jupiter in H5 MEP is in

exact aspect to natal L3 Mercury at 16° Cancer H1 MEP and c) transit Ketu and L8 Saturn will be conjunct in his H2 MEP in October. After that, these aspects will have cleared and his situation improve markedly. earlier predicted Bush would be elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. Both predictions came true, giving credence to SA and the accuracy of the chart. Best wishes, Thor The Long ViewAdvisory thoughts on the 43rd president.By Karl Rove The Washington Post scorned President Truman as a “spoilsman” who

“underestimated the people’s intelligence.” New York Times columnist James Reston wrote off President Eisenhower as “a tired man in a period of turbulence.” At the end of President Reagan’s second term, the New York Times dismissed him as “simplistic” and a “lazy and inattentive man.”These harsh judgments, made in the moment, have not weathered well over time. Fortunately, while contemporary observers have a habit of getting presidents wrong, history tends to be more accurate.So how might history view the 43rd president? I can hardly be considered an objective observer, but in this highly polarized period, who is?However, I believe history will provide a more clear-eyed verdict on this president’s leadership than the anger of current critics would suggest.President Bush will be viewed as a far-sighted leader who confronted the key test of the 21st century.He will be judged as a man of moral clarity who put America

on wartime footing in the dangerous struggle against radical Islamic terrorism.Following the horrors of 9/11, this president changed American foreign policy by declaring terror sponsors responsible for the deeds of those they shelter, train, and fund. America, he said, will not wait until dangers fully materialize with attacks on our homeland before confronting those threats.The president gave the nation new tools to defeat terrorism abroad and protect our citizens at home with the Patriot Act, foreign surveillance that works in the wireless age, a transformed intelligence community, and the Department of Homeland Security.And this president saw the wisdom of removing terrorism’s cause by advocating the spread of democracy, especially in the Muslim world, where authoritarianism and repression have provided a potent growth medium for despair and anger aimed at the West. He recognized that democracy there makes us safer here.President Bush

will be seen as a compassionate leader who used America’s power for good.While the world dithered, America confronted HIV/AIDS in Africa with the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which has supported treatment for more than 1.1 million people worldwide, over one million of them in Africa. While most of the globe ignored Sudan and Darfur or refused to act, this president labeled the violence there genocide — and pressed world leaders to take action.A wide range of human-rights issues — from the repression in North Korea, Myanmar, and elsewhere to religious freedom to trafficking in persons — are kept on the international agenda in good part because of this president’s demands for action.And President Bush met challenges with new institutions and methods. For example, the Proliferation Security Initiative confronts the transfer of dangerous material and information. And he has reformed America’s foreign aid to focus on results,

accountability, transparency, and anti-corruption and pro-democracy requirements.President Bush promotes economic growth and understands free markets provide the best path to a more hopeful tomorrow.The president inherited an economy entering recession. It was further weakened by terrorist attacks, corporate scandals, natural disasters, and out-of-control spending with discretionary domestic spending increasing 16 percent in the last fiscal year of his predecessor. President Bush took decisive action, cutting taxes and ratcheting down this spending. The results? The net creation of 8.3 million new jobs since August 2003; higher after-tax income and greater incentives for firms to invest and expand; three years where America’s economic growth led the rest of the G7 economies; and a budget on path to surplus by 2012 — despite the increased spending invested in securing America’s safety by standing up the new Department of Homeland Security and fighting the

Global War on Terror. In the four years since taxes were last cut in 2003, the U.S. economy has grown 13 percent in real dollars. The additional growth is larger than the entire size of the Canadian economy.This president also understands our standard of living depends on selling to the globe. The 14 nations with which we have implemented free agreements represent 7.5 percent of the world’s GDP, but 43 percent of our exports. The growing number of free-trade agreements concluded and signed under this president helps explain why American exports have risen 27 percent between 2004 and 2006, creating jobs and prosperity here at home.History will see President Bush as a reformer who focused on modernizing important institutions.He is concerned with fundamental change that will — among other goals — strengthen the ways our children are educated and health care is provided.In education, “No Child Left Behind” introduced accountability into our

public-education system by ensuring every child’s progress is measured.Parents now know whether or not their child is learning — in their own schools, and compared to other schools. This new focus on results helped lead to more improvement in reading scores in five years than in the previous 28 combined. This reform shows that measuring leads to results.Medicare was modernized with a prescription-drug benefit, now used by 39 million seniors. Giving seniors the drugs they need helped them avoid expensive operations and long hospital stays. The result is better health care for seniors at a lower cost to them and at a lower cost than expected to taxpayers.The president approached other tasks — such as legal reform, higher-education assistance, transportation, and conservation and forest policy — with the same reformist spirit. And he did so on issues which are controversial within his own party, such as comprehensive immigration reform, which he has

championed since he first started running for governor of Texas in 1993.He will be seen as an innovative conservative thinker with a positive, optimistic agenda for action.For example, his proposals to reform health care are drawn from his understanding of the values of competition and markets. A standard tax deduction for health care — similar to the deduction homeowners get for mortgage interest — would level the playing field between those who get their health insurance from employers and those who pay for it out of their own pockets and expand the number of families with coverage.People should be able to save tax-free for out-of-pocket health costs. The Health Savings Accounts the president signed into law are the first step toward this. HSAs will help move health care toward a consumer-driven model and away from a single-payer system. More than 4.5 million American families are benefiting from HSAs today.More competition would be

created by allowing insurance to be sold across state lines or small businesses to pool risk and would lower costs and increase access.The president has a similar focus on bold changes when it comes to opportunity and poverty. He emphasizes policies, such as welfare reform, that promote ownership and encourage personal responsibility rather than dependence on government.His faith- and community-based initiative is encouraging social entrepreneurship to confront poverty and suffering. Billions of federal dollars can now be accessed by such groups eager to serve a neighbor in need. Already, 34 Democrat and Republican governors and more than 100 mayors of all stripes have created faith- and community-based offices to build on the federal initiative.On energy, the environment, and climate change, he is developing a new paradigm. Emphasizing technology, increased energy-efficiency partnerships, and resource diversification, his policies are improving

