Rate Bush as president (scale 1-10)

[BanginJimmy]

I voted a Bush a 5. He had a VERY difficult presidency and any comparisons to Clinton are completely unfounded. Clinton had a completely uneventful presidency, party because of him being spineless, partly becase nothing major happened. No major natural disasters, no single significant terrorist attack, 1 economic meltdown that was very localized and quickly smoothed over without white house intervention, and a very active and bi-partison republican congress. I would imagine ANY president could have done well during those times.

Back to Bush, history will look favorably on Bush, much as it has with FDR and Truman despite low approval at the time. We dont have nearly half the facts on what happened to make Bush head into Iraq. For all we know, they found a massive stockpile of nuke material that has not been made public so as to not cause more fear here at home. Outside of a few major decisions that I really dont like I think he has done well. Those bad economic decisions keep me from rating him high, as does the running of Iraq.

[Total_Blender]

. For all we know, they found a massive stockpile of nuke material that has not been made public so as to not cause more fear here at home. .

Do you seriously think that puppet master Karl Rove would let that happen? Fear is his stock and trade and W doesn't speak without Rove's hand up his butt.



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Bush also didn't have to worry about Congress investigating his past and trying to dredge up scandals on him every couple of months. You guys can thank Bob Barr and Newt Gingrich for that mess

[BanginJimmy]

Do you seriously think that puppet master Karl Rove would let that happen? Fear is his stock and trade and W doesn't speak without Rove's hand up his butt.

OK bad example, but I was simply trying to illustrate that we dont know the half of what the intel and what has since been found in Iraq.


Bush also didn't have to worry about Congress investigating his past and trying to dredge up scandals on him every couple of months. You guys can thank Bob Barr and Newt Gingrich for that mess

I do believe Clinton had MAJOR hand in the reason he was being investigated, dont you? This is like blaming the cops for getting caught selling crack. You can also look at his pardons and I believe there is plenty of reason to go back and do some further investigating.

Put simply, if you dont want to be investigated dont purger yourself. And if you dont want to be called a idiot, dont say that you didnt think oral sex was sexual relations.

[Total_Blender]

Put simply, if you dont want to be investigated dont purger yourself. And if you dont want to be called a idiot, dont say that you didnt think oral sex was sexual relations.

A married man lied about getting a hummer. Thomas Jefferson, Kennedy , LBJ, and who knows how many other known womanizer presidents might have lied if they were in the same position. I would hope Congress would be investigating more important stuff than that.

[Vteckidd]

A married man lied about getting a hummer. Thomas Jefferson, Kennedy , LBJ, and who knows how many other known womanizer presidents might have lied if they were in the same position. I would hope Congress would be investigating more important stuff than that.

but they never lied under oath during a Federal Investigation.

It wasnt the BJ that was the problem i could care less about that. But what i do worry about is the potential BREACH of NATIONAL SECURITY by letting an intern into the oval office and having an affair with her.

And what mattered to me was that he LIED under oath, and convincingly

[BanginJimmy]

but they never lied under oath during a Federal Investigation.

It wasnt the BJ that was the problem i could care less about that. But what i do worry about is the potential BREACH of NATIONAL SECURITY by letting an intern into the oval office and having an affair with her.

And what mattered to me was that he LIED under oath, and convincingly

my sentements exactly.

[Echonova]

A married man lied about getting a hummer. Thomas Jefferson, Kennedy , LBJ, and who knows how many other known womanizer presidents might have lied if they were in the same position. I would hope Congress would be investigating more important stuff than that.

Like steriods in baseball...

[bdydrpdmazda]

I voted a Bush a 5. He had a VERY difficult presidency and any comparisons to Clinton are completely unfounded. Clinton had a completely uneventful presidency, party because of him being spineless, partly becase nothing major happened. No major natural disasters, no single significant terrorist attack, 1 economic meltdown that was very localized and quickly smoothed over without white house intervention, and a very active and bi-partison republican congress. I would imagine ANY president could have done well during those times.

Back to Bush, history will look favorably on Bush, much as it has with FDR and Truman despite low approval at the time. We dont have nearly half the facts on what happened to make Bush head into Iraq. For all we know, they found a massive stockpile of nuke material that has not been made public so as to not cause more fear here at home. Outside of a few major decisions that I really dont like I think he has done well. Those bad economic decisions keep me from rating him high, as does the running of Iraq.

I gave him a 5 also and I agree with this post.