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As presidents close in on their final days, each will inevitably deny any thoughts of how history will view their work. Truthfully, though, each one is thinking legacy. How will future generations remember our 43rd President, George W. Bush? Were policies created under his watch that protected the country from terror? Maybe he'll be seen as a great warrior who sent our adversaries a message that America was not to be trifled with. Generations may call him the "Father of Middle Eastern Democracy". More tragically, and likely, George W. Bush will be known for reckless spending, starting a misguided, unresolved war and creating more enemies willing to attack America here and abroad. Another question pertaining to his legacy is whether he kept his promises. The only way to start this debate is, naturally, at the beginning.

The 2000 Presidential Election was a paradox. The people chose Al Gore but the Constitutional Electoral College picked George W. Bush. One memorable promise was that this born again Christian would return integrity and honesty to the White House. Even the most avid Bill Clinton supporter approved of this refreshing attitude after experiencing scandal fall out from President Clinton's short comings. Unfortunately, the Bush Administration would turn lying into a new art form. Starting with paying talk show hosts, such as Armstrong Williams OUR tax dollars to promote the administration's pet programs to cherry picking intelligence to support the Iraq invasion, deception plagued the Presidency of George W. Bush. One promise Bush kept, with overwhelming support from a Republican Congress, was cutting taxes. The broad majority of the benefits went to The United States' richest one percent. Fiscal responsibility suggests that tax cuts MUST be coordinated with spending cuts. Not in this administration! In fact Dick Cheney told former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill that Reagan proved deficits don't matter. The Bushies repeatedly pledged, to our armed services, that help was on the way. They would reverse the supposed mal treatment wielded by the Clinton Administration. 8 years and one unwise war later, the armed forces have been nearly mismanaged into the ground.

Every administration has a high point. Bush's conduct shortly after the 9-11 attacks rallied the nation. No American will forget the President, through a bullhorn, telling the beleaguered firefighters that the whole world was listening! George W. Bush looked like a reluctant hero stepping up to

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