That’s becoming the legacy of the Republican party.
“And if a major terror attack were to take place under the new Obama administration, his supporters will be quick to pin the blame on the Bush regime.”
While I agree with thier general ideas, and this is probably true, it should be BS.
A major attack took place under a “new” Bush administration and all I heard was “Bush’s watch” blah blah blah.
Don’t think I wouldn’t say “Obama’s watch”, God forbid anything were to happen.
re: Bush, in fact, has decimated the Republican brand
The ‘Republican Brand’ could have withstood the Bush years if the Republican leadership and its minions had stood up for conservative principles.
Much listed as in the tank under Bush is little more than the problems eight plus years of constant haranguing by the MSM/Lefties cabal have led to. What a pile of steaming BS.
> Conservatives who backed Bush in two successive elections have little to show for their efforts. Bush, in fact, has decimated the Republican brand.
Well, let’s see. Bush described himself as a “Compassionate Conservative”, and to be fair he tended to tell things the way they were.
Guess what? He was precisely what he said he was. Some Conservatives now see that “Compassionate” doesn’t really mean “Hard-line”, it means something a little more soft than that.
People have no cause nor excuse for feeling “betrayed” by this: Truth in Advertizing — they got from Bush what he said he’d deliver. Compassionate Conservatism. More to the center than to the far right.
I'd go for "badly let down", "disserved", or "politically mismanaged", however.
Wonder how Karl Rove is supposed to have earned his keep under the Bush Administration? Readers will have noticed that he bailed out as soon as things got a little warm for him personally, and he didn't provide for a successor -- suggestive of narcissistic motives ("they can't do without me, and I'm going to prove it when I leave!").
Somebody needed to kneecap the BS pouring out of the WaPo/NYT/CBS/CNN propaganda axis, and Rove didn't get it done. Neither did he train up other talent to help him and President Bush get it done. The last 30 months have been a disaster politically.
The sad part is that after years of hard work to get Reagan in office, to get a Republican House, to get a Republican Senate. To finally have all three at once under Bush, it was a chance to show this country what could happen with conservatives in control.
Just to have him throw all our advantage away, just to “reach across the isle”.
No Bully pulpit
No Vetoes
No leadership
Even liberal, big government programs that will be with us forever, (No child left behind, Free drugs).
Bush’s legacy, - Conservatives were betrayed.
Have fun, haters--you don't have GWB to kick around anymore.
Still a few hours left to declare the Democratic party illegal and have all the congress and house thrown in jail.
G.W. and his “compassionate conservatism” is b.s.
He never was a conservative and we were sold a bad bill of goods.
The Bush bashing on FR is disgusting.
We have not even begun to realize just how much we will miss President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
But Harry Truman is considered one of our best president.
They always start off with this. Admiring their own work, I expect.
President Bush is not my favorite because he didn't advance our conservative agenda or fight for the truth when he was lied about, bashed, and shown in the worst possible light for eight stinkin' years, but he ably protected this country from post-9/11 terrorist attacks during his tenure. That ain't chopped liver. And he's a good man, a nice guy, and he far outclasses any radical journalist or dem.
George Bush’s legacy is the destruction of Ronald Reagan’s legacy. The result is that Socialists have gained power in all branches of the government. Even Clinton wasn’t able to do that.
Bush will probably be blamed for the economic crisis, and that will be unjust. For reasons that have been discussed here many times, the Dems are about 75% or more responsible for the economic crisis, thanks to Carter, Clinton, Frank, Dodd, Cuomo and many others. - But Bush and McCain did such a poor job of explaining the crisis that not many Americans understand that. And the MSM sure had no intention of telling the real story.
Conservatives who backed Bush in two successive elections have little to show for their efforts. Bush, in fact, has decimated the Republican brand.
All too true. Both Bushes just trashed the party that others - not them - had built up into positions of greater power and influence. It'll take the work of many and a few years to recover, if it can be done. And "Stay out 'da Bushes".
I fully agree. Bush did a great job on war, terror, etc., however failed miserably on border, spending, big government. He cannot simply be judged by war and terror efforts. While he kept country safe, he destroyed it with his other actions on spending, kissing Marxists butts, not closing borders, etc. Those things are the root of current problems.