For all things yes, but for the destructive powers of his overly strong dollar, no. GWB did make the so called recession much worse. Of course it was really a business spending depression of historical scale, not a consumer spending recession.
The actual history of economics and the rising wealth of trading nations has proved the total opposite.
Left-wingers excel at unproven theory while right-wingers look at actual evidence and proven theories.
I look at China today versus 30 years ago and the US today versus 30 years ago and I see two countries that are better off. I see two countries which will eventually be allies versus two countries destined to blow each other up.