What leader in history is comparable to George Bush?

Question

give me some examples.

Answer 1

Heir Hitler, they are both right wing radicals.

Answer 2

There was an article in the Washington Post by Michael Lind titled The Top Worst Presidents of All Time. And while Bush is not the worst, he is in the top 5. (Note that this is just the US presidents, if we did a world view, I'm sure Hussein, Ibi Amin, and Marcos would fit in there nicely)

#1 - James Buchanon - sat by as the country crumbled in build up to the Civil War.
#2 - Andrew Johnson - avowed racist; blocked implementation of the 14th Amendment (due process for all citizens)
#3 - Richard Nixon - practically ran criminal gang out of the Oval Office
#4 - James Madison - dragging the US into the War of 1812 which was catastrophic and unnecessary
#5 - George W. Bush - for reasons similar to Madison with the war in Iraq. Whether he truely believed that Hussein had WMD's, or he launched this ill-fated invasion to prove that he was a bigger man than his father is definitely up for debate (I'm more opt to believe the latter)

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln.

The Civil War was very unpopular. Lincoln instituted martial law in the North, suspended the Bill of Rights, paid for the war with incredible taxes that were not removed until long after the war and he lied to the public about the reason for the war.

Bush is not nearly as bad as Lincoln, but that is the closest comparison. After all, Lincoln 620,000 Americans. Bush has not come close to that yet.

Answer 4

President William McKinnley.

Prior to seeking Congeressional support for declaring war against Spain, for the sinking of the Maine (a ship) in Cuba, McKinnley received a note from the King of Spain, stating that he knew nothing of the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the Maine; but he would do anything to avert a war, including surrendering to the President.

This was not disclosed to Congress, nor to the American public at the time.

McKinnley went to Congress, got his war, and the Spanish were conquered.

McKInnley was assasinated soon thereafter...

Answer 5

McKinley was kind of like Bush, but worse in many ways. He believed he had direct conversations with God (and that God answered in actual words!), and it is alleged that Bush feels so imbued with the spirit that he asks God questions and God tells him what to do. Maybe God is giving different advice these days. In McKinley's time, he claimed God told him the "little brown monkeys" (Filipinos) were incapable of self-government, but in the modern day, God must have told him the brown-skinned Iraqis were capable of it, because Bush pushed for elections from the get-go.

Or maybe it was a case of McKinley being part deaf, or misinterpreting God's answers. Or more probably that neither President really heard God at all but were just trying to pass the buck for bad foreign policy decisions?

Answer 6

President James Buchannon

Answer 7

In his early years I think he tried to be a Ronald Regan with economic reforms intended to move ownership and power away from the government and into the hands of private citizens. Because people have fallen under the lure of the entitlement syndrome(everyone owes me everything I want just for being me) of the clinton years there just wasn't enough support for ownership. But some of his policies have worked. We avoided a resession(thats right there was no resession, no negitive growth), unemployment is below 5% and the economy is pumping.

Answer 8

President Buchannon

Answer 9

Abe Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and George Bush (41). War time presidents, all.

Answer 10

George Custer

Answer 11

Richard Nixon: lied about spying on enemies, broke the law and disgraced the presidency, thought Constitution was a joke.

Warren Harding: low popularity ratings, corrupt government officials, wasted taxpayers' money.

Charles I of England: attempted to weaken the legislative powers of the Parliament, enemy of public liberty, got country involved with wars they could not afford.

Louis XVI of France: Totally oblivious of the needs of his people. Involvement in foreign wars that did not really concern his country that resulted in bankruptcy.

p.s. Most historians would disagree with the above characterization of George III. He was actually a fairly successful monarch that was well-respected by his people.