The Legacy of George W. Bush's Presidency »
Posted By Aidenag 8 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsA look At The Country He Inherited, And The Country He Leaves Behind.
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Blackacereturn8 months, 2 weeks ago
Is this a joke? What legacy? I think we will try our best to erase this ummm this thing we had for 8 years from our history book. The good thing is we will get to revisionist history and then we can pretend this never happened.
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Shadowolf8 months, 3 weeks ago
One of his true legacies...nobody in any country around the world will be able to trust the American government for decades to come.
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BB648 months, 3 weeks ago
Guys, you haven't been outside of the USA much. Again, I'm not talking about the minions, I deal with the powers that be in nations like Germany, France, Poland, UK and the like. The leadership may pay lip service to the masses but for the most part they respect this President. Look at France and the UK they are actually playing a game of who can be a better friend to the USA. On the international landscape, those same nations, again, I deal with business, most had no use for Bill Clinton and were not fond of George HW Bush. Prior to that, I can't really comment. I do know that for the military, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were not thought of very highly. Carter for his cuts and then inaction with Iran and Clinton with the slash & burn methods along with the "peace" missions that had little to do with peace and more to "create" his legacy.
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scott42618 months, 3 weeks ago
OK. One.
Still, I rather would have had the Democratic party united behind the Al Gore we see today running in 2000. We didn't. Instead, Gore allowed himself to be manipulated by bad advice. He didn't even have Bill Clinton campaign for him. The result was that George W. Bush, a man who is now clearly seen by most as a disaster, had the opening to steal that very close election.
See what happens when we don't stand on principle?
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SleepingDogs8 months, 3 weeks ago
It is sort of sad that you stoop to name calling. You seemed to have had intelligent points in some of the other posts. This shrill tone is unbecoming. Try to elevate the intellectual level of your responses.
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jaspersneed8 months, 2 weeks ago
The intellectual level of his post is perfectly fine, and I don't see a single bit of shrillness. What on earth are you talking about?
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Will13138 months, 3 weeks ago
so you prefer the government operate in secret... Nixon would have loved you.....
the president does have power.. but not dictatorial powers...
neither thing you site are GOOD things in the minds of freedom loving individual...
might I suggest North Korea....or Iran... as a place you might wish to reside...
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jaspersneed8 months, 2 weeks ago
"...he taught the news media to mind their own damn business. "
And precisely what do you believe IS the "business" of the news media?
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NoSpinDave8 months, 3 weeks ago
YOU PEOPLE are pathetic. How can I take a story on the Bush presidency seriously when it comes from "Dems.Gov". This cant be partisan can it? Naaa, cant be.
LIBERAL MUMBO JUMBO!!!
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Grrr8 months, 3 weeks ago
Yet you're all over the propaganda from the minority party .gov sites. CON BS. Talk about pathetic. When I slam a CON propaganda job, I base it on what it says, not where it's from. Got anything to say that isn't pure partisan rhetoric defending the indefensible? Thought not.
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djn3nunez38 months, 2 weeks ago
...How can I take a story on the Bush presidency seriously
What story? There is no story. Just a compiled table of facts. Do you have a particular fact that you feel is in error or what?
What don't know how to put a rebuttal in a complete sentence?
NEO_CONNED!!!
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hdthehn8 months, 2 weeks ago
NoSpin is a yellow dog republican: He would vote for a yellow dog (incompetent, conartist with zero integrity aka Bush) before he would vote for anyone of another party who is competent, honorable and maintains their integrity. Providing the yellow dog has never been seen humping another dog of the same sex. You have my admiration Dave. Spinn on!!!
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Obaku8 months, 3 weeks ago
Don't pretend you know anything about history.
Truman, the only man in the entire history of the human race that has ever ordered the nuclear destruction of a city (and one was not enough!)
Truman, who got the U.S. into a pointless war in Korea, that to this very day has not ended, this is the model for what John Mc Cain says is "success in Iraq", decades of military spending to accomplish nothing except the status quo ante.
Truman, who fed and nutured the military-industrial complex that Eisenhower saw taking over America.
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truth827 months, 3 weeks ago
Could someone please make a decent arguement about the legacy of President George W. Bush instead of speaking out of emotions and blah,blah, blah..
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Grrr8 months, 3 weeks ago
And it takes an even simpler mind to buy a turd with a bow on it. Congratulations on supporting the most miserable administration in the history of the United States even after it has become common knowledge that everything you believe is a LIE. You can eat your crow or have it fed to you, your choice.
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ProudBlueTexan8 months, 3 weeks ago
Don't confuse EU politicians with EU citizens. The people there will take to the streets en masse when they are being screwed bad enough. They will riot, they will take the culprits out. I don't advocate riots here, but I recall that "civil disobedience" was the only thing that finally--after all the peaceful demonstrations were over--finally scared Washington into ending Nam, making civil rights law, etc. in the US. The population has been so pacified by material 'stuff' post-Nam, that I don't see it rising up again, no matter how bad bush or his successors trample the Constitution, so Washington doesn't have much to worry about anymore, BUT, if this was going down in the EU, you can bet it wouldn't last long. The people there have longer memories than Americans.
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Klarissa8 months, 2 weeks ago
The EU countries are having problems with Muslim riots and bombers, they are reading the telephone calls and email to keep their countries safe.
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Spadecaller8 months, 3 weeks ago
Behind that chart of shame are the lives of millions who have suffered from king George's malfeacance.
The deaths of our sons and daughers in Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees and casaulties, our wounded veterans without adequate healtchare, the impoverishment of the middle class and the poor, the loss of real jobs to unfair trade, the importing of unsafe products, the increasing cost of poor quality food, the burdensome cost of gas, a 3rd pending war with Iran, and the exploitation of the media and government by Bush's corporate cronies...isn't that enough of a legacy? I wish it was.
