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Bush approval rating has risen since he left office it is tied with Obama now . I think the worst is Obama then Carter in my opinion
Actually, Bush's rating is still pathetic for an ex-president.
They usually have high approval ratings when they are ex-presidents. Bush is still underwater 5 years later.
With all due respect, Joe...isn't he STILL being blamed by progressives 5 years later? I mean it's almost become farce at this point. W's been back in Crawford cutting brush for five years and the Left is still obsessed with blaming him. Your previous post about what Bush will ultimately be judged on was rather astute by the way...which is why I think in the long run his reputation will continue to improve because he really didn't handle any of them badly and handled many of them quite well. TARP was his baby...he took major heat from conservatives on it but he felt it was needed and pulled the trigger on it...probably keeping the economy from cratering. From my vantage point it's TARP that pulled us back from the brink...not the stimulus that followed.
Conservatives won't forgive him for the Great Society
I should hope not. A half a century and trillions of dollars later, the rate of poverty has INCREASED! A complete and utter failure in which more harm than good was done by that fucking meddling central planner.
and Democrats won't forgive him for Vietnam
They seem to have no problem forgiving Obama for Afghanistan and all the other little wars he's involved us in...even though he doesn't call it "war". They're happy bombs being delivered by those drones you see...
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9/11---- might not have happened if clinton had taken OBL when sudan offered him up
Iraq ---- stupid unnecessary war, but congress authorized and funded it, Bush did not do it alone
Katrina ---- the failures were at the state and local level, FEMA was as good as they were in NY and NJ after Sandy
The great recession ---- Duh, I guess you think that Bush did that all by himself. You cannot be as ignorant as you seem, no one could be.
Actually, Bush's rating is still pathetic for an ex-president.
They usually have high approval ratings when they are ex-presidents. Bush is still underwater 5 years later.
With all due respect, Joe...isn't he STILL being blamed by progressives 5 years later? I mean it's almost become farce at this point. W's been back in Crawford cutting brush for five years and the Left is still obsessed with blaming him. Your previous post about what Bush will ultimately be judged on was rather astute by the way...which is why I think in the long run his reputation will continue to improve because he really didn't handle any of them badly and handled many of them quite well. TARP was his baby...he took major heat from conservatives on it but he felt it was needed and pulled the trigger on it...probably keeping the economy from cratering. From my vantage point it's TARP that pulled us back from the brink...not the stimulus that followed.
I have no problem with TARP. It was an act of political courage.
But it was everything that Bush did that lead up to that, from deregulating the banks to the point where they made all these risky loans, to running up huge defiicts when the economy was healthy enough to balance the budget, to blowing a trillion dollars in Iraq, that caused that great recession.
I think all presidents eventually get boiled down to one thing. And in Bush's case, it will be Iraq.
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Deregulating the banks? LOL!
Bush piled on more regulations.
No, George W. Bush is not the worst president ever, he is not even on the top 5 list of worst presidents ever. And for that matter, Barack Obama would not even be on the list of 5 worst presidents either.
By far, the worst president ever was Teddy Roosevelt, a true America-hating progressive. One of Teddy's lesser known quotes was "to hell with the Constitution". Teddy, also ran as a 3rd party candidate with the progressive Bull Moose party to take votes away from Howard Taft and give the election to the 2nd worst president ever, Woodrow Wilson. Wilson, who with a Democrat majority in the house and senate sold the right of congress to coin money to the federal reserve, and of course we can see where this has lead us.
The remaining 3 of the five worst presidents ever: FDR, Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter.
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Deregulating the banks? LOL!
Bush piled on more regulations.
Okay, Chippy, you tell yourself that..
How's the weather on Bizarro World?
The one who has no understanding of economics is you Corky.Conservatives won't forgive him for the Great Society
I should hope not. A half a century and trillions of dollars later, the rate of poverty has INCREASED! A complete and utter failure in which more harm than good was done by that fucking meddling central planner.
and Democrats won't forgive him for Vietnam
They seem to have no problem forgiving Obama for Afghanistan and all the other little wars he's involved us in...even though he doesn't call it "war". They're happy bombs being delivered by those drones you see...
The rate of poverty has increased because the wealth has shifted from the working class to wealthy. Government dependency isn't a cause, it's a symptom. I'm sorry your understanding of economics is so poor you don't understand this.
TR was the prototype for the modern neocon....He totally sucked ass.No, George W. Bush is not the worst president ever, he is not even on the top 5 list of worst presidents ever. And for that matter, Barack Obama would not even be on the list of 5 worst presidents either.
By far, the worst president ever was Teddy Roosevelt, a true America-hating progressive. One of Teddy's lesser known quotes was "to hell with the Constitution". Teddy, also ran as a 3rd party candidate with the progressive Bull Moose party to take votes away from Howard Taft and give the election to the 2nd worst president ever, Woodrow Wilson. Wilson, who with a Democrat majority in the house and senate sold the right of congress to coin money to the federal reserve, and of course we can see where this has lead us.
The remaining 3 of the five worst presidents ever: FDR, Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter.
I wouldnt put TR on there...I disagreed with some of his stuff, but agreed with others.....but FDR, LBJ, Carter, Harding, and maybe Andrew Johnson
Actually, Bush's rating is still pathetic for an ex-president.
They usually have high approval ratings when they are ex-presidents. Bush is still underwater 5 years later.
