I challenge anyone...
2006-09-12 17:05:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Honestly I can't think of one. Even his tax cuts seem idiotic to me.
Peace!
2006-09-12 17:08:07 · answer #1 · answered by carole 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No, but I don't think ANY president has ever done 7 good things for the country. Most of 'em have a hard time just not doing 7 awful things.
I'm not a supporter of Bush, and didn't vote for him.
Rumsfeld's Iraq policy is a dismal failure, and...since Bush is President...he has to take the lion's share of the blame for that. He's also been a complete failure when it comes to border security and illegal immigration. He doesn't seem real comfortable in front of the cameras, and that makes him appear rather bumbling and incompetent. He can give a good speech when he's memorized it and is just delivering it...but whenever he's asked a question, and goes "off the cuff", he always looks about like I did in junior high when I was trying to give a book report on a book I hadn't read.
The two things he has done that I think have been positive are:
1. He cut taxes, which were too high. (Clinton...despite promises to cut taxes on the middle class...initiated the largest peace time tax increase in history.) Bush cut taxes across the board...exactly like JFK had done, with the only difference being that the Democrats didn't throw the "tax cut for the rich" line out when their guy did it. He's also supported the elimination of the death tax, which I think is morally and ethically wrong. (Most people who are affected by this did NOT inherit their wealth. They worked their asses off....took some chances, often with potentially devastating consequences if they failed. I think it is wrong for the government to just come in and say, "Well...we can use the money, and you're dead...so instead of letting you pass it on to your family...we're going to just TAKE it!" I think one of the main reasons that the economy has recovered from 9/11 so quickly has been Bush's tax policies.
2. He has appointed two justices to the supreme court who have promised to interpret our nation's laws based on what the laws clearly STATE....not on what an "enlightened" few (whether liberal or conservative) would LIKE for the laws to say, or think that the law SHOULD be.
Hopefully we won't have anymore situations in which right wing judges can rule that....Yes, the law TECHNICALLY says that the state can't confiscate property without due process...but we're talking about drug dealers here (though they haven't been convicted of anything yet)...and we just KNOW they've been up to something. So go ahead and confiscate everything the've got.
And hopefully we won't have anymore left wing judges ruling that....yes, TECHICALLY the law prohibits discrimination based on race, gender, ethnicity, etc....but if we do that "the numbers won't work"...so (wink-wink, nudge-nudge) we're going to allow you to take race into account, because...well, let's face it...they're just BLACK folks, and can't really compete with Whites.
Would be nice to eliminate judges overruling the legislative process, whether for right wing or left wing causes.
2006-09-13 00:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Here's the seven "good" reasons Bush has done for this country:
1. Lied for a case to go into an illegal war in Iraq
2. Politically divided a nation after screwing Al Gore and the Democrats of the Presidency after the 2000 election
3. Misusing his Constitutionally-granted powers
4. Alienating our nation from the international community over his terrible and ill-advised policies
5. Failure to further secure our homeland after 9/11
6. Sitting on his butt after Hurricane Katrina thrashed New Orleans and watching the city thrust into utter chaos and lawlessness; and
7. Ignoring the environment by not going along with the Kyoto Treaty to cut greenhouse gases.
Is that enough for you?
2006-09-13 00:22:13 · answer #3 · answered by brian 2010 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
1) Turned the economy around. The Dow is only points away from recording its highest level ever. The record was recorded under the current administration as well.
2) His plan of tracking and freezing terrorists' bank accounts has thwarted several attacks from happening.
3) His plan of tracking phone calls into the nation from other countries has been the primary reason for the arrests of terrorists around the globe.
4) He has donated more money than any other President towards the global fight against A.I.D.S.
5) He has put more money into the eradication of global poverty than any other President.
6) He, along with other allies, have seen the overthrow of two inhumane regimes in the Middle East, making it possible for two Democratically elected governments to take form.
7) He set up the largest marine reserve in the world, guaranteeing the continued existence of hundreds of species of plant and wildlife.
8) He has pissed of more Democrats than I could have ever hoped for when he was fairly elected... twice.
2006-09-13 00:23:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
1. Made people actually pay attention to and discuss politics.
2. Gave Michael Moore a movie plot.
3. The news actually has funny quotes.
It is too late in the evening for me to think of any more right now.
2006-09-13 00:11:55 · answer #5 · answered by sandcatsle 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the only good thing bush will ever do for the country is to leave the white house at noon on January 20, 2009 ... or preferably before.
2006-09-13 00:09:15 · answer #6 · answered by Jim 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
1. Left no child behind.
2. Captured and executed Bin Laden.
3. Tripled our budget surplus.
4. Won the war on terrorism AND drugs.
5. Simplified the tax code.
6. Found a cure for AIDS.
7. Uh...um...damn, I can only think of six.
2006-09-13 00:13:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, he's legalized slavery again for the rich by allowing all of the Mexicans to come in. Unfortuneately, I'm not rich, but if I wasw, I wouldn't mind owning a few.
2006-09-13 00:08:55 · answer #8 · answered by Tammy C 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. made us laugh through the late night jokes.
2. actually keeping a better eye on the terrorist since we haven't had an attack in a long time.
3. make us wish Clinton was back in office
I could only think of 3
2006-09-13 00:12:02 · answer #9 · answered by l2wh 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1. He cut taxes saving the economy from a recession
2. He has made us safer by responding to terrorist attacks rather then letting the terror groups walk all over America
3. He has refused to be cowed but the UN and the Anti-American International community
4. He put non-activist judges on the Supreme court.
5. He saved us from Gore
6. He saved us the Kerry
7. He hasn't molested any interns half his age
8. prevented more terror attacks in the US by wire tapping phone calls from known terrorist calling into the US, and data mining, etc.
9. Nominated and had the first black Secretary of state and the first black female secretary of state.
2006-09-13 00:21:55 · answer #10 · answered by TLJaguar 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Sorry, I can't name one good thing, but there is a list of bad things a mile long.
2006-09-13 00:08:06 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