This was my answer....
Given all the challenges that the world has had to offer during his presidency (9/11, Iraq, Katrina...), I'd say he has done alright. I don't think that ANYbody could have really done a good job during this time, the world is too screwed up these days for a president to do a "good" job.
2006-10-20 16:12:02 · 16 answers · asked by Wocka wocka 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
no. the people around him (that he appointed) have exasperated problems...Bremer, the man in charge of Iraq 2003-04 wanted to shoot looters...that would have endeared them to us....he didn't focus on gaining the trust of the existing Iraqi solders (they turned to militant)....he awards positions to people of his ideology, not for their expertise. It has been a grand experiment of his Neo-Con ideology...more unsuccessful than Reagan's "trickle down" theory.
2006-10-20 16:19:10 · answer #1 · answered by Ford Prefect 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Have you been snorting coke with Bush? All the challenges? Iraq wasn't a challenge until he decided to send troops over there on a wild-goose chase. Now, over 3,000 Americans are dead and God-(oops, Allah)-only-knows how many innocent Iraqis. That's Bush's fault - not a challenge. And, there are still people suffering and in need of housing after Katrina and there are all kinds of trailers sitting empty down South that were supposed to be used to house them. But as he told his FEMA Director, "Good job, Brownie." What a fool.
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, I'd give Bush's job performance a solid Zero since I don't want to get into minus numbers. He has brought this country completely to its knees and his pronouncements and actions have made us the laughingstock of the world. The guy is an Idiot and we'll be much better off once he's out of office - and the sooner, the better.
2006-10-21 00:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I might agree except for the issue that Bush did not HAVE to deal with Iraq. He CHOSE to make Iraq a challenge. And that one challenge that he CHOSE has make it impossible to deal with the other challenges of his presidency.
The real challenge of his presidency was the 2001 recession, which he pulled us out of by cutting taxes on current Americans and laying them at the feet of Americans yet unborn. In the long run, Katrina, Iraq, 9/11, and all the scandals of the past six years may pale in comparison to the national impact of an 8.5 trillion dollar debt. Bush has singlehandedly doubled the debt, and that will serve to double the interest that we pay on the debt. The next president will have to deal with a debt that absorbs 20% of our federal revenue just to pay the interest.
At the very least, that means that the next president will have 250 billion less dollars to work with every year. I cannot even begin to measure the impact of that loss on Social Security, education, the military, disaster relief, and every other Federal program.
That will be the Bush legacy.
2006-10-20 23:34:05 · answer #3 · answered by Chredon 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
9/11 he had an approval rating of near 80% at this time he is in the middle 30% so my honest assessment is he was doing good just after 9/11. Even going into Afghanistan his ratings didn't fall. But soon after going into Iraq people became more critical and when we figured out that he lied to take us to war for his own greed his approval rating took a dive. Katrina was the icing on the cake, his total failure to responding to the terrible natural disaster of Katrina was a last straw for some but the cost of gas was his final nail, he will never be looked on as doing a good job. No, I do not agree with you.
2006-10-20 23:23:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
No I dont agree. I think Bush has been the worst president ever.
2006-10-20 23:52:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I find that he handled it without letting the world blow up, but he didn't handle it so anyone was happy. I don't care for him as a president.
2006-10-20 23:15:15 · answer #6 · answered by xano 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ha ha ha
he created all of those problems, he went into Iraq, he failed to heed the warnings prior to 911, even after 911 and after invading Afghanistan he kept repeating 'He (Bin Laden) is not that important to me, I don't think much about that man' he refused to talk to North Korea, NK made a nuclear weapon, he refuses to talk to Iran they will do the same, he claims that Democracy must reign the Palestinians democratically elected their government Bush didn't like whom they elected so he undermines the elections... lol yeah nobody could've done better... too funny.
What's really funny is that I believe you are sincere in your statement, I believe that is called 'willful ignorance'.
2006-10-20 23:20:17 · answer #7 · answered by Eli 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
that is a sad statement. That you would support a person failing simply because they had a difficult time, some of which they caused all on their own, speaks very low of your standards in your fellow people.
2006-10-20 23:32:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes It has been tough times for any leader to go through what he has been through He has done good. Not great but a real good job
2006-10-20 23:16:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
I just can't believe that the man has his right mind.He has turned the world against us ,he thumbed his nose at the UN ,I could go on but if you don't get it now you never will.
2006-10-20 23:16:36 · answer #10 · answered by Mom 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