He was terrible, worse than even Pops.
He’s already senile just like his daddy who was grabbing ass
Frig’ the Bush clan.
We parents naturally worry when our own wear the uniform and head off to a war zone. Dubya always did what he could for our troops, and it showed, and I took comfort in that.
W’s second term was so bad with his fixation on Iraq nation building, and a feckless McCain, Obama was elected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkAtUq0OJ68
A audio speech of Bush, just a couple years prior to the epic housing collapse where Boosh is demanding home loans for totally unqualified minorities.
presidents born in 1946
Trump June 14th
Bush July 6th
Clinton August 19th
older than all of them
Biden November 20th 1942
I started out w/GWB being supportive, even positive. I guess in a Jimmy Carter sort of way, back when I leaned Democrat.
I would have to say he was one of the worst presidents. And the Iraq war was an absolute abomination from every possible viewpoint.
Shut out of a bathroom because of a locked building, I don’t know which Bush I’d rather piss on. At this late date, how could we have ANY illusions about the political Establishment in this country. 90% are members of Uniparty, and only a small handful of principled men remain.Figuring out the REAL and PRACTICAL differences between the “two main parties” ( and by extension the two Bushes you reference) is a joke and will, or at least should leave you sorry you’ll never get that time back again.
People on FR were so happy to get rid of the Clintons. Remember hanging chads? Sore Loserman? FR even hosted an inauguration ball in DC. My daughter served in Iraq during his first term. Only if it was as bad as that today.
GWB’s most notable quote and lie: Islam is a religion of peace.
He also looked in Putin’s eyes and saw a man of integrity.
He is mostly remembered as a man whom an Arab threw his shoes at and missed.
No ISIS
No Syrian civil war
No 4 million Syrian refugees flooding Europe
No death of Saddam/Iranian takeover of Iraq
What could have been:
Dismantling of Saudi regime, replace w Western mandate
Free oil for a generation
Removal of nukes from Pakistan
did i miss anything?
To this day I despise my screen name on FreeRepublic. But it also serves as a reminder not to get too attached to or confident in any politician at any time. Ever again.
Actually in hindsight, his first term wasn’t even decent. We just gave him our support because of the 9/11 attacks.
It's ironic, they tagged GHW Bush with the wimp label when he was the most badass President since Teddy Roosevelt
GW Bush was a wimp. He set wheels in motion and then failed to show the resolve needed to follow through
Bush was asked about his legacy.
He flippantly replied “ask me in 30 years”
Unfortunately, we didn't have to wait that long.
It's already clear that Bush was handed huge wins by the old hands in his first term and then blew the hard won victories with bis epic fail crony team in his second term.
At the end of the day, he left the Middle East and Afghanistan in chaos with his kinder, gentler approach and his failure to engage his lying political opponents gave us Nancy Pelosi and eight years of Barak Obama
History will not be kind to this guy