GW Bush is the Best President in the last 100 years
 

I wonder if a historian would write that in say 20 years? How about 50 years? 100? :winkwink::thumbsup

It would have to be 2100 before someone would say that because it'd be hard to say Clinton was worse than him. We need to see at least a full term by Obama and probably the aftermath as well to know where he stands. People saying he's really good or really bad are kidding themselves...it hasn't been enough time to judge what he's done or the effects of what he's done. It doesn't LOOK good but still, will wait and see.

I went to New York in September 2009 and some man impersonated George Bush in a funny voice behind my back. Somehow, it was a comfort in the cold night.

Why not, it's not like the world will be free from idiots who can still write at that time.

:1orglaugh

U.S. Presidents, as with most all politicians, are mouthpieces for the rich elite - they are ones who truly make policy. And hence, with that in mind, it's no surprise much of Obama administration policies / stances are so similar to that of the Bush administration.

Choosing candidates, especially at the national level, is akin to choosing between Coke and Pepsi - nearly the same, not much difference; no real change. So saying a particular U.S. President is the "best" or "worst" is a pointless exercise ... keeps the population occupied / fighting among themselves while the rich elite operate by their own rules with impunity.

Ron

You can't cast judgment on Bush until the situation in Iraq plays itself out fully. He attacked a country that didn't attack us for reasons only known to him. He claimed that it would lead the middle east into democracy. If, 20,30, 50 years or however long from now, he is right and the middle east is a democracy and there is relative peace then the sins of economic collapse will be forgotten and he will be the remembered as the guy who had the guts to start the ball rolling.

If not he will be remembered as a terrible president who started a war for no real reason and oversaw one of the largest economic collapses in modern times.

Well said.:thumbsup

what will be noted for best? best stupidity of man kind?

Last 100 yrs, you got FDR. I know that right have been rewriting history.The man was elected to four terms.

I think he's the best prez of all times.

and 2010 is the best year for the adult biz ever.

My favorite was Harry Truman
man was a class act
Didn't take offers after his presidency for speaking or selling products, didn't want secret service, didn't even get a pension from being the president till later

GW can barely tie his own shoes.

Went back to live at his mother in laws house after leaving the white house.Talk about humbling and because of him, the president gets a pension(Harry was probably one of the last nonrich guys to become president). Because he wasnt a rich man, he left the presidency he didnt have much. He worked in a men's clothing store before politics.

I seriously doubt it...

do you have a crack habit? how much you burn in that glass dick? :helpme :1orglaugh j/k nice title to get that attention. :winkwink:

The people that liked Bush will always say Regan was better. So unless the 100 year window doesn't include Regan's years I don't think Bush has a chance to be seen as best. Bookmark this thread and check it in 90 years. :)

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.

Subverting the Congress and Senate into war based on false premises is treason. History will judge him as such.


Jack

sure, why the hell not?

but who the hell wants to sit and figure out what their least stinky turd they ever pooped out was?

123not it.

Leave Jefferson out of that blanket statement. :) He tried to keep the banks at bay, way back then. :thumbsup
Piper

he would have to be one of the few "insiders" that made serious money during the Bush years.

Good call bringing up Truman. That's how columnist Charles Krauthammer views GWB. Kane raises a good point. It all depends how the Middle East turns out. Similar to Truman it was several years before people could objectively look at the impact of his policies.

This kind of reminds me of a windshield wiper on a ducks ass

i just can`t agree

It would have to be a historian that had been dropped on his head as a baby, later had a frontal lobotomy, was high on crack and stoned on hashish......

Clinton lied about sex. Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction. I do not know what's worse.

Crazy talk. The Clinton Administration believed Saddam had WMD, so did Congress, so did our allies.

Bill Clinton, like Richard Nixon, abused his power for personal gain.

There is no evidence that Bush did that. GWB tried to protect his country.

This month's Vanity Fair has an excellent article on how any President is damned if he do, damned if he don't. No one will ever be able to keep campaign promises because of how dysfunctional Washington has become.

ehh? cant do shit? they can STRANGLE YOU TO DEATH! without their money the US wud be 3rd world country! YOU live on debts BIG TIME and owe china 300 BILLION bucks!!! you can live without them? TRY IT! :2 cents:

The Johnson administration did the same thing with the Gulf of Tonkin resolution

possible, i always said "Idiocracy" is in reality a documentary