Please don't misunderstand me, FQ. Bush wasn't my first choice in 2000, just as McCain wasn't in 08. However, in both cases, these were the people we were left with when the general election rolled around. That being said, I thought each of them was the better choice in the general than were their opponents. I still believe that, in both cases.
Somehow I suspect history will be much kinder to Bush 43 than you are.