How long do we have to wait before history realizes that George W. Bush is one of the greatest presidents?

Question

Bad economy? That's funny, because everything I hear says we have a great economy. One of the lowest unemployment rates in 20 years...

Popular vote... that one always cracks me up. The majority of voters stayed HOME on election day. So he was NOBODY was elected by the popular vote.

I believe only one of the founding fathers freed their slaves. So how "good" does that make them? Isn't it all a matter of how you look at it?

Answer 1

hahhaha, good one.

Answer 2

I'm afraid it won't happen. His friendship with Vincente Fox and his failure to address the border issue by securing them will not bode well for him. Also, the Patriot Act and other restriction to freedoms for the sake of "security" is not what the forefathers had intended. As Old Ben said, "Those willing to surrender essential liberties for the sake of security deserve neither".

He has increased spending and has allowed congress to so whatever they wanted - only recently, 6 years into his presidency has he vetoed his first bill.

I think he is starting to lose touch with the people of this country and has become too far removed from us to have a true feel as to what is going on.

He needs to address the energy issue and push through drilling in Alaska and tapping into the oil under the mountain region states. Reduce the environmental regulations that restrict the construction of new refineries - we haven't had a refinery built in this country in 20 years.

I voted for George, but I feel betrayed and let down. George Bush is no Reagan that's for sure. As for being one of the "greatest"? Do you really think he belongs along side Washington, Jefferson, Adams, T Roosevelt or Madison? Not in my book.

Answer 3

I think we should let history write itself. People of the time have never got it right. Only, a review after the fire has cooled can give you a measure of how a president is remembered.
You should read the stuff the papers and people called Lincoln, it was awful an scurrilous. Today we mostly agree that he was a great president, and a man of his time.

Yours: Grumpy

Answer 4

History will always recognize him as the President who won the electoral vote and NOT the popular vote.
Give us Historians about 20 years before we can pass any sort of "classification" of Bush, Jr.

Answer 5

When the liberals take back over and we as a country bow down at the feet of anyone who threatens us. After all, remember how we do not bargain with terrorists? Can you tell me why Bill Clinton was the first President to let terrorists who terrorized our country out of jail? Let me answer, it was in the state of New York. Could it be Hilary?

Answer 6

here is why i like bush and he is great.I have never met PRESIDENT Bush, so I can't say whether I like him or not. I'm not intellectually challenged or DEFICIENT and actually, I'm not even a Republican.However, I don't think many people could have led our country better the last six years, except maybe me, lol. J/K. I do wish we could raise FDR from the dead though, he would have been awesome right about now! And, oh yeah, he was a Democrat, not that it matters...
So here's why I approve of PRESIDENT Bush as President:
He hasn't defended himself on Hurricane Katrina. Everyone wants to blame him, but really, Louisiana is NOT the only state that was heavily damaged by the hurricane. What about Mississippi? Oh, that's right, their STATE government took care of them...and they asked for federal aid immediately. In New Orleans, it was announced by the mayor, the senator, and the governor that they did not need federal aid the day after the hurricane. Yet after all hell broke loose, the National Guard was sent in...and quickly.
The wire-tapping was a great idea. Too bad the media got ahold of it. Why was it a great idea? Because it allowed the government to listen in on calls placed from known Al Qaida operatives to the US. They were NOT listening in on Joe Schmoe telling his best friend how much p***y he got the other night, or Jane Doe telling her sister how much pot she smoked. So, nice job media, ruining that one.
The so-called "leak", which was in fact the disclosure of DECLASSIFIED information. The CIA agent that was "outed" hadn't been a covert agent for over five years. Yet President Bush isn't defending himself on that either.
He's been accused of "lying" about the WMD's, and yet hasn't defended himself. I really wish people would get over that one, because no matter how many times they're told that the Democrats "lied", and the soldiers over there (and who were there in the last three years) that have found evidence that there HAD been WMD's also "lied"...they won't listen.
I could say much more on how he's NOT a bad president, but I'm not going to waste my time. If some of these people REALLY wanted to know, they would watch FahrenHYPE 9/11 (which disproves much of Michael Moore's lovely
"documentary"), stop watching Loose Change, and maybe take a look at truthorfiction.com, snopes.com, popularmechanics.com (and search for the story about debunking the 9/11 conspiracy myths), or www.strategypage.com (and search for the story on the War in Iraq).
Here's what I like about President Bush:
He's true to his word, especially away from the cameras. I've heard many stories about how he shows his respect for our Armed Forces members, has taken the time to pray with someone just because they asked him, given hugs and comfort to those who have lost loved ones in 9/11 and the War...
Overall, he shows his integrity in private. That's what matters most to me. I couldn't care less about how well he speaks (or doesn't, as we all know is true), because that's his public face.
I like the fact that he illegalized partial-birth abortion within his first few months in office, yet has left abortion alone other than that, even though he feels it's wrong.
I love the fact that he doesn't listen to the war protesters, and instead listens to the soldiers on the ground. Most of them say we CAN'T pull out...and we'd better not. Also, many of them have said that even though they were injured, they would go again and again. I saw that on, if I remember correctly, CBS news, which, as most conservatives know, leans to the left. I've also talked to many soldiers myself, and most of them have told me the same thing.
Most people that have met him say he's not the "bumbling idiot" many think he is. He's actually very poised, respectful, and most of all, he demands respect without saying a word. I've known people that met the President, one of which didn't like him at all until they met him, and voted for him in 2004 based on their impressions.
This is a man that despite the opposition, has offered very little criticism. Sure, he said to the UN, "If you're not with us, you're against us." He was right at the time, and now...they're with us. Even the UN has admitted that we're doing a fine job in Iraq, and that the country's come along infinitely quicker than they initially thought. More countries are volunteering to help us, too.
I would put more reasons, but I figure it's a waste of time. I'm not going to convince anyone that I'm right, and anyone that already has an opinion isn't open to anything else.
I'll just put it this way: I've heard all the reasons that people hate President Bush, and not one of them is valid. Not one of them holds any weight, or contains logic. And believe me when I say that I WANT to hear a real reason to hate the guy, just so I don't have to face the fact that most of my friends are wrong.

Answer 7

Sorry, yet history writers are already putting him interior the destiny textbooks as palms down the WORST president united states of america of america has ever had. it quite is in keeping along with his ineffectiveness, his blatanly criminal task of government contracts to Haliburton, his blatant lies which started the Iraq warfare, and the destruction of the yankee financial equipment.

Answer 8

We have to wait until what is now IQ 65 becomes 100 after a couple of hundred more years of damage to the environment.

Answer 9

Infinity

Answer 10

ur a pothead. George Bush is leading us into WWIII and our economy sucks right now. Look at our economy when Clinton was in office and now...completely total opisites. Bush is a jackass who is destroying this nation.

Answer 11

Every one that answered this question agrees that Bush isn't good president, get with the program, he is slowly destroying America.