Would you agree that Bush is the greatest president since Abraham Lincoln?

Question

I think he's one of the best presidents America has ever had. In terms of Bush's place in history, he'll be remembered alongside the greatest presidents including Washington, Jefferson, Reagan, & a fellow Republican by the name of honest Abe Lincoln. Now, it's impossible for me to list ALL Bush accomplishments with such a short amount of space, but I'll list a couple of things this great man has done.

1) Bush has reestablished good Christian Values in the White House & America at large (Lord knows we needed it after the Clinton administration).

2) Bush has made us safe from terrorists through his audacious military efforts in Afghanistan & Iraq.

3) Bush has continuously fought for Middle Class Americans by cutting taxes. A move that also saved the Economy!

4) Bush has raised educational standards for our kids by starting the "no child left behind" program.

I can go on & on with Bush's accomplishments. There's just too many to mention because he's been so great!

Answer 1

Sure dude - is the internet connection from the state hospital high speed or dial-up?

Answer 2

You're delusional. Bush will be lucky to be considered in the top half of all presidents.
1) Since when has starting wars on shoddy evidence been a Christian Value? I know it's something Christians tend to have done a lot throughout history, but I wouldn't call it one or our "values."
2) Bush has been responsible for an influx of terrorist recruits with his audacious military efforts in Afghanistan & Iraq. The terrorists waited 10 years between attacks on US soil; six years without an attack does not impress me.
3) I am a Middle Class American, and I'm being taxed at the same rate as before Bush took office.
4) Bush raised standards but did nothing to increase the resources for education. Now our underpaid teachers are required to do even more, despite the fact that half of the resources for their classes are paid for our of their own pockets. Little wonder liberals seem to monopolize education positions; conservatives would never take such an economically suicidal career.
I can go on, but there are just too many reasons for him to be impeached, let alone be declared a bad president.

Answer 3

ARE YOU KIDDING??? Wow, do you drink the koolaid.

1. Good christian values? You mean like lying to the American people about the war, using fear and smear as a campaign theme, throwing away Habeus Corpus so that any of us can be arrested at any time for anything by the government and have none of the rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution?

2. Uh, you mean how he ignored Bin Laden and Al Qaeda and put the bulk of our military in Iraq? How are we safer? The true enemy is still out there. Bush has had 6 years to capture or kill Bin Laden and has failed. All he has managed to do was guard his oil interests, cause 3000+ of our military to die needlessly, and turn world opinion against us.

3. Borrow and spend economics, doubling our national debt so that your kids and grandkids will be paying our debts. Tax cuts only for the very rich. He's managed to turn our 400 billion dollar surplus into a 400 billion dollar deficit. Yeah, way to save the economy.

4. Bush started "No Child Left Behind" and has cut funding every year, leaving almost 2 million American children behind. It's all talk.

I could go on and on with Bush's failures. There's just too many to mention because he's been so inept.

Answer 4

1 - after 9/11 he forced through congress a completely unconstitutional Patriot act. The congressmen were not even given time to read it. The few people who pointed out the problems with it (like the suspension of habeus corpus), found themselves and their offices suddenly targeted with anthrax. How odd to say the least. 2 - Bush chose to fly over Katrina to go to a Republican fund raiser. How this can be construed as a positive thing in any way beggars the imagination. 3 - And how did the indian Tsunami cost America billions? 4 - the housing crisis could be seen coming. Bush and his people did not care to stem the tide. Nope, sorry. Yes the man was handed a difficult presidency, but no, he did not acquit himself well. He was one of the worst ever, if not the worst. Wait till you see what he is going to do in the next several months. You will feel foolish even to have asked this question. Bush will not leave the office gracefully.

Answer 5

I completely disagree with all of your assessments


1) Bush has reestablished good Christian Values in the White House & America at large (Lord knows we needed it after the Clinton administration).

Christian values are more turbulant than ever especially with people taking the "christ" out of the christmas tree and calling it a holiday tree. In fact I would say that Bush actually doesnt try to appease the christian reliegous sect in this country like he portrays.

