George W. was the third worst President:
1) Obama
2) Carter
3) W.
Not hardly. What about Wilson, Buchanan, Jackson just to name the most egregious. For that matter, John Adams and James Madison were not great as presidents.
Bush was dealt a lousy hand. By trying to de-legitimize him the Dems made the country look weak and invited the September 11 attacks. His response to that was as good as could be expected. The Iraq invasion was a mistake but it was caused by bad intel. Given the proximity of the 9/11 attacks the initial invasion was a reasonable response. Besides, Sadam had tried to kill his father. It was when Bush started trying to transform Iraq into a Jeffersonian democracy that the wheels came off.
Inexcusable was his (brief) support for the Venezuelan coup attempt in 2002. This undid 20 years of progress in US/Latin American relations and seriously damaged US credibility in the region. As a result of US intervention Chavez became president for life and it will be generations before the reputation of the US in Latin America recovers.
Bush was not a great president but I don't think history will judge him to be in the bottom third. More towards the middle of the pack.
No, W is worse because he led to Obama.
Don’t forget LBJ, he is still number 1 in my book.
Obama worst ever., Clinton, carter, Kennedy, FDR, and Wison, all worse than Bush. Bush sent the military to rid the planet of at least 100,000 plus Muslims.
LBJ deserves to be tied with one them.