the worst President of our lifetimes is walking

[MikeWaters]

into the sunset.

And yes I was alive during the Carter administration.

He diminished America in every way possible. Good riddance. Even Republicans are cheering his passage.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

into the sunset.

And yes I was alive during the Carter administration.

He diminished America in every way possible. Good riddance. Even Republicans are cheering his passage.

Inflation and interest rates were never as high with GW as during the Carter administration. And no President ever had to deal with something like 9/11.

I'm not defending Bush, but you're leaving out vital bits of information.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Inflation and interest rates were never as high with GW as during the Carter administration. And no President ever had to deal with something like 9/11.

I'm not defending Bush, but you're leaving out vital bits of information.

No president could have taken 9/11 and turned the entire Western world against us. That's a stunning achievement.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

No president could have taken 9/11 and turned the entire Western world against us. That's a stunning achievement.

You know this because?

We don't know this at all because only Bush was President at the time. Perhaps if it had been Gore, the US would have been overrun by Al Quedea types while Gore lay under his desk in the fetal position, whimpering and sucking his thumb.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

You know this because?

We don't know this at all because only Bush was President at the time. Perhaps if it had been Gore, the US would have been overrun by Al Quedea types while Gore lay under his desk in the fetal position, whimpering and sucking his thumb.

America trades its birthright for porridge. It traded its soul to fight against a man living in a cave in Pakistan. And that is what Bush will be remembered for.

Thank God we now are going to have a President who believes America must stand for morality. Even in the face of its enemies.

God willing, one day George W. Bush will stand in front of a tribunal to answer for his crimes.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

You know this because?

We don't know this at all because only Bush was President at the time. Perhaps if it had been Gore, the US would have been overrun by Al Quedea types while Gore lay under his desk in the fetal position, whimpering and sucking his thumb.

So you agree he was awful, you just leave open the hypothetical possibility someone COULD have done worse? Sure, ok. Theoretically, it is possible, even if hard to imagine, that someone could have done worse.

[Tex]

Bush was a pretty decent president, all things considered. The opinion of the world vis-a-vis America is a finicky and overrated thing, in my opinion. Bush made his share of mistakes as all men are wont to do, and I'm not sure many of us wouldn't have made the same mistakes were we in his shoes.

Fred Barnes published a column last week detailing 10 Bush achievements. They are not insignificant.

Barnes' 3rd item in particular is a gift to future presidents of all parties, Mr. Obama included: a strengthened executive. While Biden seems oddly determined to diminish the role of the VP, so far Obama has not given off many signals that he will do the same with the presidency. We can only hope.

People who call Bush the "worst" or "one of the worst" are either prone to hyperbole, ignorant of American history, or living with blinders on.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Tex

Bush was a pretty decent president, all things considered. The opinion of the world vis-a-vis America is a finicky and overrated thing, in my opinion. Bush made his share of mistakes as all men are wont to do, and I'm not sure many of us wouldn't have made the same mistakes were we in his shoes.

Fred Barnes published a column last week detailing 10 Bush achievements. They are not insignificant.

Barnes' 3rd item in particular is a gift to future presidents of all parties, Mr. Obama included: a strengthened executive. While Biden seems oddly determined to diminish the role of the VP, so far Obama has not given off many signals that he will do the same with the presidency. We can only hope.

People who call Bush the "worst" or "one of the worst" are either prone to hyperbole, ignorant of American history, or living with blinders on.

The Bush presidency cemented the complete irrelevance of the Weekly Standards and the National Reviews. The moronic partisans who stand for nothing.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

God willing, one day George W. Bush will stand in front of a tribunal to answer for his crimes.

Tribunal, Schribunal. I say we let justice be served in the hereafter. They're more effective than we mere mortals in administering these things.

[MikeWaters]

South Africa's experience is a good example. We can do this, without necessarily throwing people in jail. But rather get to the nitty gritty of who did what, who ordered what, etc. Bring the darkness to light.