energy security and slowing the growth of greenhouse gases without economy-breaking mandates and regulation. The president who won criticism by rejecting the failed approach of Kyoto has implemented policies that enabled the United States to grow its economy by 3.1 percent and reduce the absolute amount of CO2 emissions (by 1.3 percent).In these and other areas, history will see President Bush drove policy in new directions, based on conservative principles.He will be recognized as a strong advocate of traditional values.He advanced a culture of life where every child is protected and welcomed.He supported traditional marriage when it came under attack from the courts. He sought to strengthen families and encourage personal responsibility. And he understood the necessity of appointing judges who know the proper and limited role of courts and will provide impartial justice and faithful application of the Constitution.President Bush

had the political courage to confront the biggest economic challenge America faces.The looming fiscal crises in Medicare and Social Security will result in either the impoverishment of the American people through higher taxes and lower growth or through the inability of government to deliver on its promises.This president has worked to restrain the spending growth of entitlements, and to modernize Social Security and Medicare by injecting market forces and competition into their operation. He proposed Social Security reform that would solve the system’s long-term financial shortfall while giving younger workers the choice to put some of their own money into conservative stock-market investments.He has made it impossible for future presidents and future Congresses to ignore this challenge. The president’s proposal will be the starting point for reform when it happens. When it does, Americans will be grateful President Bush made entitlement reform an

issue and will be aware that valuable time was lost because of the obstructionism of his critics.The outcome in Iraq and Afghanistan will color how history views the president.History’s concern is with final outcomes, not the missteps or advances of the moment. History will render a favorable verdict if the outcome in the Middle East is similar to what America saw after World War II.America’s persistence in Europe and Asia after that war helped Germany and Japan become democracies and allies in the struggle against Communism. If something similar happens in Iraq and Afghanistan, it will change the region and the world. For the first time, millions of citizens across the Middle East will see a working model of freedom in their region — and it will give them hope for a better future for their children by making America safer for them.If the outcome there is like what happened in Vietnam after America abandoned our allies and the region

descended into chaos, violence, and danger, history’s judgment will be harsh. History will see President Bush as right, and the opponents of his policy as mistaken — as George McGovern was in his time.Beyond his policies and actions, history will take the measure of the man.I have known George W. Bush for nearly 34 years and have had the privilege of watching from nearby as history has placed its demands on him and our country. I know his humility and decency, his intelligence and thoughtfulness, his respect for every person he comes in contact with, his unwavering commitment to principle-based decision-making, and the quiet and compassionate hearts of the man and his graceful wife, Laura.I have come to understand true leadership leans into the wind. It tackles big challenges with uncertain outcomes rather than taking on simple, sure tasks. It does what is right, regardless of what the latest poll or focus group says. History demands much of America

and its leaders and I am confident it will judge the 43rd president as a man more than worthy of the great office the American people twice entrusted to him.— Karl Rove is the president's longtime adviser. August 31 is his last day working in the White House.

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Dear Thor,

I assume Bush's current afflictions are muted somewhat by his current strong Mercury main and subperiod. Thanks for the analysis!

 

Warm regards,Shayn

 

Cosmologer <cosmologersamva Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2007 6:18:17 AM President Bush

 

 

Dear friends,

 

Below is an appraisal of President Bush by his closest advisor, Karl Rove. The appraisal is (as is to be expected by someone so close to him) highly favouring President Bush and comes at a time when L2 Sun at 14° Leo is conjunct exactly the H2 MEP of his chart. For an opposing view just Google the internet - it is full of critical appraisals. In regards to the opposing views, has predicted, on the basis of the natal chart for President Bush (attached), that he will

 

- leave office with his reputation intact

- come out of his present difficulties in a few months time.

 

I presume the latter prediction is because

a) the stationary nodes are presently closely conjunct his H2 and H8 MEPs

b) stationary Jupiter in H5 MEP is in exact aspect to natal L3 Mercury at 16° Cancer H1 MEP and

c) transit Ketu and L8 Saturn will be conjunct in his H2 MEP in October.

After that, these aspects will have cleared and his situation improve markedly.

 

earlier predicted Bush would be elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. Both predictions came true, giving credence to SA and the accuracy of the chart.

 

Best wishes,

 

Thor

 

The Long ViewAdvisory thoughts on the 43rd president.By Karl Rove

 

 

 

 

 

The Washington Post scorned President Truman as a “spoilsman” who “underestimated the people’s intelligence.” New York Times columnist James Reston wrote off President Eisenhower as “a tired man in a period of turbulence.” At the end of President Reagan’s second term, the New York Times dismissed him as “simplistic” and a “lazy and inattentive man.”These harsh judgments, made in the moment, have not weathered well over time. Fortunately, while contemporary observers have a habit of getting presidents wrong, history tends to be more accurate.So how might history view the 43rd president? I can hardly be considered an objective observer, but in this highly polarized period, who is?However, I believe history will provide a more clear-eyed verdict on this president’s leadership than the anger of current critics would suggest.President Bush will be

viewed as a far-sighted leader who confronted the key test of the 21st century.He will be judged as a man of moral clarity who put America on wartime footing in the dangerous struggle against radical Islamic terrorism.Following the horrors of 9/11, this president changed American foreign policy by declaring terror sponsors responsible for the deeds of those they shelter, train, and fund. America, he said, will not wait until dangers fully materialize with attacks on our homeland before confronting those threats.The president gave the nation new tools to defeat terrorism abroad and protect our citizens at home with the Patriot Act, foreign surveillance that works in the wireless age, a transformed intelligence community, and the Department of Homeland Security.And this president saw the wisdom of removing terrorism’s cause by advocating the spread of democracy, especially in the Muslim world, where authoritarianism and

repression have provided a potent growth medium for despair and anger aimed at the West. He recognized that democracy there makes us safer here.President Bush will be seen as a compassionate leader who used America’s power for good.While the world dithered, America confronted HIV/AIDS in Africa with the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which has supported treatment for more than 1.1 million people worldwide, over one million of them in Africa. While most of the globe ignored Sudan and Darfur or refused to act, this president labeled the violence there genocide — and pressed world leaders to take action.A wide range of human-rights issues — from the repression in North Korea, Myanmar, and elsewhere to religious freedom to trafficking in persons — are kept on the international agenda in good part because of this president’s demands for action.And President Bush met challenges with new institutions and

