I was curious to know if the Collegian editors thought much before publishing Paul Cambell's U-Wire column ("Bush will leave no legacy for future generations," Sept. 3) commenting on how "much weaker and poorer" our nation has apparently become thanks to President Bush's inability to "leave no legacy for future generations."

Mr. Cambell's thoughts were rhetorical, Bush-hating partisanship at its finest. He nostalgically drools over the Democrats' favorite chief executives: FDR, JFK, LBJ and Clinton. He says the "common thread that sews these presidents together is that they had the character to challenge Americans to be even greater than what they were before." Really? Tell me how creating the modern American welfare state, making millions dependent on hand outs from the government "challenges Americans to be even greater than what they were before."

If Mr. Cambell chooses to see the legacy Bush will leave behind as one that lacked vision and hope for Americans, that's fine. But there is a couple in Baghdad that might not agree. Nadia Jergis Mohammed and her husband Abdul Kader Faris named their baby son, born July 11, George Bush Abdul Kader Faris Abed El- Hussein. Talk about a legacy for future generations.