The Bush administration can not go down in history as a great protector of this great nation, when millions upon millions of illegals streamed across our borders. He did everything but put interstate highway styled rest stops on the U.S. side to welcome the illegals. It has yet to be seen whether or not a horrible attack on our soil will come as a consequence of all of the illegals. Terrorists are very patient. If Bill Clinton is wholly responsible for 9/11 ... it only stands to reason that Bush will be responsible for anything that happens in the next year or two.
The Bush administration totally mismanaged the current wars in the early years. Things seem to be much more successful now, but that is only because his feet were held to the fire by others.
The current state of our economy can't possibly be laid at the feet of the democrats alone. Bush's monetary policies have not been stellar, to say the least. Bush had the white house and allowed the democrats to push him around. He never vetoed big spending. Until just three months ago, he continued to insist that the economy was on solid footing.
The Bush administration did not do nearly enough to address this country's energy requirements. Power plants and refineries still face bureaucratic obstacles that make them unattractive to propose, if not totally impossible to build. Bush has allowed his support of ethanol to be argued by his opponents as the reason for the gargantuan USDA budget, when more than 90% of that budget is allocated to food programs and welfare benefits.
Prescription drug program. Need I elaborate?
Geez, I'm tired and have more points, but nobody reads this long posts anyway.
Well, it wasn't like the U.S. was exactly kicking-ass in the early years of WWII & Korea.