Posted on 05/22/2008 5:04:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
Preventented numerous planned attacks on America since 9/11
Appointed excellent Justices
No, you're saying we should judge Reagan by how well Bush I did. By any measure, Bush I was a mediocre president.
I blame Bush for everything, including every paper cut I get.
Seriously, as the putative leader of the Republican Party, with the most visibility, he sets the agenda and is the primary communicator of that agenda to the American people. In that regard, he has almost completely failed. He's been a pretty good President overall, and certainly better than he's polled, but leading the party is part of his responsibility as the highest elected official in the land. He completely ignored that facet of his leadership role.
Exactly my point. I judge Reagan to be a better President than Bush I. If Obama or McCain turns out to be a better President than GW, then we’ll “write off” the Bush Presidency. If not, he’s a genius.
Larry Elder nails it.
Having some limited contact with the world of academia, I respect the results of these sorts of “polls” not one bit.
The Anchoress usually has terrific insight and I agree with her on this. Although I’ve had my own problems with some things President Bush has/has not done, I’ve come to the conclusion that the real basis for so much hate towards him from the left is his practice of Christianity.
I remember it well.
I was a junior history major with an ambition to pursue a PhD. in history and become an historian. It puzzled me that so many academics thought they knew so much when in fact they had no clue.
Ditto.
If you remember, the Liberals challenged Bush in his first Presidential campaign by saying (among other things) he had no foreign policy experience. And, for a guy with minimal foreign policy experience going into the WH, he was handed the absolute worst foreign policy nightmare that even an experienced political hand could deal with. In view of everything that he brought to the WH and everything he has had to deal with, I think this President has done a positively sterling job and gets nowhere near enough credit for what he has accomplished... and more importantly -the problems he has averted for the U.S.
i agree....quit blaming bush...bush didnt cause duncan hunter to get rejected, or even fred thompson....
the republican party caved to the liberal wing.
I’m with you!
Referring to true Patriots as vigilantes?
Groupthink at its worst. Bush will be remembered for many things; I rather suspect that Iraq has a good chance of success and that in itself makes the left insanely jealous of him.
Stories like this are nothing more than totems for the left, to convince the weak-kneed among them to join the followers class.
How many historians can anyone name on a moments’ notice? I think that drives *them* nuts— consigned to the very dustbins they so meticulously tend.
Our primary process needs reforming. Another Freeper quoted the other day that McInsane got the nomination by getting only 30-some percent fo the primary votes! By the time of the Virginia primary where I was voting at the time, Thompson, Hunter, and Romney had dropped out. I almost crossed over and voted for Obama just for the pleasure of voting against Her Heinous but instead registered my displeasure by voting for Ron Paul.
“Sage” bump
GLAD BUSH IS STILL AROUND
By Paul Johnson (eminent British historian and author)
Looking back over the last few years, I find it hard to fault Mr. Bush on any major point. He has always been brave. He has never shown the slightest fear of unpopularity, putting the needs of the nation before his political fortunes. He has shown himself ready at all times to make big, risky and venturesome decisions, being persuaded they were in the U.S.’ (and the West’s) interests, and then sticking to them. Indeed, if there’s one thing that exceeds Mr. Bush’s courage, it’s his resolution, his pertinacity, his steadfast consistency.
He is a leader who will not give way to threats, criticisms and abuse, a man of valor when times are hard. In this election year, when the Constitution demands that he must give way to another President, I salute him and applaud his conduct of affairs.
Some may call President Bush obstinate; others may say, with some reason, that he is not skilled in explaining his policies. But I insist that beneath it all he has been a heroic leader in a time of testing, and I am glad that he will still be in charge for the rest of this year.
You can read the entire commentary here:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0505/027_print.html
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HISTORY WILL BE KIND TO GEORGE W BUSH
By Ed Koch
. . . The reason I believe history will redeem President George W. Bush is that he is one of the few leaders on the planet today who understands the larger picture. He has not lost his courage and vision of the future. He knows what calamities await the world if it engages in appeasement and deserts an ally in order to buy an illusory peace. We will recognize his worth long after he is gone.
Read the entire article here:
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/ss_politics0153_05_20.asp
Bush will be seen by history as one of the greatest U. S. Presidents.
Both he and Lincoln have had great Faith in the Lord. And they have carried out their Presidencies accordingly.
I actually think it is a failure, but not for any of the reasons the historians list.Its a failure because Bush caved on almost every issue outside of Iraq and did so in such a way as to totally demoralize and disorganize the conservative base which allowed (somehow, I still havent figured out exactly how) John Stupid McCain, the stupidest Republican live, to be the partys nominee.
Bush won two elections as a conservative and handed us over to the wolves.
Bush is to the Republican Party (and to conservatives) what Jimmy Carter was to the United States of America.
Nailed it!
HNN's historians provided three principal reasons in labeling Bush's presidency a "failure":
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