Posted on 10/30/2008 5:15:00 AM PDT by SJackson
Up on that rubble with the bullhorn was good, too. Country needed it at that time.
Other than that, very poor president, and about 80% of fellow Americans agree.
Sad case.
He squandered a lot of opportunities and made a number of major missteps.
I for one will not forgive him for the flood of illegals and murders by illegals of Americans on his watch. Any Bushbots care to challenge me about these deaths, or our still porous border situation after eight years minus two months of him?
Sadly, I agree. He is going to go down as one of the worst. Where the HELL has he been for the last 4 years? He is no conservative, that is for sure. This country is in a lot of trouble. The democrats are going to push us off a cliff.
If an administration does not strongly defend its policies and actions, then it allows it opponents and a unfriendly media to define it. When this happens, your party suffers politically.
If McCain wins it will be nothing short of a miracle. Of course, the Dems have a LOT of blame over this economy thing, if not even more than Bush.
Amazing what a different perspective people would have with Bush had his administration been for just the first 4 years. Had Kerry won, we wouldn’t be dealing with Obama.
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I’d vote for him again.
If you guys are still berathing 20 years from now you’ll say you were in his corner the whole time.
I partly blame his policies (socialism mainly), but I mostly blame his PR staff for not challenging a lot of the garbage the press said about him.
He did fight the WOT and we are winning. He gets a big plus for that.
Reagan never left Bush 1 such a screwed up legacy as this President will leave Obama or McCain. Ronnie paved the way for a Bush 1 landslide. Then Bush 1 screws it up four years later. The Bush Family screws up the GOP more than one can imagine. I dont want to see ANOTHER ONE OF THEM near the center of power in my party. Enough.
Don’t forget the monumental totality of his lack of action on illegal immigration!!!
Winning, yes, but after initially TERRIBLE and foolish judgement calls, and screw ups and unecessary deaths of our fighting men. Somebody has to take responsibility for this massive f-ups.
“Hurricane Katrina.”
Bingo. From that point he has never regained the public’s trust. He kept a good stance in not allowing Iraq to become Vietnam, but that’s keeping his obligations—not an extraordinary effort. Although I don’t think he’s quite the empty-suit everyone now thinks, but Lordy his heart just has not been in it for the this term.
Sadly I fear you are correct and I voted for Bush twice and donated to his campaign. He is a magnificent disappointment and has been completely inept during his late 4 years in office. I loath the man so much that I can’t stand to look at him or hear him talk. Bush coupled with spineless do-nothing Republican congressmen and the media have all but given the White House to Obama.
Total disaster of a President.
Never have I seen a guy with such a tin ear. Time and again, he could have come out and expressed himself about any number of issues—but he either chose not to offend anyone or he stumbled through a speech.
Nice guy. I think he wanted to do the right thing. He just cannot communicate.
Pretty much a shame.
“Sadly, I agree. He is going to go down as one of the worst. Where the HELL has he been for the last 4 years? He is no conservative, that is for sure. This country is in a lot of trouble. The democrats are going to push us off a cliff.”
Bush had a once in a hundred years opportunity to deal the leftists in this country a series of blows that they would have had a devil of a time recovering from....
Guns, taxes, illegals, lawyers, military, etc....
And he did nothing!
GW Bush:
Cutting taxes- good
Increasing non-military spending—horrible
Leadership after 9/11—excellent
Sticking with Rumsfeld after 2003—bad
Pushing for the Surge—outstanding
Reaction to credit meltdown—unforgivable
——GW could have been worse and could have been better-—
——Let’s let history decide on his legacy
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