Posted on 02/20/2023 9:16:26 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Historians generally rank Franklin D. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington as the three best presidents, and it’s hard to say that any of them are overrated — though Roosevelt's and Lincoln’s accomplishments (the former steered the country through economic calamity and world war and the latter saved the Union) were arguably more significant than Washington’s (whose greatest presidential act perhaps was relinquishing the job after two terms).Forget FDR or Lincoln and rationales for or against: Washington is, truly, the indispensable man. And that this idiot doesn't get that tells me that he hasn't a clue about the fragility of self-governance in the early Republic -- which then tells me he hasn't a clue about self-governance's near death as of 2023.
The headline is the punchline. When MSDNC thinks they know what I do or do not remember about anything they can STFU. The people who write these articles are scummy trash, I fart in their general direction. The condescension is appalling.
Don’t blame me. GW Bush is the one in love with Michelle Obama.
If Mecca was gone, Islamics would realize that their Allah could not even protect his own “holy” city. Islam would fade away.
Good point.
#10 He let the 9/11 terrorists go back to Saudi Arabia.
He collected at least $10 million to his “foundation” later on from the Saudi’s.
Free Republic is now just another bds infested leftwing site. Bush hatred based on leftist lies. Conservatism thrown in the garbage. All because Trump spews those same lies. Sickening.
W F’d up by creating the DHS and TSA and a great expansion of GVT.
He was further too influenced by his Dad on working together with Dems helping them to attack the republican party. Together the Bushes enhanced the uniparty and exemplify the Washington Elitists. W opened the door to the dems with Plamegate allowing Obama to step in.
You do not understand Islam, do you. I grew up in a Muslim neighborhood and my best friend was a Muslim in school years . I know this religion having observed it first hand up close.
Well Carter ushered in Reagan so agree
Frankly, with the help of Ted Kennedy.
Many of Bush's problems at the time related to Karl Rove let being in DC go to his head, forgot that he got in on Bush's coattails, and lead the GOP in turning its back on the base. I think it was Rove who lead Bush to never defend himself from criticism that could have and should have been easily countered.
It's not GWB's fault that Obama, Holder and Robert Mueller turned the FBI and FISA courts into a private secret police. The FBI and FISA are more dangerous than DHS and the Patriot Act and existed long before 9/11. Few realized how malevolent Mueller really was until Russia Collusion took off 20 years later.
Since so many have forgotten, US won the Iraq War. It was Obama who nearly succeeded in turning a win into a loss by his failure to deal with the Iranian backed insurgents, Al Queda, the Taliban, and starting two more wars in Syria and Libya.
George W Bush was a disaster, but at least it was a SLOW disaster compared to Obama and Biden.
“The only winner was Iran.”
Sunni vs Sunni. The eternal Muslim conflict and wars. How hard is this to understand? But in 2004 Bushy#2 took out Saddam and Iraq. That only made Iran stronger.
At Free Republic GW Bush was worshiped during his war launching years. Everyone here and stupid moi cheered him on. There was a Bush family cheerleading thread going on all the time.
Today we know it’s a fool’s errand to bring Muslim nations to democracy. So we have about five thousand men killed. Thousands maimed. And trillions flushed down twin (Iraq - Afghanistan) Muzzz rathole toilets.
He was worse than a doormat, he was complicit with the New World Order Progressives. I don’t know if he went into office supporting the One World Government, but 9/11 and the aftermath convinced him.
Maybe we should have been more skeptical of a high school athlete that turns into a male cheer leader in college. He never wanted to be a doer, just an influencer.
I received my understanding of Islam on 9/11/01. Your Muslim friend would be considered an apostate by truly observant Muslims. Like Catholics, Jews or any other adherents to a religion, there are those who talk the talk and those who walk the walk. A Christian who walks the walk will forgive you. A Muslim who walks the walk will kill you, if you decline to become one and he can get away with it.
A road to hell ends at the same destination regardless of speed.
In retrospect, he was utter and complete garbage.
While true, if you’re going slower, you can always course correct easier.
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