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Do you believe Bush was a good president?

Do you believe George W Bush was a good president?


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I know its an asinine question. It would like like asking if Ryan leaf is good qb or if lebron james is the worst player in NBA history. He failed at ever aspect of his presidency and to think otherwise would be to completely ignore the results of his presidency. I don't know how anyone can objectively conclude after looking at the results of his presidency that he is anything but a bad president. Despite his presidency being a unmitigated disaster he seems to have a loyal following here.
 
He had his moments..
 
I know its an asinine question. It would like like asking if Ryan leaf is good qb or if lebron james is the worst player in NBA history. He failed at ever aspect of his presidency and to think otherwise would be to completely ignore the results of his presidency. I don't know how anyone can objectively conclude after looking at the results of his presidency that he is anything but a bad president. Despite his presidency being a unmitigated disaster he seems to have a loyal following here.

Not just here, apparently.


Bush Now More Popular than Obama
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/03/politics/obama-approval-rating-cnn-poll/

Hahahahaha.
 
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He was fine.
 
We've had better.
 
I know its an asinine question. It would like like asking if Ryan leaf is good qb or if lebron james is the worst player in NBA history. He failed at ever aspect of his presidency and to think otherwise would be to completely ignore the results of his presidency. I don't know how anyone can objectively conclude after looking at the results of his presidency that he is anything but a bad president. Despite his presidency being a unmitigated disaster he seems to have a loyal following here.

GWB looks good by comparison to his successor.
 
Not just here, apparently.


Bush Now More Popular than Obama
Bush now more popular than Obama - CNNPolitics.com

Hahahahaha.

LOL. you really don't understand polls do you. The question asked wasn't do you believe bush was a good president. It is do you approve of what bush is doing right now. American people approve that he isn't in the oval office anymore destroying our economy.
 
GWB looks good by comparison to his successor.

I don't know how anyone can actually say that with a straight face. I sometimes wonder if you guys actually believe that as opposed to just hating Obama for cleaning up the mess left by the last Republican in office.
 
LOL. you really don't understand polls do you. The question asked wasn't do you believe bush was a good president. It is do you approve of what bush is doing right now. American people approve that he isn't in the oval office anymore destroying our economy.

I agree the poll doesn't mean much. It's always tougher to be the guy that's currently on the hot seat. It's instructive you feel the need to lie about the poll though. I see you haven't changed at all.
 
I don't know how anyone can actually say that with a straight face. I sometimes wonder if you guys actually believe that as opposed to just hating Obama for cleaning up the mess left by the last Republican in office.

I wonder the same thing. I hope that this people are intentionally being partisan hacks and don't actually believe that bush was a good president.
 
I don't know how anyone can actually say that with a straight face. I sometimes wonder if you guys actually believe that as opposed to just hating Obama for cleaning up the mess left by the last Republican in office.

BHO threw away victory in Iraq and enabled the rise of ISIS. He has overseen the slowest economic growth imaginable. His international credibility is near zero. GWB made serious errors, but he did not put the fundamental position of the US at risk.
 
Good, Not great.

Yeah.
 
BHO threw away victory in Iraq and enabled the rise of ISIS. He has overseen the slowest economic growth imaginable. His international credibility is near zero. GWB made serious errors, but he did not put the fundamental position of the US at risk.

This has to be a joke right. He put the country in the verge of bankruptcy and brought the whole world in to a great recession.
 
GWB looks good by comparison to his successor.

That's it. President GW Bush disappointed me in his failure to curb runaway spending in Congress, in his handling of Katrina, in his prosecution of the aftermath of the war in Iraq, in his education policy, his energy policy, his environmental policy, and his immigration policy. But he did get some things right and produced some good results. And he is a good man with the strength of his convictions that he continues to live out to this day.

And since President Obama has been worse on all those issues than President Bush was. . . .well. . .

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I wonder the same thing. I hope that this people are intentionally being partisan hacks and don't actually believe that bush was a good president.

Wow, you commiserating with Disney Dude and calling other people partisan hacks is, just, well, it must be kinda awesome to just be so blissfully self unaware.
 
BHO threw away victory in Iraq and enabled the rise of ISIS.

Not according to Sen. Paul and more and more Republicans starting to see the light of the next election.

He has overseen the slowest economic growth imaginable.

Not according to folks who can count past 60 with the number of straight months of private sector job growth.

His international credibility is near zero.

BHO has done away with Bush/Cheney's "cowboy diplomacy" and restored this wonderful Nation of mine to respectability overseas.

GWB made serious errors

correct.

but he did not put the fundamental position of the US at risk.

This position is proven more incorrect 24/7 .
 
That's it. President GW Bush disappointed me in his failure to curb runaway spending in Congress, in his handling of Katrina, in his prosecution of the aftermath of the war in Iraq, in his education policy, his energy policy, his environmental policy, and his immigration policy. But he did get some things right and produced some good results. And he is a good man with the strength of his convictions that he continues to live out to this day.

And since President Obama has been worse on all those issues than President Bush was. . . .well. . .

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I didn't notice you telling us of all the things Obama has done wrong in cleaning up the messes you outlined that Bush did wrong.

Nor do I notice you acknowledging the fact that there is a transition between administrations.

Surely you would agree what Bush left was a catastrophe compared to what he inherited, such as a balanced budget .
 
This has to be a joke right. He put the country in the verge of bankruptcy and brought the whole world in to a great recession.

Recession schmecession. Those come and go. BHO has emboldened our adversaries and discouraged our friends.
 
That's it. President GW Bush disappointed me in his failure to curb runaway spending in Congress, in his handling of Katrina, in his prosecution of the aftermath of the war in Iraq, in his education policy, his energy policy, his environmental policy, and his immigration policy. But he did get some things right and produced some good results. And he is a good man with the strength of his convictions that he continues to live out to this day.

And since President Obama has been worse on all those issues than President Bush was. . . .well. . .

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The attack on GWB over Katrina was in fact not justified.
 
Not according to Sen. Paul and more and more Republicans starting to see the light of the next election.



Not according to folks who can count past 60 with the number of straight months of private sector job growth.



BHO has done away with Bush/Cheney's "cowboy diplomacy" and restored this wonderful Nation of mine to respectability overseas.



correct.



This position is proven more incorrect 24/7 .

It is a sign of sound thinking to be opposite Rand Paul on any foreign affairs question. Lowest economic growth rate of any "recovery." Overseas our friends don't trust us and our enemies don't respect us.
 
I think he wanted to do the best job he could. I think he had the best of intentions of doing this. I think he made some very bad decisions along the way and **** hit the fan.. Please keep in mind I'm saying this about a fellow member in the church I grew up in.
 
I believe Bush, in his heart loves this country and acted with the best of intentions. Did he make mistakes? Sure, did he do things I disagreed with? Yes. But I believe he was a good man, doing the best he could. So yes, he was a "good" President. He's no Ronald Reagan, but he was a good man unfairly demonized.
 
I know its an asinine question. It would like like asking if Ryan leaf is good qb or if lebron james is the worst player in NBA history. He failed at ever aspect of his presidency and to think otherwise would be to completely ignore the results of his presidency. I don't know how anyone can objectively conclude after looking at the results of his presidency that he is anything but a bad president. Despite his presidency being a unmitigated disaster he seems to have a loyal following here.

Not only was Bush a good President, he was orders of magnitude better than the guy we've been saddled with for the past 6 1/2 years.

But hey...you don't really want to hear that, do you? Are you related to James D Hill?
 
The more Obama is around the more I think that Bush was a GREAT President!
 
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