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Was George W. Bush a great President?
Frb. 10, 2010 | Chuck Morse

Posted on 02/10/2010 11:14:31 AM PST by Chuckmorse

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To: marvlus
He was great in defending our country, but in many things he was not so great.

Yeah, really love the way he defended our southern border against the millions of invaders and colonists streaming across it./sarcasm

Regards,

41 posted on 02/10/2010 11:49:17 AM PST by alexander_busek
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To: ZULU

Ever hear of the media? The Dems had a steady drumbeat of everything Bush does is wrong - even when it was far from wrong. The media was a willing accomplice and have contributed more to your attitude towards him than you probably care to admit. He accomplished some very good things and was until the end a strong President. He had some bad policies but many good ones. He was a great President. Not nearly as great as Ronaldus Maximus, but great.


42 posted on 02/10/2010 11:50:24 AM PST by Blogger
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To: GonzoGOP
Bottom 3
42) Jimmy Carter
43) B Hussein Obama (But don't count him out of the bottom spot yet. If he actually starts a Civil War that kills off over 3% of the total US population he could yet be worse than...)
44) James Buchanan

How can you leave Lyndon Baines Johnson off this list? He's easily the worst President of the 20th century.

His "Great Society" programs destroyed the black nuclear family, replacing the black father with a welfare check, leading to an explosion in single-parent families and an inner-city crime wave the likes of which this country had never seen before but now accepts as part of everyday life.

Immigration "reform" enacted during his administration opened the floodgates to third-world immigrants, transforming America from a "melting pot" of European cultures to a tossed salad of Balkanized enclaves of unassimilated immigrants and their offspring who eschew the Western traditions of the elightenment, freedom and democracy.

There's there's gun control, Vietnam, and the list goes on and on.

Obama has some pretty big shoes to fill if he ever aspires to be the worst President in my lifetime. Carter doesn't even come close. At least he gave us Reagan. I'd be hard-pressed to think of a man who screwed this country up more than LBJ.

43 posted on 02/10/2010 11:53:26 AM PST by Drew68
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To: US Navy Vet

Here’s the problem. By attacking Iraq, GWB helped to make Iran into a regional and soon-to-be world power. Iraq was the major counter-poise to Iran in the Middle East, and now Iraq is controlled by the Shia who were largely raised in Iran during the Sadaam era.

By mismanaging both the Iraq war and the American economy, Mr. Bush was largely responsible for the political backlash that gave us a Democratic Congress and leftist Barack Obama as President.

GWB may have put us into peril, because under no circumstance will Barack Obama attack Iran’s Weapons of Mass Destruction, which are very real in Iran but largely turned out to be a fantasy in Iraq.

We have our hands tied behind our back because of Barack Obama being in the White House. Let’s all pray that we can survive until the 2012 Presidential election when we will get a new Commander in Chief.


45 posted on 02/10/2010 11:56:26 AM PST by MarkAccord
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To: Chuckmorse

A great Commander in Chief, a great tax cutter, a great defender of the unborn and a good and decent man with several blind spots domestically. But a good man and I would have been elated had he been my CIC rather one I had for a couple of years, namely Jimmy Carter.


46 posted on 02/10/2010 11:57:50 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: Chuckmorse

I disagreed with much of what Bush did and with lots of
what he didn’t get done.

I give him massive credit for prosecuting the war on terror at full throttle, full commitment, boots on the ground and sticking to it.

I give him massive credit for two excellent Supreme Court picks that will pay dividends for decades in overturning liberalism in law.

The one thing he had to get right, he did - protecting us at full throttle in a very challenging time.

ampu


47 posted on 02/10/2010 12:00:06 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Chuckmorse

20-30 years from now, George Bush will be remembered positively for his foriegn policy. Mark my words.


48 posted on 02/10/2010 12:00:33 PM PST by Wee-Weed Up
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To: MarkAccord

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291738-5

Tony Blair testimony in 3 parts...on the Iraq war and Saddam’s “fantasy” WMD.


