For a man who had history foisted upon him, who set aside party and principle in the name of results (yes, I know, it’s really a “yuck” quality of his), and yes, despite all the criticism from every political party imaginable, I want to at least say “thank you” to the outgoing President of the USA.

He did the best he could, he made some good choices, a lot of mediocre ones and a quite a few really bad ones, but he did what he knew and felt to be right. His presidency was marked with self-deprecating humor, and humanity.

I’m over 2006, and the many mistakes that he made. I’m over the damage that he may have done to the Republican Party, as if members of the Party had no hand in their own demise. He will be one of the most remembered Presidents, and while he may seem infamous now, I think that time will weather the sharp edges.