Originally Posted by Rochard

I'm not defending Bush in any way shape or form. I think he was horrible.

But the truth is you can't judge a sitting President. You just can't. Just now we are starting to feel the full effects of the past eight years. That healthcare bill they passed - we won't see that for the next four years. This is the way our government works, they do what they want to do, but it's the next administration who pays for is.

Look at President Truman who took office only when President Roosevelt died in 1945. Look at everything he did, and then note that when he left office he had the lowest approval rating ever - 22%. The truth was his policies weren't liked at the time, but did a world of good - Fair Deal, Berlin Airlift, Civil Rights, Korean War, NATO, Marshall Plan.... Now after history has judged him, he ranks as one of the top ten US Presidents.

Bush... Maybe we'll look back at him differently. He made the US the only world super power. That's right. China? They can't do shit to us. Sixty percent of all oil produced in the Middle East doesn't go to the US, it goes to China. Six billion fucking Chinamen and not a single one in the Middle East.

Bush might have handed us the worst economic situation ever, but he also guided us through the defining moment of our lifetime - 9/11. We are quick to forget that.

We'll see in twenty years or so how we feel about it.