How the hell did we survive 88-92 with so many of these clowns in charge?
My take is that Papa Buss invalidated some of the REALLY REALLY bad policies.
He was POTUS after all.
JMHO
Well, fortunately the USSR was disintegrating at the time, and the islamofascists were just getting on their feet. Saddam provided entertaining TV drama with his largely useless "third largest army in the world." Given the times, and aside from Desert Storm, doing nothing but bloviating at our friends was probably the best policy.