On a scale of 1 to 10 - 1 being bad with 10 being very good, how you think that historians will class Bush?

Question

Just curious -

Answer 1

We don't need to wait for historians on this one. Bush can not be rated. A miserable 0 is his attainment. In his tenure he has achieved nothing positive and therefore cannot be judged on the positive 1-10 scale.

Answer 2

1

Answer 3

How ever much I would like to believe that our president is doing a bad job, it is too early to tell what future historians will write. This "war" is easy to criticize in the moment, but what will we say in retrospect?

For example during The Cold War many were critical of the build-up of weaponry (The Arms Race), but many of the same critics now look back and credit this arms race for ending The Cold War, and lending to the demise of the Soviet Union. Others would say that is wasn't The Arms Race, but information technology ("Western Capitalistic Propaganda") that destroyed the Soviet System from the inside out. The Soviet people wanted blue jeans, rock music, and a choice of toilet paper. There are many historical view points.

There is not just one standard historical view point. Some look back and see victory, others defeat. One historian may classify Bush as a one, others a ten. The world view is not black and white (or at least shouldn't be).

Also, the decisions Bush and his administration make now influence who the historians will be. If we are annihilated because a bad decision is made (not totally unlikely), we will have no view point about our demise because we won't be here to write one. In this case others would write our history for us. What would others say?

What if...........

Answer 4

5

Answer 5

7. He's had a lot to deal with and performed admirably on many issues. But the Iraqi war hurts him very badly. His divisiveness will be forgotten in time, but the Iraqi war will not. Still, that's a significant improvement from George Bush Sr, who has to go down as a 4 or 5.

Think about this... if not for the Iraqi war, he could have gone down in history as one of the greatest presidents of all time. He was incredible in his handling of 9/11. He righted the ship after the stock market burst. He avoided a crash in the housing market. He enacted corporate reforms and weathered some of the worst corporate scandals in history. Overall, an incredible track record. But he threw away tremendous political capital on a meandering, unpopular war without a clear goal. Disappointing for those of us who really hoped we might be watching one of the greatest presidencies of the modern era.

Answer 6

Well, it might be unfair, but he will probably end up with LBJ as a 4 or 5. He was not a 1 like Harding, but he sure was not Washington or FDR. I would say just above Hoover, but under Coolidge and the lesser known presidents would be a good spot...

The thing that saves him is 9-11...Iraq hurts him, and as for change, there has not been much!

Answer 7

7

Answer 8

He will probably go down as an 8 or 9. His biggest problem has been letting the liberals gain control of the press. His administration has done a terrible job of managing the press, something Reagan and Clinton were experts at. History will see past the rhetoric of today’s rants and he will go down as a President that took action. His biggest short coming is that he is brutally honest and tells it like it is—this is a very dangerous position for any politician to take. He is a brave man that sticks by his values, which is something the left cannot understand, but history will recognize.

Answer 9

It all depends on the will of the U.S. people to follow through with what they have started. If they do that, he will be at least an 8 in history. If they do not follow through, however, he will be a 4. The choice is up to the people of this country; finish what you start or quit.

Answer 10

8.

He isnt perfect, but considering the turmoil in the exchange between his administration and the Clinton administration, the turmoil of 9/11, the war in Afganistan, the filibustering of Democrats, the economy first slipping into a recession then a recovery, the UN resolution, the war in Iraq, and his handling of other issues, I would give him credit. He could have done far worse.