Rate Bush as president (scale 1-10)

[David88vert]

Bush will not be thought of as anywhere near the worst. That title is firmly implanted on the Carter name. Bush will go into a long line of presidents that were mediocre. He got 1 bad deal after another during his 8 years and still stayed his course. This country is FAR safter today than we were on 9/10 2001. As far as I'm concerned, he is in the same class as Eisenhower, Clinton, and Reagan. No one else is really worth mentioning in the last 60 years.


BTW, Truman had equally bad polling numbers when he left office and some still think of him as a good president.


BTW, since we are using an IA poll to decide a president's place in the pecking order. Obama is ALREADY far worse than Bush.

I disagree. You cannot put either Bush in the same league as Reagan or Eisenhower. They were clearly better.

I personally think that even Clinton was better than Bush on a large variety of issues, especially domestic. I feel Bush did better than Clinton on others, such as security.

Carter was terrible, but I wouldn't say that allows Bush to be put on a pedestal.

It is way too early to decide on Obama's legacy.

[BanginJimmy]

I disagree. You cannot put either Bush in the same league as Reagan or Eisenhower. They were clearly better.

Bush Sr wasn't a good president. The only reason he was elected in the first place was his being VP for Reagan. Without that name association he didn't have a shot. I think Jr will be looked upton kindly because he stayed the course even when he could have justified wavering in favor of polling numbers. The relative safety we enjoy now falls squarely on his shoulders.

I personally think that even Clinton was better than Bush on a large variety of issues, especially domestic. I feel Bush did better than Clinton on others, such as security.

Clinton was solid on domestic issues but lacked dangerously in foreign issues. I also give a lot of credit to congress duing that time.

Carter was terrible, but I wouldn't say that allows Bush to be put on a pedestal.

I'm not putting Bush on any pedistal, just dropping Cater into the dumpster he belongs in.

It is way too early to decide on Obama's legacy.

I agree to a point. His legacy may well be decided by outside forces, but to this point he has been a complete disaster.