The 43rd U.S. President

George W. Bush

Born: July 6, 1946

Term in Office: 2001-2009

Starting with the Florida election fiasco in 2000 (when the term "hanging chads" was born and became part of the country's lexicon), to the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, to my frustration with the country for electing this dude a second time in 2004, I was disgusted with Dubya and was unhappy with him as our country's President. 

But being President isn't forever, and W. returned to life as a civilian. Since then he's become... well... almost kind of likeable. The Bushes -- H.W., Jeb, and W. -- joined the minority faction of Republicans critical of Trump's time in the Oval Office. George picked up a paint brush and cranked out a whole pile of not-too-bad portraits. And then he became fast friends with the Obamas when he shared mints with Michelle at John McCain's funeral. 

Maybe his best-known non-political saving grace was his ownership of Spot Fetcher, an English Springer Spaniel.