The legacies of U.S Presidents are as diverse as the country that elected them.

George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower seen as brilliant commanders of the armed forces. Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon known as the two presidents whose names have the words “impeachment” or “resignation” in accompaniment.

            This past week, the legacy of our 43^rd President will now have its own building and artifacts with the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the campus Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

            The event was attended by all five living presidents, as all would take turns saying nice things about the man whose name is placed on the enormous, Leed certified, $250 million dollar complex.

            There was mention of his strong leadership skills after the 9/11 attacks and his commitments to education and tax relief. However, there was no acknowledgement of the policies that put the economy into a freefall. Nor acknowledgement  of how he and those around him were wrong (as in not close to being right) about Iraq or the mismanagement of FEMA during Hurricane Katrina.

            Four years out office, the former President has seen his rating rise to its highest since the beginning of his second term.

            It has been a quiet retirement for the former president. He has rare appearances and interviews with his name never being mentioned except for one of his Bushisms or poor policies.

Who would have thought that the man who was President during 9/11 and had started (and did not win) two wars would be less popular than his flagrantly womanizing and impeachment battling predecessor.

Last summer during the nominating conventions, the Democrats featured two former presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. At the Republican Convention, there was no evidence of a Republican president other than Ronald Reagan, despite the fact there have been two presidents named Bush since.

            It is safe to say that the legacy of George W. Bush is evolving, but what it evolves to is still a mystery. Will he go down as the president who made us safe? Will he make us think twice when offered a Presidential candidate we would want to “have a beer with”? Or will he just be the president before the black guy?