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donald518 months, 3 weeks ago
Spade, the chart needs to include the fact that the disparity between the ultrarich and the poor increased to the highest since the government started keeping the data!
Also needs to include foreignors dead as you mentioned, 600,000 plus in Iraq alone!
How about the only pres to say it doesn't matter if he gets the greatest terrorist responsible for over 3000 American deaths... or the pres to let the greatest black marketeer of nuclear technology to be pardoned (Kahn of Pakistan)?
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IcCaRus8 months, 3 weeks ago
not to mention his characterization of the constitution as that "gd piece of paper". you know, the very piece of paper he swore to preserve, protect, and defend...
below, ive pasted the presidential oath of office. he obviously has NOT done the job he swore to do. then again, it DOES say "to the best of my ability" and we ARE talking about the Duh-cider. :D
I (insert name) do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
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ameliog8 months, 3 weeks ago
Once you experience his much-anticipated presidential library and take in the complete and unvarnished presentation of the man, all these present criticisms will be like trivial nuisances. A clean new building, good HVAC and lighting around exhibits, and you'll have a whole new impression. Be patient; it'll be open before you know it.
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CaptainLucid8 months, 3 weeks ago
The copy of "My Pet Goat" that he kept reading after the first tower got hit.
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ameliog8 months, 2 weeks ago
RFE,
As people have mentioned, the library should be light on actual documents, as all useful information has been permanently sealed from public view for "security reasons".
There might be some cool exhibits. I heard there will be a partial representation of his Crawford ranch set, using actual set pieces from the ranch that he bought as part of the Reagan-cowboy image being spun up for his 2000 presidential campaign. We might even be treated to artist renderings of brush that GWB may or may not have actually cleared at his Crawford set.
In the audio wing, we may get to hear GWB's oration over the years. This might be too stressful for older people to sit through, but smaller audio samples will be available and people will be able to listen to GWB slide from folksy grammar-mangler to polished elocution, sometimes within the same audio segment.
Oh yes. This place will practically scream AUTHENTICITY.
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BravoSierra8 months, 3 weeks ago
I hope they find the evidence that the American people will finally consider adequate to prosecute the man for crimes against the Constitution and the people of the United States in that library. Though it may be empty given the tendency of the Bush-ites to destroy all the evidence of their malfeasance.
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hamy8 months, 3 weeks ago
And how wonderful that his library will have just as many historical mistakes and misinterpretations as his speeches.
What a horrid failure. The blood of millions of both Americans and other human beings and animals stain both Bush administrations.
Shame on them. Shame on their entire family.
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toph19738 months, 3 weeks ago
What makes me over more upset is the people that decided this imbecile was worthy to vote in not only once but second time.
The British paper put it so well when it said, "How can 65 million american be so Stupid?" I wonder that as well. The Bush administration really took the idea of dumbing down the populace to a whole new level. It worked famously. Unfortunately, I have lost a lot of respect for my fellow Americans.
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hamy8 months, 3 weeks ago
AMEN!!! I mean, Kerry was no peach. But how could anyone vote for the most corrupt administration we have ever seen AGAIN?
After he showed you all who he was, you voted for him again.
You voted for the deaths of your children. You must have wanted them to die. And for what?? What will their deaths accomplish? What are we as a nation going to gain from their deaths? What can we point to and say, "My child died for this?"
Nothing.
The administration of death.
The administration of incompetent leadership.
The administration of lies.
That is his legacy.
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kedirian8 months, 3 weeks ago
How about taking a good look at our EDUCATIONAL systems?
How about TV-addiction while newspaper-readership is sinking?
How about the average American only being turned ON by MTV, cartoons, electronic gadgets, the latest sneakers, etc.?
How about the average level of conversation being rude, crude, and superficial?....
The 1960's gave us Civil Rights, which led to our educational standards dropping - on account of " ...400-years of mistreatment DISabling some from competing in academe"....
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cowboygrandpa8 months, 3 weeks ago
The only legacy Bush has is the outright lies and thievry he contrived.
His complete and utter failure to identify and solve the nations slide into a moral stupor is what he should be remembered for.
He lacks the decency of a gentleman and has the morals of the devil.
Yes he is a legend in his own mind. Albeit a sick and warped mind.
His picture should be in the dictionaries as the explanation of failure. He should lose all benefits and be imprisoned for his willfull crimes against humanity.
This is no president. This is failure on a pedastal of self indulgence and moral inadequacies.
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cecollie2 weeks ago
Wow! President Bush is the most evil, corrupt man with no morals? Did anyone remember President Clinton? Remember the sex scandals? Remember the long history, dating back to his days as a law professor of abusing women? Remember his infidelity? Remember Vince Foster's strange death? hmmmm....
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I am a conservative and some might consider me one of those religous right wingnuts, and that's ok...you are all entitled to your opinion. I am not 100% behind the Bush administration. I am well aware that there were many mistakes made, but I certainly don't think that he is evil or that he is worthy of some of the things that he has been called here. I do believe that he did accomplish some positive things. Before you calling me names, try taking a look at this site,
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1066122/posts
You might be surprised at what you find there. You might not agree with everything that was done, but you would have to admit that he certainly did accomplish some things...and they weren't all bad...even if you don't agree with all of it.
Just gives you something to think about. OK, you can go back to spewing hate now.
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BravoSierra8 months, 3 weeks ago
Yes, you need to go on. The people of the US need to hear every accusation and crime against them committed by this man in every venue possible.
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Amazing18 months, 3 weeks ago
Legacy? How about a Hall of Shame? He and his buddies should be ridden out of town on a rail, their assets siezed and every signing statement burned in the middle of the White House Lawn.
Then, indict and imprison him. I suggest Gitmo as the preferred location.
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