The war in Iraq. The single man most responsible for that war was Saddam. He had wmd in the past, acted like he did just before the war, could have avoided the war by simply allowing UN inspectors to do their job, was warned several times, stubbornly followed his own failed policies.

The 9/11 attack: President Bush actually started doing something to bring the terrorists to judgment, unlike Clinton, who when the twin towers were bombed the first time, fired a couple of ineffective cruise missiles, destroying an asprin factory.

The economy: President Bush led the way to serious tax cuts that allowed our economy to rebound in spite of it falling off when he took office and the additional massive economic burden of the 9/11 attack. The present inflation is the result of normal supply and demand which would have occurred no matter who the president is. If Democrats had gotten out of the way, maybe we would have more supply by now.

Security: We haven’t had another attack in our homeland since 9/11. (Maybe by the time you read this we will have had, but so far, so good.) I will agree that President Bush has been soft on border security, but which of his opponents for the presidency would have handled that issue any better?

SCOTUS: President Bush is responsible for the appointment of 2 judges who, so far, appear to be of the opinion that the Constitution means what is says, and we don’t need to look to foreign nations to decide what we will do here. I wonder if we would have affirmation of our right to bear arms if either Gore or Kerry had appointed those two judges?

President Bush has refused to sign on to KYOTO, and this is saving this country from a real nightmare. What would Gore have done?

President Bush is not perfect, who is? He certainly does not deserve the vile hatred that has come his way. That has gone far beyond disagreement with policy and descended into the personal realm and says FAR MORE ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF HIS DETRACTORS than it does about him.

twinkiedooter

I disagree totally with all of your "defenses" as you put it.

I guess you totally dismiss W's calling the Constitution "a goddam piece of paper"...... and other things he did all by himself with no one else's help.

You forgot the skyrocketing gasoline prices..... I guess being a former oilman had nothing to do with that either.

I don't know what Gore would have done to this country..... but it sure would not have been of the same magnitude that W has accomplished all by himself (and his clever handlers).

Let me guess.... you want W to run for another 4 years?

I haven't laughed so hard at anything today. I think you should have posted this under the Humor and Comedy section.

WVHiflyer

twinkie - I agree with you. The only reason I don't want Bush impeached - and jailed, is that it would mean that other would be the Pres. Gotta send Cheney away first and now there's no time.



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tomder55

I have said for some time that President Bush will leave like Truman with extremely unpopular polling and history will vindicate him on most of the issues you raise.
The Bush Doctrine will be the template that future Presidents will use to engage jihadistan much like the Truman Doctrine was the blueprint for the Cold War.
The economy is cyclical and Bush was in office during recovery from 2 economic downturns . The 1st was the tech-stock bubble collapse and the 2nd was the aftermath of 9-11. We went on to have one of the longest sustained expansions in history and I still think the slowdown will end sometime in the fall. I think you have seen peak prices in oil and other commodities like gold and silver .......sell if you have them .

I just wish Bush had more time to appoint another SCOTUS oligarch . All he was able to really do was provide balance. The next President may replace as many as 3 judges .So you know what is at stake in this election.

Twinkie ..... please note that oil prices began to jump when Madame Mimi Pelosi and Harry Reid took over Congress.

The Goracle yesterday announced a 10 year plan to get us off fossile fuels . He gave no details but compared it to the Kennedy Challenge to go to the moon..
uhhhhh................. How did we get there ? With solar power ? I'm telling you ,Neil Armstrong left a huge carbon footprint on the moon!!!

NeedKarma

You think the Apollo rockets used oil? Saturn V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

tomder55

thanks for the clarification I stand corrected .

excon

Hello:

In my view, Bush will go down in hisory as the WORST president EVER.

excon

George_1950

You have evidence of this?

George_1950

Let's see: Gore is one of those guys that lead by example, right? Don't do as I do, but do as I say.

tomder55

worse Presidents :James Buchanan (watched and did nothing as the Union disintegrated ),Andrew Johnson (vetoed civil rights legislations after civil war) among others . Herbert Hoover (turned an economic downturn into the Great Depression .Campaigned for and signed the Smoot-Hawley trade protection act and then passed the Revenue Tax Act of 1932 that raised income taxes, estate taxes and corporate taxes ...plunging the country into the Great Depression), Jimmy Carter (for a number of reasons) . John Tyler was called "acting President" or "his accidency" .He was expelled from his own party while he was President. Franklin Pierce was so bad he is the only President not renominated by his own party. He signed to disasterous Kansas-Nebraska act ;killing the fragile balance achieved by the Missouri Compromise.

My initial ranking puts President Bush smack in the middle of the pack . We do not know yet because alot of his policies are still ongoing .But there is more he could've done in the area of illegal immigration control and entitlement reform .