President George W. Bush is leaving with one of the lowest approval ratings in the history of numbers. During his final months on the job, the controversial commander-in-chief has given several interviews that have revealed how he views his legacy. Here are some highlights…

Soul not for sale
One of the president’s most interesting sound bites came during his interview with FOX News. He said: “I didn’t compromise my soul to be a popular guy.” The quote is an acknowledgment that the president is well aware that he’s about as popular as taxes and chicken pox. Bush went on to say that he would have liked to have been more popular, but he’s proud that he didn’t sacrifice his integrity.

What Bush regrets
During a rather candid interview several weeks ago, folks heard something truly surprising from the president—an admission that he was wrong. Bush said that his “biggest regret” was that he and his team got the intelligence wrong in Iraq. As the Washington Post puts it, “The self-criticism is notable for a president who has long resisted looking back at his time in the White House and once was unable to provide an example of a mistake he had made in office.”

GW is pushing hard to rewrite some parts of history under his adminstration.  Right now he is not doing so well, telling half truths about his days in the WH.  Maybe history when it is written wuill be kind, remember the diasterous days of Carter and Ford?  They are not seemed as that bad now….so maybe there is hope for the GW.