HillBuzz is not a conservative blog; in fact they adore the Clintons. But after the performance of Barack Hubris Obama after the Fort Hood shootings, where he gave a shout-out before he announced the tragedy, they did some soul searching.

If you have been reading us for any length of time, you know that we used to make fun of "Dubya" nearly every day...parroting the same comedic bits we heard in our Democrat circles, where Bush is still, to this day, lampooned as a chimp, a bumbling idiot, and a poor, clumsy public speaker.

[Writing about W's performance after 9/11]

Well, we told you before how much the current president, Dr. Utopia, made us realize just how wrong we were about Bush. We shudder to think what Dr. Utopia would have done post-9/11. He would have not gone there with a bullhorn and struck that right tone. More likely than not, he would have been his usual fey, apologetic self and waxed professorially about how evil America is and how justified Muslims are for attacking us, with a sidebar on how good the attacks were because they would humble us.

Honestly, we don't think President Gore would have been much better that day. The world needed George W. Bush, his bullhorn, and his indominable spirit that day...and we will forever be grateful to this man for that.

HillBuzz notes that the Bushes went to Fort Hood and talked, without publicity, with the families, and stayed for hours. They note that His O'liness couldn't be bothered. [Update: I found that he did, five days after. Slow reaction time? It took him over two minutes into a speech in which he gave a "shout out" to mention the massacre. A cold fish.]

HillBuzz goes on to recite a list of people whom they do also admire. Unfortunately, the Clintons, but also Dick Cheney, and elsewhere, Sarah Palin.

If there are any of you out there with any connection at all to the Bushes, we implore you to give them our thanks...you tell them that a bunch of gay Hillary guys in Boystown, Chicago were wrong about the Bushes...and are deeply, deeply sorry for any jokes we told about them in the past, any bad thoughts we had about these good, good people.

The article is here, and I found it moving. What I found most moving though is that here are people who are by nature people of the left but who have eyes and who will see. At last. Some people that you could have an honest disagreement with, if you do, and know that they were not merely toeing a party line.

Oh, and in the FAQ they answer people who complain that their posts may not have been aired that if they have a two-minute hatefest, take it to the Daily Kos.

Just so.