text: when will republicans publicly apologize for electing george w. bush?   president bush was quite successful actually at accomplishing many of the aims of his party:  1. passage of legislation "necessitated" by the events of september 11th that empowered his administration and future administrations to monitor the actions of its citizens more carefully than ever before (ie - patriot act), 2. firm support of many of the conservative ideals of the "conservative side" of his party - halting progress in stem cell research, support for instruction of intelligent design within schools, defense of marriage as an institution reserved for heterosexuals (by way of constitutional amendment!), etc, et cetera, et cetera.  3. continued exploitation of foreign economies through legislation such as cafta, hypocritical stance on illegal immigration that ostensibly suggests that his administration is against it when, in reality, they couldn't be more for it - that which injects much cheap, productive labor into the economy, 4. that whole war on terror / war on oil debate isn't really a debate is it.  so long as the us is able to continue its penetration into new foreign markets, wrest control over other nations' resources, our economy may continue growing.  like a sales ad, i'll stop right here and say that there's "too much to list!"  i have no doubt that republican interests coincide with strong economic growth in this country, but i have always argued over the ethical cost of that growth.  no, they probably wouldn't apologize for a thing.  he was quite productive at realizing or perpetuating many of their ideals.  i am neither a republican or democrat.