Looking back: George W Bush presidency- thumbs up or down? November 07, 2020 02:23AM
The biggest positive is Gore and Kerry didn't get in.

In retrospect, John Roberts has been a mostly disastrous Supreme Court pick. With Alito, I'll give him a 50% batting average.

I'm torn on the wars. The Taliban needed to be rooted out, but Bush lacked the will to go all out. Hence, they are still there,

In Iraq, the British Intelligrnce and others agreed Iraq had wmd's (if we've been given honest info. That is a huge askterisk). However, once we got past the initial shock and awe phase, seems we played prevent defense and it dragged out longer than needed.

His initial response to the nation in the days after 9/11 was spot on. On the other hand, nothing substantive done on illegal immigration.

One reason Obama won in 2008 was the housing bubble recession. This was foreseen and nothing done. Was his administration thinking "let's punt to the next guy to deal with'" but it arrived a few months ahead of when they thought it would?

Overall assessment: Given who his opponents were, I'd rather have him. However, so many missed opportunities and lacking the will to really win (aka being ahead in the 4th quarter then letting up).

There are probably lots of positives and negatives I'm forgetting on the spur of the moment.
What's your take on W's presidency?



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Re: Looking back: George W Bush presidency- thumbs up or down? November 08, 2020 12:33AM
I'm torn too...

Good assessment of John Roberts... he's a complete disaster.

My biggest complaint with George W. Bush's time in office is the Patriot Act. It was a huge step toward taking away liberty under the guise of safety. Benjamin Franklin once said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." The Patriot Act started us down that road and now we're driving full speed away from liberty. Safety has become a cult movement.


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