Can ANYONE point out a single policy success of gw bush?

Question

you can agree with his policy or not no matter.

But, for the life of me I cannot think of a single thing he has done as President and succeeded at...

nothing Substantive so far
He in fact had nothing to do with President Clinton leaving office, umm that would have been the 22nd amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Anybody? Come on, I know he has succeeded at some while President.

So i guess thats big fat no.
Well that's what I thought. so I guess I'll pick a "best" answer now and hang my head in shame as a disgraced American. Our President is a complete failure.

Answer 1

Let's see there was.....

What about....?

How about....?

Can I get back to you later on this???

He has been an inspiration to the mentally challenged. He has shown them that they too can become President of the United States.

Answer 2

Taken any notice of the fact that North Korea is backing down from their aggressive stance against the U.S? And we've been enemies with them since Harry Truman (a democrat, a union busting democrat at that) was president.

How many people realize that the UN passed a resolution that basically took away our 2nd amendment rights? Don't say they can't because they did. However, the Bush administration stood their ground and refused to sign this garbage into law in the U.S.

Now if you want me to go on about how nobody has flown any planes into anymore buildings since we started fighting back or about the tax cuts that I got (I guess I'm one of the rich according to you Dem's, even though I'm a blue collar union employee) I'd be happy to keep going.

Here's a better idea. Some of you Bush bashers should stop watching CNN (Clinton's news network) and start thinking for yourself. Wolf Blitzer isn't reporting the news, he's telling you his opinion.

Answer 3

I thought he did a lot of funding of AIDS assistance in Africa. I think his administration is applauded for that.

Not that I'm particularly keen on international assistance. I would rather the money be spent on helping people in the United States.

Answer 4

eh... the medicare drug thing was ok... it wasn't even the greatest since they couldn't negotiate for better prices...

the invasion of Afghanistan was a good idea... except he pretty much left about 3 years too early (left a skeleton crew behind) to run off to Iraq...

basically he gets a C on his best policies... if you ask me...

Answer 5

Just to clarify, you are aware that the job of the President falls under the Executive branch, that is, enforcement.

Most policies and legislation originates from the Legislative branch, that is, Congress.

That being said, we still have;

Bush attempted to set into motion new environmental standards under the "Clear Skies Act", but the initiative was introduced to Congress as the Clear Skies Act of 2003, but failed to make it out of committee.

Bush increased funding for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health in his first years of office, and created education programs to strengthen the grounding in science and mathematics for American high school students. However, funding for NIH failed to keep up with inflation in 2004 and 2005, and was actually cut in 2006, the first such cut in 36 years

Bush promoted increased de-regulation and investment options in social services, leading Republican efforts to pass the Medicare Act of 2003, which added prescription drug coverage to Medicare and created Health Savings Accounts, which would permit people to set aside a portion of their Medicare tax to build a "nest egg". The elderly group, AARP worked with the Bush Administration on the program and gave their endorsement. Bush said the law, estimated to cost $400 billion over the first 10 years, would give the elderly "better choices and more control over their health care".

And finally,

President Bush began his second term by outlining a major initiative to reform Social Security, which was facing record deficit projections beginning in 2005. Bush made it the centerpiece of his agenda despite contrary beliefs in the media and in the U.S. Congress, which saw the program as the "third rail of politics," with the American public being suspicious of any attempt to change it. It was also widely believed to be the province of the Democratic Party, with Republicans in the past having been accused of efforts to dismantle or privatize it. Bush's proposal was criticized for its high cost, and Democrats attacked it as an effort to partially privatize the system, and for leaving Americans open to the whims of the market. Bush embarked on a 60-day national tour, campaigning vigorously for his initiative in media events ("Conversations on Social Security") in a largely unsuccessful attempt to gain support from the general public. According to at least one poll, Bush failed to convince the public that the Social Security program was in crisis.

As you can see, some of the failings come not from Bush's attempts, but from undermining of the Congress. Partisan government at it's finest.

Answer 6

The war on terrorism was good since the Al Qaida group could not launch a major attack.

Answer 7

hmm.. rigging elections comes to mind.
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Bush hails UK pullout as 'sign of success'

Tony Blair's announcement today that Britain is to withdraw about 1,600 troops from Iraq over the coming months shows that US-led operations in the country are succeeding, American leaders say.
President George W Bush views the plan to cut British forces to about 5,000 by the end of the summer as "a sign of success", according to a US National Security Council spokesman, Gordon Johndroe.
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Vice president Dick Cheney, on a visit to Japan, endorsed that view.

"I look at it and what I see is an affirmation of the fact that in parts of Iraq ... things are going pretty well," he told ABC News.
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However Mr Cheney said Washington remained committed to its own plan to send another 21,500 troops to Iraq to try to stop violence in Baghdad and other areas.
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The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, said "the coalition remains intact", despite Britain's move.

"The British have done what is really the plan for the country as a whole, which is to transfer security responsibility to the Iraqis as the situation permits," she said after a meeting in Berlin with the German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2018126,00.html

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LMAO i looked it up... less traffic is what they are saying he is successful for.!!!

From "Study: Traffic costs billions of hours a year", CNN.com, September 7, 2004, which examines the general trend of increasing traffic congestion in the nation's largest urban areas, but which contains the following caveat:

Traffic in some cities has actually gotten better -- but that's because their economies have done poorly.

"In a lot of the places in the past we've seen success in cities suffering job declines -- Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Cleveland," Pisarski said. "Unemployment is a great solution."

http://www.lowculture.com/archives/2004/09/celebrating_the.html

Answer 8

The only thing that idiot has ever succeded in doing was in following in daddy's footsteps and doing war in the middle east, and .... getting Britain to be his idiotic puppet

Answer 9

He succeeded at global unification by indebting us to all other countries for trillions of dollars thus selling the US to help foreign policy!

Answer 10

I can. He has successfully plundered the US Treasury for hundreds of billions of dollars for his "family" and friends in the corporate world, accomplishing one of the greatest redistributions of wealth from the poor to the rich in history. And, to help pay for it, he managed to mortgage the United States to the Chinese in the process.