What is the worst course of action George Bush has taken during his presidency?

Question

I'm not asking for a bunch of hate toward him - this question is for Republicans too.

For me - I really didn't appreciate that he cut the funding for public radio and the Ryan White program.
Healthcare and quality news broadcasting are not the right places to make cuts.

Answer 1

Stealing and murder-- the presidency, then stealing American's freedoms and rights, and stealing from Americans in the name of globalism. Attempting to murder the American middle class with globalism.

Answer 2

Well, I fully support his decision to invade Afghanistan, and his role in making the Do Not Call Registry to stop phone solicitors a reality. Other than those two things, just about everything he's done as president has been an unmitigated disaster!
Although Planksheer, the answerer above me, mentioned some DARN good points, if I had to choose the absolute worst of the worst, I think it would be a tie between:


1) His decision to piss away billions of taxpayer dollars in order to invade and occupy Iraq, a country that had NO WMDs, NO ties to Osama, and NO part in the 9/11 attack. Especially since the job in Afghanistan was (and still is) nowhere near complete!

2) His disgraceful environmental policies are nothing short of a complete and total @$$rape of Mother Nature. He's kissed up to the lobbyists of greedy, corporate polluters, and managed to undo years of environmental progress in this country.


Sadly, the BushCo administration is a total train wreck.

Answer 3

I would argue that the advesarial relationship that Bush has fostered with members of the opposition is the worst. Yes, there will always be a lot of animosity between the parties, but Bush has consistantly refused to compromise on most issues, which really fed into the anger of the Democrats. Reagan did a lot the Democrats hated, but he was also willing to compromise and meet Dems like Speaker Tip O'Neil halfway on a number of issues. Bush and his close cadre will either make no concessions, or only token concessions that he knows will be rejected.

Answer 4

His over estimating that the Iraq people would stand up and help US forces, like the Afghanistan people did. The results would be much different. Peace

Answer 5

I would say allowing torture, suspending habeas corpus, politicizing the Federal government, ( not just the DOJ) , his bogus war in Iraq...and stealing the 2000 election. His attempt to create a one man, one rule state tops everything.

Answer 6

Invading Iraq when the job in Afghanistan wasn't done. Now we have a mess in Iraq that we created, and a mess in the border area of Afghanistan and Pakistan that we let get worse and worse while we were wasting blood and effort and money in Iraq.

Answer 7

There were soooo many things that were really bad it is hard to determine the absolute worst. Perhaps the decision to go to war with Iraq was the worst if I absolutely HAVE to pick only one.

Answer 8

Public radio is left wing.

Bush's biggest shortcoming is failing to stand up to the leftist on Iraq and to communicate his intentions to the American people directly.

Answer 9

Iraq

-The war has eaten up over $500,000,000,000 taxpayer dollars.
-Lost over 3,000 lives of soldiers (untold number of contractors and Iraqi citizens).
-Strengthened Al-Qaida's recruiting tools (for personnel and finances)
-No end in sight
-Little to no benefit to the US taxpayer overall. (eg: was it worth $500,000,000,000 just to hang Saddam?)
-Reduced America's standing around the world.

Answer 10

Everything after his swearing in. I didn't like Clinton either.