methods. For example, the Proliferation Security Initiative confronts the transfer of dangerous material and information. And he has reformed America’s foreign aid to focus on results, accountability, transparency, and anti-corruption and pro-democracy requirements.President Bush promotes economic growth and understands free markets provide the best path to a more hopeful tomorrow.The president inherited an economy entering recession. It was further weakened by terrorist attacks, corporate scandals, natural disasters, and out-of-control spending with discretionary domestic spending increasing 16 percent in the last fiscal year of his predecessor. President Bush took decisive action, cutting taxes and ratcheting down this spending. The results? The net creation of 8.3 million new jobs since August 2003; higher after-tax income and greater incentives for firms to invest and expand; three years where America’s economic growth led the

rest of the G7 economies; and a budget on path to surplus by 2012 — despite the increased spending invested in securing America’s safety by standing up the new Department of Homeland Security and fighting the Global War on Terror. In the four years since taxes were last cut in 2003, the U.S. economy has grown 13 percent in real dollars. The additional growth is larger than the entire size of the Canadian economy.This president also understands our standard of living depends on selling to the globe. The 14 nations with which we have implemented free agreements represent 7.5 percent of the world’s GDP, but 43 percent of our exports. The growing number of free-trade agreements concluded and signed under this president helps explain why American exports have risen 27 percent between 2004 and 2006, creating jobs and prosperity here at home.History will see President Bush as a reformer who focused on modernizing important

institutions.He is concerned with fundamental change that will — among other goals — strengthen the ways our children are educated and health care is provided.In education, “No Child Left Behind” introduced accountability into our public-education system by ensuring every child’s progress is measured.Parents now know whether or not their child is learning — in their own schools, and compared to other schools. This new focus on results helped lead to more improvement in reading scores in five years than in the previous 28 combined. This reform shows that measuring leads to results.Medicare was modernized with a prescription- drug benefit, now used by 39 million seniors. Giving seniors the drugs they need helped them avoid expensive operations and long hospital stays. The result is better health care for seniors at a lower cost to them and at a lower cost than expected to taxpayers.The president

approached other tasks — such as legal reform, higher-education assistance, transportation, and conservation and forest policy — with the same reformist spirit. And he did so on issues which are controversial within his own party, such as comprehensive immigration reform, which he has championed since he first started running for governor of Texas in 1993.He will be seen as an innovative conservative thinker with a positive, optimistic agenda for action.For example, his proposals to reform health care are drawn from his understanding of the values of competition and markets. A standard tax deduction for health care — similar to the deduction homeowners get for mortgage interest — would level the playing field between those who get their health insurance from employers and those who pay for it out of their own pockets and expand the number of families with coverage.People should be able to save tax-free for out-of-pocket

health costs. The Health Savings Accounts the president signed into law are the first step toward this. HSAs will help move health care toward a consumer-driven model and away from a single-payer system. More than 4.5 million American families are benefiting from HSAs today.More competition would be created by allowing insurance to be sold across state lines or small businesses to pool risk and would lower costs and increase access.The president has a similar focus on bold changes when it comes to opportunity and poverty. He emphasizes policies, such as welfare reform, that promote ownership and encourage personal responsibility rather than dependence on government.His faith- and community-based initiative is encouraging social entrepreneurship to confront poverty and suffering. Billions of federal dollars can now be accessed by such groups eager to serve a neighbor in need. Already, 34 Democrat and Republican governors and more

than 100 mayors of all stripes have created faith- and community-based offices to build on the federal initiative.On energy, the environment, and climate change, he is developing a new paradigm. Emphasizing technology, increased energy-efficiency partnerships, and resource diversification, his policies are improving energy security and slowing the growth of greenhouse gases without economy-breaking mandates and regulation. The president who won criticism by rejecting the failed approach of Kyoto has implemented policies that enabled the United States to grow its economy by 3.1 percent and reduce the absolute amount of CO2 emissions (by 1.3 percent).In these and other areas, history will see President Bush drove policy in new directions, based on conservative principles.He will be recognized as a strong advocate of traditional values.He advanced a culture of life where every child is protected and welcomed.He

supported traditional marriage when it came under attack from the courts. He sought to strengthen families and encourage personal responsibility. And he understood the necessity of appointing judges who know the proper and limited role of courts and will provide impartial justice and faithful application of the Constitution.President Bush had the political courage to confront the biggest economic challenge America faces.The looming fiscal crises in Medicare and Social Security will result in either the impoverishment of the American people through higher taxes and lower growth or through the inability of government to deliver on its promises.This president has worked to restrain the spending growth of entitlements, and to modernize Social Security and Medicare by injecting market forces and competition into their operation. He proposed Social Security reform that would solve the system’s long-term financial shortfall while

giving younger workers the choice to put some of their own money into conservative stock-market investments.He has made it impossible for future presidents and future Congresses to ignore this challenge. The president’s proposal will be the starting point for reform when it happens. When it does, Americans will be grateful President Bush made entitlement reform an issue and will be aware that valuable time was lost because of the obstructionism of his critics.The outcome in Iraq and Afghanistan will color how history views the president.History’s concern is with final outcomes, not the missteps or advances of the moment. History will render a favorable verdict if the outcome in the Middle East is similar to what America saw after World War II.America’s persistence in Europe and Asia after that war helped Germany and Japan become democracies and allies in the struggle against Communism. If something similar happens

in Iraq and Afghanistan, it will change the region and the world. For the first time, millions of citizens across the Middle East will see a working model of freedom in their region — and it will give them hope for a better future for their children by making America safer for them.If the outcome there is like what happened in Vietnam after America abandoned our allies and the region descended into chaos, violence, and danger, history’s judgment will be harsh. History will see President Bush as right, and the opponents of his policy as mistaken — as George McGovern was in his time.Beyond his policies and actions, history will take the measure of the man.I have known George W. Bush for nearly 34 years and have had the privilege of watching from nearby as history has placed its demands on him and our country. I know his humility and decency, his intelligence and thoughtfulness, his respect for every person he comes in contact

with, his unwavering commitment to principle-based decision-making, and the quiet and compassionate hearts of the man and his graceful wife, Laura.I have come to understand true leadership leans into the wind. It tackles big challenges with uncertain outcomes rather than taking on simple, sure tasks. It does what is right, regardless of what the latest poll or focus group says. History demands much of America and its leaders and I am confident it will judge the 43rd president as a man more than worthy of the great office the American people twice entrusted to him.— Karl Rove is the president's longtime adviser. August 31 is his last day working in the White House.

 

 

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Dear Shayn,

 

You are right, the periods are certainly helpful. However, while the

transit afflictions are operational, including on the period lord,

they disturb the benign state of affairs associated with the period.

