"BAR" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:11:01 -0500, BAR wrote:
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On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:35:47 -0500, BAR wrote:
At best, Bush will be remembered by history as a mediocre President,
more likely, he will be remembered as one of the worst.
It will take 20 to 40 years to find out.
I'm just curious, what do you consider will be his successes?
He did rather than talked. When action was required he took action.
A trait of leadership is being able to make a decision. It may be the
wrong decision but at least it was a decision. Contrast this with Bush's
predecessor and follower who are afraid to make decisions when the
decision need to be made. Both Clinton and Obama will wait and wait and
then they may make the decision.
Decisiveness is only one trait of leadership, and it definitely helps if
you are right, but I was asking a serious question. I personally think
Bush is the worst President in my lifetime, but you obviously don't. I
was seriously asking what you think his successes will be. I'll give you
Iraq *could* eventually be a success, but what else has he done
successfully?
Why don't you just go off on your rant about how bad Bush was and we can
conclude the discussion. I doesn't matter what I say you will argue the
opposite.
Not a thunder supporter, but is a valid question. Bush has been a bad
POTUS. Maybe the worst in 40 years, but Clinton was also a bad POTUS. He,
in some ways, may be worse, in that he had the charisma and mandate to fix
things. He did not. Left the Middle East unfixed, or not even marginally
safer. Made North Korea even a bigger problem. Laid the foundation for the
present economic meltdown. Is a continuation and major result of letting
the dot.bomb debacle happen. Bush overspent, and started a war in Iraq,
when he should have completed Afghanistan first. Open 2 fronts did not work
in 1942, and does not work now. Expanded Federal government and size even
greater than the previous POTUS. A man who ran on fiscal responsibility and
restraint of government. Not! I hope Obama can fix a lot of the wrongs.
Very skeptical, as he has not a background in problem solving and has Reid
and Pelosi running Congress. We have not had a good POTUS for a long time.