49 posted on 02/10/2010 12:01:57 PM PST by roses of sharon (I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13)
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To: Chuckmorse

I am happy with the supreme court justices that made it to the bench, and the liberation of so many people, these things may prove great later...only time will tell


50 posted on 02/10/2010 12:05:30 PM PST by MANO
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To: MarkAccord
By attacking Iraq, GWB helped to make Iran into a regional and soon-to-be world power. Iraq was the major counter-poise to Iran in the Middle East, and now Iraq is controlled by the Shia who were largely raised in Iran during the Sadaam era.

Right, we should have simply sat pat while Hussein and Ahmanutjob both acquired nuke capability.

And in the mean time we could simply have allowed Hussein to continue to give sanctuary to the worst or the worst terrorists including Abu Abbas, Abu Nidal and Abu Zarqawi. Then we could wait for the next attack on America while Hussein paid bounty for the heads of American and Israeli citizens.

The Middle East was a boil that needed lancing and Bush had the balls to do it. No thanks of course to folks like you who just never could see the writing on the wall or gave a crap that the Abbas' of the world had already killed Americans like Leon Klinghoffer and were now basking in the horror that was Baghdad.

51 posted on 02/10/2010 12:06:02 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: Drew68
How can you leave Lyndon Baines Johnson off this list

There were only three spots, I can't help it if the Dem's provide a virtually limitless supply of FAIL with which to pollute the presidency. It was a choice of FDR, Wilson, LBJ or Carter. I rolled a four sider and it came up peanuts.
52 posted on 02/10/2010 12:07:56 PM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: Chuckmorse

George W. Bush profligate spender who missed the opportunity to end the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden in Tora Bora, mishandler of the level of federal debt, in charge of a justice department that tried innocent fighting men for so called war crimes, lover of ear marks and illegals....you bet a great president. /s


53 posted on 02/10/2010 12:08:41 PM PST by the long march
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To: GonzoGOP
I can't help it if the Dem's provide a virtually limitless supply of FAIL with which to pollute the presidency.

I guess you have a point. Furthermore, LBJ didn't fail. On the contrary, he was quite successful at screwing up the country, a fact not lost on Johnson himself in his decision to spare us a second full term.

54 posted on 02/10/2010 12:10:31 PM PST by Drew68
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To: GonzoGOP

I would still put Jimmy “The Peanut IQ” Carter, Harding, Buchanan, and LBJ ahead Barry Obama in worst catagory.


55 posted on 02/10/2010 12:14:10 PM PST by MeSpikeLibs
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To: Chuckmorse

56 posted on 02/10/2010 12:14:19 PM PST by BufordP (Once a Marine - always a Marine ... Until Jack Murtha.)
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To: jwalsh07

It seems to me that Iran is a much more dangerous threat to America than Iraq, with the no-fly zone, ever was.

By attacking Iraq, we are now helpless against Iran, at least until 2012.


57 posted on 02/10/2010 12:14:26 PM PST by MarkAccord
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To: MarkAccord

It’s not now either/or nor was it ever. Both were dangerous to American interests, only one was importing terrorists and paying bounty on American and Israeli heads out in the open. Not to mention invading their neighbors and exterminating Kurds.


58 posted on 02/10/2010 12:16:32 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: Drew68
a fact not lost on Johnson himself in his decision to spare us a second full term.

That is one of the few reasons I put him higher on the list than Carter. 1) He realized he had screwed up and stepped down. 2) He retired quietly. 3) He did love his country, he may have been a progressive, but he was proud to be an American.

In the case of Carter he never admitted he screwed up, and he simply refuses to shut up and go away, and he hates America and all that it once stood for.
59 posted on 02/10/2010 12:17:33 PM PST by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: alexander_busek
Yeah, really love the way he defended our southern border against the millions of invaders and colonists streaming across it./sarcasm

Yeah I agree with you there. I wasn't considering illegal immigration defense, which was non existent.

60 posted on 02/10/2010 12:18:00 PM PST by marvlus
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