It’s a little tasteless to speak for all New Yorkers with respect to what they found most meaningful post-9/11. I’m fervently anti-Bush, but I can also acknowledge that lots of Americans found his leadership (and his first pitch) comforting in the wake of the most traumatic event in the country’s history.

If something doesn’t match up with some people’s political views completely then they throw a hissy fit. I’ll never understand that type of mentality.

This article could not be a bigger, more petulant, wet blanket. I voted against him twice (yes, it was a vote against him), and obviously don’t view his presidency favorably. But he was awesome in the few months following 9/11, and this moment was a highlight (when I/we still needed one) that still gives me chills.…