 

Best wishes,

 

Thor

 

 

SAMVA , Shayn Smith <mactunesmith wrote:

>

> Dear Thor,

> I assume Bush's current afflictions are muted somewhat by his

current strong Mercury main and subperiod. Thanks for the analysis!

>

> Warm regards,

> Shayn

>

>

>

>

> Cosmologer <cosmologer

> samva

> Saturday, September 1, 2007 6:18:17 AM

> President Bush

>

> Dear friends,

>

> Below is an appraisal of President Bush by his closest advisor, Karl

Rove. The appraisal is (as is to be expected by someone so close to

him) highly favouring President Bush and comes at a time when L2 Sun

at 14° Leo is conjunct exactly the H2 MEP of his chart. For an

opposing view just Google the internet - it is full of critical

appraisals. In regards to the opposing views, has

predicted, on the basis of the natal chart for President Bush

(attached), that he will

>

> - leave office with his reputation intact

> - come out of his present difficulties in a few months time.

>

> I presume the latter prediction is because

> a) the stationary nodes are presently closely conjunct his H2 and H8

MEPs

> b) stationary Jupiter in H5 MEP is in exact aspect to natal L3

Mercury at 16° Cancer H1 MEP and

> c) transit Ketu and L8 Saturn will be conjunct in his H2 MEP in October.

> After that, these aspects will have cleared and his situation

improve markedly.

>

> earlier predicted Bush would be elected in 2000

and re-elected in 2004. Both predictions came true, giving credence to

SA and the accuracy of the chart.

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Thor

>

> The Long View

> Advisory thoughts on the 43rd president.

>

> By Karl Rove

>

> The Washington Post scorned President Truman as a " spoilsman " who

" underestimated the people's intelligence. " New York Times columnist

James Reston wrote off President Eisenhower as " a tired man in a

period of turbulence. " At the end of President Reagan's second term,

the New York Times dismissed him as " simplistic " and a " lazy and

inattentive man. "

>

> These harsh judgments, made in the moment, have not weathered well

over time. Fortunately, while contemporary observers have a habit of

getting presidents wrong, history tends to be more accurate.

>

> So how might history view the 43rd president? I can hardly be

considered an objective observer, but in this highly polarized period,

who is?

>

> However, I believe history will provide a more clear-eyed verdict on

this president's leadership than the anger of current critics would

suggest.

>

> President Bush will be viewed as a far-sighted leader who confronted

the key test of the 21st century.

>

> He will be judged as a man of moral clarity who put America on

wartime footing in the dangerous struggle against radical Islamic

terrorism.

>

> Following the horrors of 9/11, this president changed American

foreign policy by declaring terror sponsors responsible for the deeds

of those they shelter, train, and fund. America, he said, will not

wait until dangers fully materialize with attacks on our homeland

before confronting those threats.

>

> The president gave the nation new tools to defeat terrorism abroad

and protect our citizens at home with the Patriot Act, foreign

surveillance that works in the wireless age, a transformed

intelligence community, and the Department of Homeland Security.

>

> And this president saw the wisdom of removing terrorism's cause by

advocating the spread of democracy, especially in the Muslim world,

where authoritarianism and repression have provided a potent growth

medium for despair and anger aimed at the West. He recognized that

democracy there makes us safer here.

>

> President Bush will be seen as a compassionate leader who used

America's power for good.

>

> While the world dithered, America confronted HIV/AIDS in Africa with

the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which has supported

treatment for more than 1.1 million people worldwide, over one million

of them in Africa. While most of the globe ignored Sudan and Darfur or

refused to act, this president labeled the violence there genocide —

and pressed world leaders to take action.

>

> A wide range of human-rights issues — from the repression in North

Korea, Myanmar, and elsewhere to religious freedom to trafficking in

persons — are kept on the international agenda in good part because of

this president's demands for action.

>

> And President Bush met challenges with new institutions and methods.

For example, the Proliferation Security Initiative confronts the

transfer of dangerous material and information. And he has reformed

America's foreign aid to focus on results, accountability,

transparency, and anti-corruption and pro-democracy requirements.

>

> President Bush promotes economic growth and understands free markets

provide the best path to a more hopeful tomorrow.

>

> The president inherited an economy entering recession. It was

further weakened by terrorist attacks, corporate scandals, natural

disasters, and out-of-control spending with discretionary domestic

spending increasing 16 percent in the last fiscal year of his

predecessor. President Bush took decisive action, cutting taxes and

ratcheting down this spending. The results? The net creation of 8.3

million new jobs since August 2003; higher after-tax income and

greater incentives for firms to invest and expand; three years where

America's economic growth led the rest of the G7 economies; and a

budget on path to surplus by 2012 — despite the increased spending

invested in securing America's safety by standing up the new

Department of Homeland Security and fighting the Global War on Terror.

In the four years since taxes were last cut in 2003, the U.S. economy

has grown 13 percent in real dollars. The additional growth is larger

than the entire size of the

> Canadian economy.

>

> This president also understands our standard of living depends on

selling to the globe. The 14 nations with which we have implemented

free agreements represent 7.5 percent of the world's GDP, but 43

percent of our exports. The growing number of free-trade agreements

concluded and signed under this president helps explain why American

exports have risen 27 percent between 2004 and 2006, creating jobs and

prosperity here at home.

>

> History will see President Bush as a reformer who focused on

modernizing important institutions.

>

> He is concerned with fundamental change that will — among other

goals — strengthen the ways our children are educated and health care

is provided.

>

> In education, " No Child Left Behind " introduced accountability into

our public-education system by ensuring every child's progress is

measured.

>

> Parents now know whether or not their child is learning — in their

own schools, and compared to other schools. This new focus on results

helped lead to more improvement in reading scores in five years than

in the previous 28 combined. This reform shows that measuring leads to

results.

>

> Medicare was modernized with a prescription- drug benefit, now used

by 39 million seniors. Giving seniors the drugs they need helped them

avoid expensive operations and long hospital stays. The result is

better health care for seniors at a lower cost to them and at a lower

cost than expected to taxpayers.

>

> The president approached other tasks — such as legal reform,

higher-education assistance, transportation, and conservation and

forest policy — with the same reformist spirit. And he did so on

issues which are controversial within his own party, such as

comprehensive immigration reform, which he has championed since he

first started running for governor of Texas in 1993.

