‘As people filed out after Bush’s speech there were as many ‘wows’…’

and glowing adjectives as at a Michael Buble concert — and that’s a lot.

Most telling was the early 20s woman who looked shocked, visibly open-mouthed, as she confessed how confused she was by what she had expected and how impressed she was by the experience.

For those who either admired president Bush throughout his term or thought there was something more substantive underneath the hatchet jobs of Hollywood and the Beltway, vindication is a good word.

Things aren’t always as they seem.

You were right all along about George W. Bush.