I will say that Bush moved me when he spoke from Ground Zero a couple of days after 911 though. I know there's so much more to a Presidency than a few words, and I know he has a lot to answer for, but his words have always stuck in my mind......He speaks to the rescue workers from a megaphone, one shouts "we cant hear you Mr President' Bush replies "But I can hear you, and the people who knocked down these buildings will hear ALL of us soon"
I too felt for him at that time, 9/11 was something that had never been imagined and he was still finding his feet in his, then, new job he and had to deal with something as outrageous as 9/11 was.
When our (UK) military band(s) start playing the USA, rather than our, national anthem outside of Buckingham Palace then one figures that something 'special' has taken place!