>

> He will be seen as an innovative conservative thinker with a

positive, optimistic agenda for action.

>

> For example, his proposals to reform health care are drawn from his

understanding of the values of competition and markets. A standard tax

deduction for health care — similar to the deduction homeowners get

for mortgage interest — would level the playing field between those

who get their health insurance from employers and those who pay for it

out of their own pockets and expand the number of families with coverage.

>

> People should be able to save tax-free for out-of-pocket health

costs. The Health Savings Accounts the president signed into law are

the first step toward this. HSAs will help move health care toward a

consumer-driven model and away from a single-payer system. More than

4.5 million American families are benefiting from HSAs today.

>

> More competition would be created by allowing insurance to be sold

across state lines or small businesses to pool risk and would lower

costs and increase access.

>

> The president has a similar focus on bold changes when it comes to

opportunity and poverty. He emphasizes policies, such as welfare

reform, that promote ownership and encourage personal responsibility

rather than dependence on government.

>

> His faith- and community-based initiative is encouraging social

entrepreneurship to confront poverty and suffering. Billions of

federal dollars can now be accessed by such groups eager to serve a

neighbor in need. Already, 34 Democrat and Republican governors and

more than 100 mayors of all stripes have created faith- and

community-based offices to build on the federal initiative.

>

> On energy, the environment, and climate change, he is developing a

new paradigm. Emphasizing technology, increased energy-efficiency

partnerships, and resource diversification, his policies are improving

energy security and slowing the growth of greenhouse gases without

economy-breaking mandates and regulation. The president who won

criticism by rejecting the failed approach of Kyoto has implemented

policies that enabled the United States to grow its economy by 3.1

percent and reduce the absolute amount of CO2 emissions (by 1.3 percent).

>

> In these and other areas, history will see President Bush drove

policy in new directions, based on conservative principles.

>

> He will be recognized as a strong advocate of traditional values.

>

> He advanced a culture of life where every child is protected and

welcomed.

>

> He supported traditional marriage when it came under attack from the

courts. He sought to strengthen families and encourage personal

responsibility. And he understood the necessity of appointing judges

who know the proper and limited role of courts and will provide

impartial justice and faithful application of the Constitution.

>

> President Bush had the political courage to confront the biggest

economic challenge America faces.

>

> The looming fiscal crises in Medicare and Social Security will

result in either the impoverishment of the American people through

higher taxes and lower growth or through the inability of government

to deliver on its promises.

>

> This president has worked to restrain the spending growth of

entitlements, and to modernize Social Security and Medicare by

injecting market forces and competition into their operation. He

proposed Social Security reform that would solve the system's

long-term financial shortfall while giving younger workers the choice

to put some of their own money into conservative stock-market investments.

>

> He has made it impossible for future presidents and future

Congresses to ignore this challenge. The president's proposal will be

the starting point for reform when it happens. When it does, Americans

will be grateful President Bush made entitlement reform an issue and

will be aware that valuable time was lost because of the

obstructionism of his critics.

>

> The outcome in Iraq and Afghanistan will color how history views the

president.

>

> History's concern is with final outcomes, not the missteps or

advances of the moment. History will render a favorable verdict if the

outcome in the Middle East is similar to what America saw after World

War II.

>

> America's persistence in Europe and Asia after that war helped

Germany and Japan become democracies and allies in the struggle

against Communism. If something similar happens in Iraq and

Afghanistan, it will change the region and the world. For the first

time, millions of citizens across the Middle East will see a working

model of freedom in their region — and it will give them hope for a

better future for their children by making America safer for them.

>

> If the outcome there is like what happened in Vietnam after America

abandoned our allies and the region descended into chaos, violence,

and danger, history's judgment will be harsh. History will see

President Bush as right, and the opponents of his policy as mistaken —

as George McGovern was in his time.

>

> Beyond his policies and actions, history will take the measure of

the man.

>

> I have known George W. Bush for nearly 34 years and have had the

privilege of watching from nearby as history has placed its demands on

him and our country. I know his humility and decency, his intelligence

and thoughtfulness, his respect for every person he comes in contact

with, his unwavering commitment to principle-based decision-making,

and the quiet and compassionate hearts of the man and his graceful

wife, Laura.

>

> I have come to understand true leadership leans into the wind. It

tackles big challenges with uncertain outcomes rather than taking on

simple, sure tasks. It does what is right, regardless of what the

latest poll or focus group says. History demands much of America and

its leaders and I am confident it will judge the 43rd president as a

man more than worthy of the great office the American people twice

entrusted to him.

>

> — Karl Rove is the president's longtime adviser. August 31 is his

last day working in the White House.

>

>

>

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Hello my dear Thor, Leaving politics aside, the appraisal brings out the key factors which general public may appreciate ultimately. Best wishes.

 

-

Cosmologer

samva

Saturday, September 01, 2007 5:48 PM

President Bush

 

Dear friends,

 

Below is an appraisal of President Bush by his closest advisor, Karl Rove. The appraisal is (as is to be expected by someone so close to him) highly favouring President Bush and comes at a time when L2 Sun at 14° Leo is conjunct exactly the H2 MEP of his chart. For an opposing view just Google the internet - it is full of critical appraisals. In regards to the opposing views, has predicted, on the basis of the natal chart for President Bush (attached), that he will

 

- leave office with his reputation intact

- come out of his present difficulties in a few months time.

 

I presume the latter prediction is because

a) the stationary nodes are presently closely conjunct his H2 and H8 MEPs

b) stationary Jupiter in H5 MEP is in exact aspect to natal L3 Mercury at 16° Cancer H1 MEP and

c) transit Ketu and L8 Saturn will be conjunct in his H2 MEP in October.

After that, these aspects will have cleared and his situation improve markedly.

 

earlier predicted Bush would be elected in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. Both predictions came true, giving credence to SA and the accuracy of the chart.

