He oversaw a huge government expansion, the borders collapsed, he gave us the Prescription Drug benefits boondoggle, and the No Child Left Behind fiasco. Domestically, he has had many mis-steps. I voted for him twice, and I'm not sorry I did, but I have become quite disappointed.
Although I'll always be grateful for his prosecution of the war against terrorism and his supreme court picks.
Yep, the President’s domestic/economic record is just abysmal . . . or may be not:
Here’s where things stood in 1980, Carter’s last year in office, and in subsequent periods:
• Carter: Interest rate, 21%. Inflation, 13.5%. Unemployment, 7%. The so-called “Misery Index,” which Carter used to great effect in his 1976 campaign to win election, 20.5%.
• Reagan’s last year: Interest rate, 9%. Inflation, 4.1%. Unemployment, 5.5%. Misery Index, 9.6%.
• Bush today: Interest rate, 8%. Inflation, 2.6%. Unemployment, 4.5%. Misery Index, 7.1%.
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=264727202278115
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm . . . ALL indexes better under Bush 43 than Reagan — how’d that happen?!
Neither the Prescription Drug benefit or the NCLB is a boondoggle or fiasco. Both were things he campaigned on and have exceeded expectations.
While I would agree with much of your critique, I would take exception to NCLB. To me it was a great tool to force even marginal accounting and reporting on out of control school districts.
You hit all of the appropriate points. on the difference between Great and Good for GWB.
You and I see President Bush the same way.