With all due respect, Joe...isn't he STILL being blamed by progressives 5 years later? I mean it's almost become farce at this point. W's been back in Crawford cutting brush for five years and the Left is still obsessed with blaming him. Your previous post about what Bush will ultimately be judged on was rather astute by the way...which is why I think in the long run his reputation will continue to improve because he really didn't handle any of them badly and handled many of them quite well. TARP was his baby...he took major heat from conservatives on it but he felt it was needed and pulled the trigger on it...probably keeping the economy from cratering. From my vantage point it's TARP that pulled us back from the brink...not the stimulus that followed.
I have no problem with TARP. It was an act of political courage.
But it was everything that Bush did that lead up to that, from deregulating the banks to the point where they made all these risky loans, to running up huge defiicts when the economy was healthy enough to balance the budget, to blowing a trillion dollars in Iraq, that caused that great recession.
I think all presidents eventually get boiled down to one thing. And in Bush's case, it will be Iraq.
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9/11---- might not have happened if clinton had taken OBL when sudan offered him up
and we might have gotten OBL if the GOP hadn't insisted on wasting two years of Clinton's time impeaching him over a blow job. We might have avoided 9/11 if Bush hadn't read a CIA Brief entitled "Bin Laden determined to strike US" and then said, "You covered your ass" and went fishing a month before 9/11 happened.
Iraq ---- stupid unnecessary war, but congress authorized and funded it, Bush did not do it alone
Can you honestly say that we would have went to war with Iraq if Al Gore had been president? Bush is responsible for Iraq because he was avenging his Pa like a bad western.
Katrina ---- the failures were at the state and local level, FEMA was as good as they were in NY and NJ after Sandy
Actually, FEMA was a litany of fuckups, so bad Bush had to fire his "Heckava job" FEMA DIrector and put the military in charge.
The great recession ---- Duh, I guess you think that Bush did that all by himself. You cannot be as ignorant as you seem, no one could be.
Funny, what I remember was when bush became president, we had 400 billion dollar surpluses, peace, prosperity, 3% unemployment, the only growth in middle class wages since the 1960's....
Bush managed to fuck up all those things. Yeah, it's his fault.
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Deregulating the banks? LOL!
Bush piled on more regulations.
Okay, Chippy, you tell yourself that..
How's the weather on Bizarro World?
Show me where Bush reduced regulation.
What bill did that? When did it pass?
Take your time. LOL!
He spelled it that way in reference to the picture below -- as you well know.Wait did Lakhota mispell a word, what a dipshit dumbass, he made fun of me doing it....he cant even spell library.....LOLOLOLOLOLOL
He's such a dumbfuck pussy....
I don't know if Bush was the worst President ever because I'm not that well educated in the details of American history. But he certainly was the worst President in my lifetime, which began with FDR -- whom I believe was the best President in recent history.
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9/11---- might not have happened if clinton had taken OBL when sudan offered him up
and we might have gotten OBL if the GOP hadn't insisted on wasting two years of Clinton's time impeaching him over a blow job. We might have avoided 9/11 if Bush hadn't read a CIA Brief entitled "Bin Laden determined to strike US" and then said, "You covered your ass" and went fishing a month before 9/11 happened.
Can you honestly say that we would have went to war with Iraq if Al Gore had been president? Bush is responsible for Iraq because he was avenging his Pa like a bad western.
Actually, FEMA was a litany of fuckups, so bad Bush had to fire his "Heckava job" FEMA DIrector and put the military in charge.
The great recession ---- Duh, I guess you think that Bush did that all by himself. You cannot be as ignorant as you seem, no one could be.
Funny, what I remember was when bush became president, we had 400 billion dollar surpluses, peace, prosperity, 3% unemployment, the only growth in middle class wages since the 1960's....
Bush managed to fuck up all those things. Yeah, it's his fault.
Only if Bush was responsible for 9/11, Joe. Do you want to make that case?
I'm sorry but if Slick Willie was still President when 9/11 took place then the "peace dividend" that he took advantage of (not to mention the Dot Com Boom, which had ended before his last year in office) would have vanished like smoke in a strong wind. Bush didn't REALLY fuck things up...he got hit with a serious of problems that he had to deal with. The recession that was already underway when he took office and then an attack upon the US that was a total shock to all of us.
Okay, Chippy, you tell yourself that..
How's the weather on Bizarro World?
Show me where Bush reduced regulation.
What bill did that? When did it pass?
Take your time. LOL!
seriously, I have never, on any board, in any discussion had a liberal who could tell me what regulation reducing legislation bush initiated.
bush the worst? No, but like tampax...he's up there.
Show me where Bush reduced regulation.
What bill did that? When did it pass?
Take your time. LOL!
seriously, I have never, on any board, in any discussion had a liberal who could tell me what regulation reducing legislation bush initiated.
Phil Gramm, Father of Subprime Deregulation, Chief McCain Economic Advisor - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
McCain guru linked to subprime crisis - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com
In 1996, McCain was national chairman of Gramm's unsuccessful presidential bid.
In 2000, the duo had a rare parting when Gramm backed his home-state governor, George W. Bush, for president instead of McCain.
Deregulation of Financial Markets Under George Bush | eHow.com
Major banks and financial service firms regularly lobbied for deregulation in the United States since the 1970s. The bulk of the deregulation was performed under the Bill Clinton administration, sandwiched between the two Bush administrations of George H.W. Bush (1988-1992) and George W. Bush (2000-2008). However, the two Bush administrations were far from inactive in the deregulation sphere.
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