Bush legacy predictions

[Gamakatsu]

What will his legacy to our nation be?

 

What will become of the man himself?

[TheSpaniard]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say worst president of my lifetime.......

[Ditch Jigger]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say worst president of my lifetime.......

 

 

Maybe the worst two termer. Carter was worse.

[squidlips]

He will eventually be banished from Texas, end up hiding at the family compound in Kennebunkport, take up bass fishing and become a poster at SOL under the screen name "Epic Fail".

[Robert Williams]

I think it's going to take a long, long time for historians to agree on what the legacy will be. I have no doubt he will go down in history as one of the most inept orators that ever sat in the oval office. The complexity and severity of the problems he had to deal with during his terms in office and the fact that we still don't know the final outcome of many of his decisions and policy makes it impossible to tell what the ultimate verdict will be as far as leadership, accomplishments, competence and the wisdom of his decisions.

[irish]

Robert, Great response. And you still don't want to give Obama a chance to right the ship and undo some of the errors?

[dogboy]

I think it's going to take a long, long time for historians to agree on what the legacy will be. I have no doubt he will go down in history as one of the most inept orators that ever sat in the oval office. The complexity and severity of the problems he had to deal with during his terms in office and the fact that we still don't know the final outcome of many of his decisions and policy makes it impossible to tell what the ultimate verdict will be as far as leadership, accomplishments, competence and the wisdom of his decisions.

 

 

with one obvious exception, the problems visited on this country were largely of his own making

[hipkvw]

Right now...one of the worst BUT what if they uncover old hidden WMD's in Iraq in 5 years.....peace is restored in the Middle East in 5 or 6 years and the Middle East becomes an industrialized land of freedom and democracy in 10 years???

 

 

Oh wait....that wouldnt really happen....I'll go with worst or damn close to worst

[Robert Williams]

Irish, you're not paying attention, are you. Obama's got the chance and what I want has nothing to do with it now.

 

Dogboy, it's easy to just move your lips and make those kinds of noises, but a lot harder to provide basis and support for those noises you just made. But you have the chance. If you think "most of the problems" Bush had to deal with were caused by Bush, then go for it. You can start with the tanked economy he got handed, move on to 9/11, proceed to Katrina and finish up with the global recession.

[MichaelT]

History may be kind to him because of 9/11. We will never know how his term would have gone if this did not happen. The other thing that we do not yet know is how the future will shape up. If we were to undo everything he did related to the 9/11 attack and then have another attack history may point to him as the person that really understood.

 

That said, I think Iraq will turn to crap once we leave and we are facing this 11 trillion dollar debt so I think he will be looked at as the worse president.

[RJ]

MichaelT - Your entire post is pure "Woulda, coulda, shoulda" bunk.

 

Who knows? is prattle and of no practical sense toward addresing the question.

 

Robert W's response is the most unaffected by personal belief.

 

I doubt if history's view of G. W. Bush's Presidency will be

accertained for a long, long time.

 

We have the "Empeachment after leaving office" to suffer through if Dennis Kicinich and other small, mean and nasty players have their way.

 

Can a President been impeached after he leave office?

 

How many of you wish George Bush to be "Pilloried" after he leaves office? To be exposed, ridiculed, abused and punished?

 

Will his support, leadership and gererousity to Africa and its deadly AIDS epidemic be considered? Or the 6 out of 8 years of a growing economy? Seven years of no attacks on Americans in America by religious fanatical terrorists, or other positives that occurred on his watch.

 

Before you get too excited about damming or praising G.W.Bush why don't we wait until President Obama's first 100 Days have gone by?

 

I wish him much success and hope it will exceed the fantastic first 100 days Nancy Pelosi gave us all to admire.

 

President Obama has my support until his Administration goes into Witch Hunt mode. If he allows that crap to occur to provide a Circus for the vindictive liberal masses, my support will end.

 

Any questions?

 

It is still a political world and it is President Obama's actions that will create his Presidential Legacy.

 

That could range from great American President to Chicago Political Machine Thug.

 

History will determine where his future presidency will get its final grade, as will history determine the "Legacy of George W. Bush."

[Connetquot]

As a conservative Republican (fiscal, role of government) I don't expect any positive reading of President Bush and his role in history. He had his chances, and blew them. 9/11 happened while he was in office, and that will never change and always be linked to his Presidency.

 

He utterly failed in delivering what most of his party wanted in re: spending, size of government, role of government and advancing the role of individual responsibility. Because of those failures, real base of the party won't be helping to write a legacy listing his great achievements.

 

Jeff B.

[Aquacide]

Or the 6 out of 8 years of a growing economy? "

 

 

which was paid for the financial crisis we now see ourselves in - caused by his over spending, the currency collapse, and the asset bubble in stocks and housing caused by his tax cuts.

 

other nations had cheap money. only the US under Bush had severe debt, a weak currency and caused a global financial crisis.

 

Bush will also be remembered on the economic front for the $2,000 fall in average incomes over his term. (clinton increased them $3,500)

 

 

overall, i think that apart from the flawlessly excuted initial invasions, he will be remembered as the most incompetant western leader since WWII.

[RJ]

GB posted -"which was paid for the financial crisis we now see ourselves in - caused by his over spending, the currency collapse, and the asset bubble in stocks and housing caused by his tax cuts."

 

GB - you do realize that Congress spends the money, approves tax cuts and hikes and grows the size of government.

 

Have you seen any attempts by a Democrat Majority to correct overspending or reduce give backs in the past two years.

 

Have you looked closely at the Democrat Party association with Frannie and Freddy over the past18 years.

 

If the booted out CEO's were republicans they would already be in jail.

 

Senator Dowd and Congressman Barney Frank and a bunch of Clinton Administration luminaries were the prime movers in the sub prime mess we are in.

 

Janet Reno, Jamie Garlick, Ron Emmanuel, started the pressure and the configeration of the management of FM and FMac.

 

Who were the largest recievers of political funding frofm FM and FMac?

 

Who poo poo'd the Republican concerns about the shakeyness of FM and FMac just two short years ago?

 

Do you have the strength of character to want all of the players investigated, or just President Bush?

 

Truth time!

[Ditch Jigger]

Right now...one of the worst BUT what if they uncover old hidden WMD's in Iraq in 5 years.....peace is restored in the Middle East in 5 or 6 years and the Middle East becomes an industrialized land of freedom and democracy in 10 years???

 

 

Oh wait....that wouldnt really happen....I'll go with worst or damn close to worst

 

 

You never know how things will look in 40 years.

 

Ike was considered to be as big a bonehead as Bush in 1960. In retrospect, historians believe him to be one of the best Presdients of the 20th century. The world could have easily blown up under his watch--but it didn't. And one big reason why is that Ike saw, firsthand, what war had wrought in Europe.

 

Gerry Ford was another one thought to be not only dumb, but a bumbling fool who tripped everywhere he went. Remember how they raked him over the coals for saying that Poles didn't feel they were under the domination of the USSR? Well, Solidarity and Lech Walesa were household names almost before Jimmy Carter was out of office, a Polish pope was sitting in the Vatican by 1979, and within another 10 years Poland was having free elections.