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I just thought it was a pretty strange thing for him to say, since the only thing that's ever really mattered to him is being liked.

Poor George. I guess someone read a newspaper to him.

Well, in a month he can go back to being a frat boy and doing keg stands in Texas.

No, he's saying he didn't compromise his soul.

Therefore he did not enjoy popularity.

Bush is actually a good man. If you want to see corruption, look at the democrats in Illinois.

I think it means that he did what he thought was right even though he knew it would be unpopular. One of the things I still respect about him.