2) Bush has made us safe from terrorists through his audacious military efforts in Afghanistan & Iraq.

For one Iraq had nothing to do with terrorist. Thats a huge misconception and rhetoric for war supporters. Iraq was about removing a dictator that allegedly had Weapons of Mass Destruction. Afghanistan and Iraq are free Nations. For us to play world police and try to rebuild them with our ideals is wrong. Killing terrorist is one thing, but creating even more in fighting and war is all we have done.

3) Bush has continuously fought for Middle Class Americans by cutting taxes. A move that also saved the Economy!

I dont know what planet your living in but Bush has actually raised Taxes. Granted, its nothing compared to what Democrats would concievably do. But, his "tax refund" non sense was a total farce. The economy is saved??? Again, dont belive the hype. The dollar is weaker now than ever. Our surplus is non existant. Homes are being fore closed on all around the country. Our economy is heading for a recession. In addition to that Bush has vetoed many bill that would help children get free health insurance. He has however publicly denounced congress for not wanting to fund his war that is going to last forever. A war on terror is like having a war on racisim. The reason these people do what they do is far beyond what you would belive int he mainstream media. They dont just simply hate americans and want to kill us. Our fireign policy has lead to great suffering.

4) Bush has raised educational standards for our kids by starting the "no child left behind" program.

Again, our educational standards are around 20th in the world and statisticly speaking we have seen a slight decline in our education under Bush.

I am a conservative. Admittedly im not a right wing fanatic like most of the people that buy the rhetoric of the current administration which is spear headed by talk radio and Fox News. In my opinion George Bush has been in a tough position since he was elected. He isnt charasmatic and comes off as dumb and krass. His very few accomplishments are by far outweiged by his huge blunder with Katrina and the war on terror. Not to mention th eunprecented amount of staffers that have been fired or resigned for suspucious activity but are given presidential pardons. Libby,Rove and Gonzales to name a few.

So I couldnt disagree with your simplistic view more.

GO RON PAUL

Answer 6

No, of course not. I live in the U.S.

Good Christians don't bomb other countries, do they?

Audacious is defined as "Unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent." (Source: http://www.answers.com/audacious&r=67)

Cutting taxes for the rich doesn't help most of us.

No Child Left Behind is an atrocity to the education system--PLEASE ASK ANY TEACHER.

Now, stop taking hallucinogens, okay?

Answer 7

Thank you!! I needed a good laugh this morning. The only comparison between Lincoln and bush (lower case intentional) is the quote from Lincoln "you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time"

Answer 8

Good Christian values like lying and attacking countries that didn't attack us. Do you really feel safer? Making more terrorists sure don't make us any safer. I never got any tax break. Subprime lending will do plenty of damage to the economy. "no child left behind" are you kidding??? A program doesn't go far without the money to fund it, ask anyone who works at a school. Oh, I get it you were kidding!!! hahahahaha

Answer 9

1) He lied and killed, WRONG
2)His efforts have made this country more dangerous, and the world more dangerous. We owe are safety to millions of hard working men and women in the security sector. Not to a pompous hole who vacations more than any other president EVER
3)He's only cut taxes for the rich. The middle class pay more, especially in special taxes.
4)The left behind program is a failure. Now every kid gets to be as dumb as the dumbest kid in the class.

You are so wrong. he will go down as the worst president EVER. MARK MY WORDS FOOL!

Answer 10

"4) Bush has raised educational standards for our kids by starting the "no child left behind" program."

Please, go visit some inner-city middle schools and tell me how NCLB has helped improve the education of the children. I think you will find this is a harder task than you expect.

Edit: Hmm, Neal Boortz may be on to something.

Answer 11

Ok - If I can stop laughing long enough to respond...

Either this is great sarcasm, the desire to get a lot of answers, or the perfect example of utter complete delusion within a human as no person within their right mind can think this highly of the current president.