 

Best wishes,

 

Thor

 

The Long ViewAdvisory thoughts on the 43rd president.By Karl Rove

 

 

 

 

 

The Washington Post scorned President Truman as a “spoilsman” who “underestimated the people’s intelligence.” New York Times columnist James Reston wrote off President Eisenhower as “a tired man in a period of turbulence.” At the end of President Reagan’s second term, the New York Times dismissed him as “simplistic” and a “lazy and inattentive man.”These harsh judgments, made in the moment, have not weathered well over time. Fortunately, while contemporary observers have a habit of getting presidents wrong, history tends to be more accurate.So how might history view the 43rd president? I can hardly be considered an objective observer, but in this highly polarized period, who is?However, I believe history will provide a more clear-eyed verdict on this president’s leadership than the anger of current critics would suggest.President Bush will be viewed as a far-sighted leader who confronted the key test of the 21st century.He will be judged as a man of moral clarity who put America on wartime footing in the dangerous struggle against radical Islamic terrorism.Following the horrors of 9/11, this president changed American foreign policy by declaring terror sponsors responsible for the deeds of those they shelter, train, and fund. America, he said, will not wait until dangers fully materialize with attacks on our homeland before confronting those threats.The president gave the nation new tools to defeat terrorism abroad and protect our citizens at home with the Patriot Act, foreign surveillance that works in the wireless age, a transformed intelligence community, and the Department of Homeland Security.And this president saw the wisdom of removing terrorism’s cause by advocating the spread of democracy, especially in the Muslim world, where authoritarianism and repression have provided a potent growth medium for despair and anger aimed at the West. He recognized that democracy there makes us safer here.President Bush will be seen as a compassionate leader who used America’s power for good.While the world dithered, America confronted HIV/AIDS in Africa with the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which has supported treatment for more than 1.1 million people worldwide, over one million of them in Africa. While most of the globe ignored Sudan and Darfur or refused to act, this president labeled the violence there genocide — and pressed world leaders to take action.A wide range of human-rights issues — from the repression in North Korea, Myanmar, and elsewhere to religious freedom to trafficking in persons — are kept on the international agenda in good part because of this president’s demands for action.And President Bush met challenges with new institutions and methods. For example, the Proliferation Security Initiative confronts the transfer of dangerous material and information. And he has reformed America’s foreign aid to focus on results, accountability, transparency, and anti-corruption and pro-democracy requirements.President Bush promotes economic growth and understands free markets provide the best path to a more hopeful tomorrow.The president inherited an economy entering recession. It was further weakened by terrorist attacks, corporate scandals, natural disasters, and out-of-control spending with discretionary domestic spending increasing 16 percent in the last fiscal year of his predecessor. President Bush took decisive action, cutting taxes and ratcheting down this spending. The results? The net creation of 8.3 million new jobs since August 2003; higher after-tax income and greater incentives for firms to invest and expand; three years where America’s economic growth led the rest of the G7 economies; and a budget on path to surplus by 2012 — despite the increased spending invested in securing America’s safety by standing up the new Department of Homeland Security and fighting the Global War on Terror. In the four years since taxes were last cut in 2003, the U.S. economy has grown 13 percent in real dollars. The additional growth is larger than the entire size of the Canadian economy.This president also understands our standard of living depends on selling to the globe. The 14 nations with which we have implemented free agreements represent 7.5 percent of the world’s GDP, but 43 percent of our exports. The growing number of free-trade agreements concluded and signed under this president helps explain why American exports have risen 27 percent between 2004 and 2006, creating jobs and prosperity here at home.History will see President Bush as a reformer who focused on modernizing important institutions.He is concerned with fundamental change that will — among other goals — strengthen the ways our children are educated and health care is provided.In education, “No Child Left Behind” introduced accountability into our public-education system by ensuring every child’s progress is measured.Parents now know whether or not their child is learning — in their own schools, and compared to other schools. This new focus on results helped lead to more improvement in reading scores in five years than in the previous 28 combined. This reform shows that measuring leads to results.Medicare was modernized with a prescription-drug benefit, now used by 39 million seniors. Giving seniors the drugs they need helped them avoid expensive operations and long hospital stays. The result is better health care for seniors at a lower cost to them and at a lower cost than expected to taxpayers.The president approached other tasks — such as legal reform, higher-education assistance, transportation, and conservation and forest policy — with the same reformist spirit. And he did so on issues which are controversial within his own party, such as comprehensive immigration reform, which he has championed since he first started running for governor of Texas in 1993.He will be seen as an innovative conservative thinker with a positive, optimistic agenda for action.For example, his proposals to reform health care are drawn from his understanding of the values of competition and markets. A standard tax deduction for health care — similar to the deduction homeowners get for mortgage interest — would level the playing field between those who get their health insurance from employers and those who pay for it out of their own pockets and expand the number of families with coverage.People should be able to save tax-free for out-of-pocket health costs. The Health Savings Accounts the president signed into law are the first step toward this. HSAs will help move health care toward a consumer-driven model and away from a single-payer system. More than 4.5 million American families are benefiting from HSAs today.More competition would be created by allowing insurance to be sold across state lines or small businesses to pool risk and would lower costs and increase access.The president has a similar focus on bold changes when it comes to opportunity and poverty. He emphasizes policies, such as welfare reform, that promote ownership and encourage personal responsibility rather than dependence on government.His faith- and community-based initiative is encouraging social entrepreneurship to confront poverty and suffering. Billions of federal dollars can now be accessed by such groups eager to serve a neighbor in need. Already, 34 Democrat and Republican governors and more than 100 mayors of all stripes have created faith- and community-based offices to build on the federal initiative.On energy, the environment, and climate change, he is developing a new paradigm. Emphasizing technology, increased energy-efficiency partnerships, and resource diversification, his policies are improving energy security and slowing the growth of greenhouse gases without economy-breaking mandates and regulation. The president who won criticism by rejecting the failed approach of Kyoto has implemented policies that enabled the United States to grow its economy by 3.1 percent and reduce the absolute amount of CO2 emissions (by 1.3 percent).In these and other areas, history will see President Bush drove policy in new directions, based on conservative principles.He will be recognized as a strong advocate of traditional values.He advanced a culture of life where every child is protected and welcomed.He supported traditional marriage when it came under attack from the courts. He sought to strengthen families and encourage personal responsibility. And he understood the necessity of appointing judges who know the proper and limited role of courts and will provide impartial justice and faithful application of the Constitution.President Bush had the political courage to confront the biggest economic challenge America faces.The looming fiscal crises in Medicare and Social Security will result in either the impoverishment of the American people through higher taxes and lower growth or through the inability of government to deliver on its promises.This president has worked to restrain the spending growth of entitlements, and to modernize Social Security and Medicare by injecting market forces and competition into their operation. He proposed Social Security reform that would solve the system’s long-term financial shortfall while giving younger workers the choice to put some of their own money into conservative stock-market investments.He has made it impossible for future presidents and future Congresses to ignore this challenge. The president’s proposal will be the starting point for reform when it happens. When it does, Americans will be grateful President Bush made entitlement reform an issue and will be aware that valuable time was lost because of the obstructionism of his critics.The outcome in Iraq and Afghanistan will color how history views the president.History’s concern is with final outcomes, not the missteps or advances of the moment. History will render a favorable verdict if the outcome in the Middle East is similar to what America saw after World War II.America’s persistence in Europe and Asia after that war helped Germany and Japan become democracies and allies in the struggle against Communism. If something similar happens in Iraq and Afghanistan, it will change the region and the world. For the first time, millions of citizens across the Middle East will see a working model of freedom in their region — and it will give them hope for a better future for their children by making America safer for them.If the outcome there is like what happened in Vietnam after America abandoned our allies and the region descended into chaos, violence, and danger, history’s judgment will be harsh. History will see President Bush as right, and the opponents of his policy as mistaken — as George McGovern was in his time.Beyond his policies and actions, history will take the measure of the man.I have known George W. Bush for nearly 34 years and have had the privilege of watching from nearby as history has placed its demands on him and our country. I know his humility and decency, his intelligence and thoughtfulness, his respect for every person he comes in contact with, his unwavering commitment to principle-based decision-making, and the quiet and compassionate hearts of the man and his graceful wife, Laura.I have come to understand true leadership leans into the wind. It tackles big challenges with uncertain outcomes rather than taking on simple, sure tasks. It does what is right, regardless of what the latest poll or focus group says. History demands much of America and its leaders and I am confident it will judge the 43rd president as a man more than worthy of the great office the American people twice entrusted to him.— Karl Rove is the president's longtime adviser. August 31 is his last day working in the White House.

