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Since then, Bush's time at the ranch has worked out to 11 percent of his presidency, nearly half what it had been before those twin events.
Through it all, Bush's neighbors provided the president and his entourage with a warm welcome, and some said they have mixed emotions about his leaving. "I think he was one of the best presidents we ever had," said Billy Westerfield, whose own farm is near Bush's property.
At the Red Bull, a souvenir shop in Crawford that sells Bush merchandise, manager Jamie Burgess said she hoped Bush would stick around, for more than just business.
"He's a very nice, courteous man. . . . What you see of him is the way it is," she said. "I think he'll be a good neighbor. I just pray that things will ease up for him. He's been under so much pressure since Day One."
Greenberg predicted that Bush's connection to the Crawford mythos would endure.
"What's amazing to me about Bush . . . is that despite his unpopularity the last three years in particular, and despite his coming under criticism for every aspect of his presidency, the Crawford mythology remains pretty strong," he said.
"The 'compassionate conservative,' the 'uniter, not the divider,' all that has been swept away," Greenberg said. "The Texas cowboy has survived."
