In the few cases where people have asked me, as a history professor, to rate Bush, I tell them that two years into his successor’s term (at the time, didn’t know who it would be), George W. Bush, for all his faults, will be FONDLY remembered.
I will bet you a case of your favorite beer or wine that by Summer 09, the wheels will have completely come off the country and dodging thugs will be a national past-time.
I’d say mid-July 09 by the looks of things.