 

 

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Dear ,

 

Yes, indeed. Outcomes like that become clear only after some

time. The accurate prediction then also becomes easier to appreciate.

 

Best wishes,

 

Thor

 

SAMVA , <siha wrote:

>

>

> Hello my dear Thor,

>

> Leaving politics aside, the appraisal brings out the key factors

which general public may appreciate ultimately.

>

> Best wishes.

>

>

>

> -

> Cosmologer

> samva

> Saturday, September 01, 2007 5:48 PM

> President Bush

>

>

> Dear friends,

>

> Below is an appraisal of President Bush by his closest advisor,

Karl Rove. The appraisal is (as is to be expected by someone so close

to him) highly favouring President Bush and comes at a time when L2

Sun at 14° Leo is conjunct exactly the H2 MEP of his chart. For an

opposing view just Google the internet - it is full of critical

appraisals. In regards to the opposing views, has

predicted, on the basis of the natal chart for President Bush

(attached), that he will

>

> - leave office with his reputation intact

> - come out of his present difficulties in a few months time.

>

> I presume the latter prediction is because

> a) the stationary nodes are presently closely conjunct his H2 and

H8 MEPs

> b) stationary Jupiter in H5 MEP is in exact aspect to natal L3

Mercury at 16° Cancer H1 MEP and

> c) transit Ketu and L8 Saturn will be conjunct in his H2 MEP in

October.

> After that, these aspects will have cleared and his situation

improve markedly.

>

> earlier predicted Bush would be elected in

2000 and re-elected in 2004. Both predictions came true, giving

credence to SA and the accuracy of the chart.

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Thor

>

> The Long View

> Advisory thoughts on the 43rd president.

>

> By Karl Rove

>

> The Washington Post scorned President Truman as

a " spoilsman " who " underestimated the people's intelligence. " New

York Times columnist James Reston wrote off President Eisenhower

as " a tired man in a period of turbulence. " At the end of President

Reagan's second term, the New York Times dismissed him

as " simplistic " and a " lazy and inattentive man. "

>

> These harsh judgments, made in the moment, have not

weathered well over time. Fortunately, while contemporary observers

have a habit of getting presidents wrong, history tends to be more

accurate.

>

> So how might history view the 43rd president? I can hardly

be considered an objective observer, but in this highly polarized

period, who is?

>

> However, I believe history will provide a more clear-eyed

verdict on this president's leadership than the anger of current

critics would suggest.

>

> President Bush will be viewed as a far-sighted leader who

confronted the key test of the 21st century.

>

> He will be judged as a man of moral clarity who put America

on wartime footing in the dangerous struggle against radical Islamic

terrorism.

>

> Following the horrors of 9/11, this president changed

American foreign policy by declaring terror sponsors responsible for

the deeds of those they shelter, train, and fund. America, he said,

will not wait until dangers fully materialize with attacks on our

homeland before confronting those threats.

>

> The president gave the nation new tools to defeat terrorism

abroad and protect our citizens at home with the Patriot Act, foreign

surveillance that works in the wireless age, a transformed

intelligence community, and the Department of Homeland Security.

>

> And this president saw the wisdom of removing terrorism's

cause by advocating the spread of democracy, especially in the Muslim

world, where authoritarianism and repression have provided a potent

growth medium for despair and anger aimed at the West. He recognized

that democracy there makes us safer here.

>

> President Bush will be seen as a compassionate leader who

used America's power for good.

>

> While the world dithered, America confronted HIV/AIDS in

Africa with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which has

supported treatment for more than 1.1 million people worldwide, over

one million of them in Africa. While most of the globe ignored Sudan

and Darfur or refused to act, this president labeled the violence

there genocide - and pressed world leaders to take action.

>

> A wide range of human-rights issues - from the repression

in North Korea, Myanmar, and elsewhere to religious freedom to

trafficking in persons - are kept on the international agenda in good

part because of this president's demands for action.

>

> And President Bush met challenges with new institutions and

methods. For example, the Proliferation Security Initiative confronts

the transfer of dangerous material and information. And he has

reformed America's foreign aid to focus on results, accountability,

transparency, and anti-corruption and pro-democracy requirements.

>

> President Bush promotes economic growth and understands

free markets provide the best path to a more hopeful tomorrow.

>

> The president inherited an economy entering recession. It

was further weakened by terrorist attacks, corporate scandals,

natural disasters, and out-of-control spending with discretionary

domestic spending increasing 16 percent in the last fiscal year of

his predecessor. President Bush took decisive action, cutting taxes

and ratcheting down this spending. The results? The net creation of

8.3 million new jobs since August 2003; higher after-tax income and

greater incentives for firms to invest and expand; three years where

America's economic growth led the rest of the G7 economies; and a

budget on path to surplus by 2012 - despite the increased spending

invested in securing America's safety by standing up the new

Department of Homeland Security and fighting the Global War on

Terror. In the four years since taxes were last cut in 2003, the U.S.

economy has grown 13 percent in real dollars. The additional growth

is larger than the entire size of the Canadian economy.

