George W. Bush: The Worst President in the Last 100 Years

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  1. Stevenson

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    Or, I forgot another one of his doozies - Katrina!

    Easily the worst president in 100 years. Not even close.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Hmm, interesting. I don't remember President Bush not mobilizing the school buses in New Orleans. Oh, wait, that was Mayor Nagin. I also don't remember President Bush not mobilizing the Louisiana National Guard. Oh, wait, that was Governor Blanco.

    Mississippi was hit at least as hard as Louisiana and came out fine. Louisiana was the one that struggled. Is it because President Bush is anti-Louisiana? Nope. Mississippi had superior mobilization in place. Sometimes, it really is up to the inidividual cities and states to take care of themselves before they look to the Federal Government.
     
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    Wow, AQ was determined to attack the US, possibly by a hijack, or possibly by other means! Bush should have shut down all of the airports immediately, rounded up all Middle Easterners here on a visa, and imposed martial law! :NOTMARIS:

    I'll remember not to take you seriously anymore.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Okay, what does that say about President Clinton? Was he responsible for 9/11 as well?
     
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    Nagin didn't even follow New Orleans' own evac plans, and Blanco froze and held the LA National Guard hostage for almost three days. Which is why she is no longer governor.

    Bush was a distant third in both chain of first responder command and blame for the ensuing clusterf**k.
     
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    Actually, EVERY time it is first and foremost up to the local First Responders to take care of themselves. This is why we have federal funding for local First Responders.

    Bush was a man of many faults, but blaming him for things that he had no control over is the sign of a rabid partisan.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Don't you understand? President Bush controlled the WEATHER! He steered Katrina to New Orleans to turn Louisiana Republican!
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Bush did not control the weather (except to the extent that his policies promoted climate change).
    However, he did appoint a completely unqualified hack to be head of FEMA. That's something he had 100% control of.

    barfo
     
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    It's quite obvious you know shit about intelligence, to include running and vetting sources. Thank God you aren't involved in making executive decisions within our government.
     
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    hmmm..yes. George W. Bush is both shallow and pedantic.
     
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    What? An unqualified hack as the head of a Federal agency? Heck, all they need is more money and everything will be OK!
     
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    That was my exact point.
     
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    Sorry to have to play this card amigo, but I wrote a book about foreign policy.
     
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    Bush/Cheney is by far the most criminally treasonous POS to ever walk this land.

    So sad anyone would attempt to dispute that.
     
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    Checkmate!

    Pretty much every appointment by him was unqualified, and most were criminals with no great love for the Constitution.
     
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    It's looking like a landslide:

    CNN: (CNN) -- Abraham Lincoln finished first in a ranking by historians of the 42 former White House occupants ...George W. Bush finished 36th in the survey.

    Harpers: History News Network’s poll of 109 historians found that 61 percent of them rank Bush as “worst ever” among U.S. presidents.
     
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    It's too early to tell. Calling Iraq a massive mistake is a matter of almost pure subjectivity at this point. It definitely was/is expensive, but there's a pretty significant chance that it's a region-changing move (in a good way).

    As for knowing about 9/11 beforehand... I dunno. Stating that Bush knew Obama wanted to attack the US as an argument that he should have been able to prevent the attack on the Twin Towers? I don't buy it. I joked about Obama attacking the country about a year earlier in a company-wide off-topic mailing list... it was pretty obvious that we were (and are) a target.

    Ed O.
     
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    You must be delusional, that's really the only conclusion that can be reached from that statement, unless maybe you are simply referring to your own personal/financial situation.

    It's been well over a decade since the average citizen of this country could say they had a "good" year, and over 40 years since this country had a President who accomplished anything major for his country to be proud about.

    That would be LBJ and the incredible strides made for Civil Rights under his watch.

    Carter has personally done more for Americans than any President in history, but it has all been done as a private citizen in volunteer service, which only makes it that much more valuable.
     
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    If only Clinton had killed Obama when he had the chance! Or Michelle. Why hasn't she ever killed Obama?

    barfo
     
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    Typos, or wishful thinking/sour grapes? :dunno:
     

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