He appears as a decent man and he is in his person, but he was an awful President and his wife is liberal to the core.
American conservatives can do better and must not repeat allowing a RINO clan like the Bush family be in positions of leadership and power.
We elected him because we couldn’t stomach Gore and we were somehow persuaded that Bush was a Texas conservative and different from his father.
We elected him as an incumbent against Kerry because we had great hopes that if we gave him a Republican House and Senate, that he would be able to do the critical reforms the country needed. He squandered what we gave him.
And when it came to McCain and Romney, we’d had enough and we witnessed RINOs taking over the GOP and making themselves the GOP establishment.
Bush, a nice man and awful President except for terrorism where he gave full sway to the military brass and our intelligence services. And they performed superbly.
But Bush gave full sway to Wall St. greed as well and look at what they wrought.
Bush liked to find agreeable people and put things on auto-pilot.
Our military performed well under Bush because they are patriotic.
Our financial markets under Bush were devastated as greed had license to steal and laid scam upon scam at the foot of lower class Americans. Bush’s auto-pilot approach to the bankers and the Wall St. traders was a disaster of historical proportions.
Bush never caved in on the same sex agenda. I don't think he was perfect but he was better than Gore/Kerry. Some in talk radio blasted him for years. He did things I don't like/never will agree with but man, give this a rest. Focus, on Obama and the lame / weak republican Speaker. We can't look back to blame everyday; only to change the way the powers to be should protect our liberties. To all, no one is pushing Jeb that I see here; he would be defeated. Most of us do know that. Imo.
I didn’t vote for Bush either time (Buchanan in 2000 & abstained in 04). The context of the article was that 0bama has “improved” GWB’s approval ratings. I agree with that. He was no conservative, it’s true- but he was the product of the system we’ve been condoning forever. I think he did the best he could.
Some people think that “worse is better”. I don’t. Worse is worse. I hate it. It’s self destructive & crazy. I see a president & first lady who despise America & are doing everything they can to undermine us. No one can ever say that about George W & Laura Bush.
I was *no* fan of George HW Bush. But if you set these men alongside the Clintons, the communist creeps in Congress since 07, & the 0bamas, there is no comparison. Except for a very select few in Washington, they all squander the opportunity to correct the mistakes. They back down & they “compromise” & they sell us out.
We are our own worst enemy.
The Wall Street stuff started under Clinton with the repeal of Glass-Steagall. (though IIRC, NAFTA belonged to Bush I)