>

> This president also understands our standard of living

depends on selling to the globe. The 14 nations with which we have

implemented free agreements represent 7.5 percent of the world's GDP,

but 43 percent of our exports. The growing number of free-trade

agreements concluded and signed under this president helps explain

why American exports have risen 27 percent between 2004 and 2006,

creating jobs and prosperity here at home.

>

> History will see President Bush as a reformer who focused

on modernizing important institutions.

>

> He is concerned with fundamental change that will - among

other goals - strengthen the ways our children are educated and

health care is provided.

>

> In education, " No Child Left Behind " introduced

accountability into our public-education system by ensuring every

child's progress is measured.

>

> Parents now know whether or not their child is learning -

in their own schools, and compared to other schools. This new focus

on results helped lead to more improvement in reading scores in five

years than in the previous 28 combined. This reform shows that

measuring leads to results.

>

> Medicare was modernized with a prescription-drug benefit,

now used by 39 million seniors. Giving seniors the drugs they need

helped them avoid expensive operations and long hospital stays. The

result is better health care for seniors at a lower cost to them and

at a lower cost than expected to taxpayers.

>

> The president approached other tasks - such as legal

reform, higher-education assistance, transportation, and conservation

and forest policy - with the same reformist spirit. And he did so on

issues which are controversial within his own party, such as

comprehensive immigration reform, which he has championed since he

first started running for governor of Texas in 1993.

>

> He will be seen as an innovative conservative thinker with

a positive, optimistic agenda for action.

>

> For example, his proposals to reform health care are drawn

from his understanding of the values of competition and markets. A

standard tax deduction for health care - similar to the deduction

homeowners get for mortgage interest - would level the playing field

between those who get their health insurance from employers and those

who pay for it out of their own pockets and expand the number of

families with coverage.

>

> People should be able to save tax-free for out-of-pocket

health costs. The Health Savings Accounts the president signed into

law are the first step toward this. HSAs will help move health care

toward a consumer-driven model and away from a single-payer system.

More than 4.5 million American families are benefiting from HSAs

today.

>

> More competition would be created by allowing insurance to

be sold across state lines or small businesses to pool risk and would

lower costs and increase access.

>

> The president has a similar focus on bold changes when it

comes to opportunity and poverty. He emphasizes policies, such as

welfare reform, that promote ownership and encourage personal

responsibility rather than dependence on government.

>

> His faith- and community-based initiative is encouraging

social entrepreneurship to confront poverty and suffering. Billions

of federal dollars can now be accessed by such groups eager to serve

a neighbor in need. Already, 34 Democrat and Republican governors and

more than 100 mayors of all stripes have created faith- and community-

based offices to build on the federal initiative.

>

> On energy, the environment, and climate change, he is

developing a new paradigm. Emphasizing technology, increased energy-

efficiency partnerships, and resource diversification, his policies

are improving energy security and slowing the growth of greenhouse

gases without economy-breaking mandates and regulation. The president

who won criticism by rejecting the failed approach of Kyoto has

implemented policies that enabled the United States to grow its

economy by 3.1 percent and reduce the absolute amount of CO2

emissions (by 1.3 percent).

>

> In these and other areas, history will see President Bush

drove policy in new directions, based on conservative principles.

>

> He will be recognized as a strong advocate of traditional

values.

>

> He advanced a culture of life where every child is

protected and welcomed.

>

> He supported traditional marriage when it came under attack

from the courts. He sought to strengthen families and encourage

personal responsibility. And he understood the necessity of

appointing judges who know the proper and limited role of courts and

will provide impartial justice and faithful application of the

Constitution.

>

> President Bush had the political courage to confront the

biggest economic challenge America faces.

>

> The looming fiscal crises in Medicare and Social Security

will result in either the impoverishment of the American people

through higher taxes and lower growth or through the inability of

government to deliver on its promises.

>

> This president has worked to restrain the spending growth

of entitlements, and to modernize Social Security and Medicare by

injecting market forces and competition into their operation. He

proposed Social Security reform that would solve the system's long-

term financial shortfall while giving younger workers the choice to

put some of their own money into conservative stock-market

investments.

>

> He has made it impossible for future presidents and future

Congresses to ignore this challenge. The president's proposal will be

the starting point for reform when it happens. When it does,

Americans will be grateful President Bush made entitlement reform an

issue and will be aware that valuable time was lost because of the

obstructionism of his critics.

>

> The outcome in Iraq and Afghanistan will color how history

views the president.

>

> History's concern is with final outcomes, not the missteps

or advances of the moment. History will render a favorable verdict if

the outcome in the Middle East is similar to what America saw after

World War II.

>

> America's persistence in Europe and Asia after that war

helped Germany and Japan become democracies and allies in the

struggle against Communism. If something similar happens in Iraq and

Afghanistan, it will change the region and the world. For the first

time, millions of citizens across the Middle East will see a working

model of freedom in their region - and it will give them hope for a

better future for their children by making America safer for them.

>

> If the outcome there is like what happened in Vietnam after

America abandoned our allies and the region descended into chaos,

violence, and danger, history's judgment will be harsh. History will

see President Bush as right, and the opponents of his policy as

mistaken - as George McGovern was in his time.

>

> Beyond his policies and actions, history will take the

measure of the man.

>

> I have known George W. Bush for nearly 34 years and have

had the privilege of watching from nearby as history has placed its

demands on him and our country. I know his humility and decency, his

intelligence and thoughtfulness, his respect for every person he

comes in contact with, his unwavering commitment to principle-based

decision-making, and the quiet and compassionate hearts of the man

and his graceful wife, Laura.

>

> I have come to understand true leadership leans into the

wind. It tackles big challenges with uncertain outcomes rather than

taking on simple, sure tasks. It does what is right, regardless of

what the latest poll or focus group says. History demands much of

America and its leaders and I am confident it will judge the 43rd

president as a man more than worthy of the great office the American

people twice entrusted to him.

>

> - Karl Rove is the president's longtime adviser. August 31

is his last day working in the White House.

>

>

>

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