Nobody in the history of this country was more successful at passing what conservatives will tell you are their key issues. He was not a failure by any stretch of the imagination if you are judging by how much of his party's agenda was achieved.
What did he do to deserve this title?
Biggest tax cuts in history
Biggest cuts in "social" programs
Biggest rollbacks of environmental protections
Most defense spending ever
Biggest rollbacks in business and development regulations and timber
Biggest giveaways of public land for mountaintop mining
Biggest crackdown on civil liberties
Biggest cuts in higher education budgets
Privatization of Military, law enforcement and prison infrastructure
Biggest cuts in Veteran's benefits
Two new ultra right Supreme Court picks
And on and on...
There is nothing this man did that was a failure...if you are judging by whether one advances his party's interests. He was able to accomplish things that conservatives have been whimpering that the dirty "Libtard" congresses of Nixon, Bush I, and Reagan blocked them from doing for 40 years.
Well, the stars lined up for them. They got everything they said would "free capitalism" from the bonds of "big government" to work it's magic.
What did we get?
Worst creation record since Hoover
Actually LOST jobs over his entire first term
300,000 jobs for his second term
(Jimmy Carter created 10 million jobs in his "worst economy in history)
Millions more without health insurance
Millions more collecting unemployment from the government
Millions of people’s retirement saving WIPED OUT
Homes worth half what people paid for them
Major decline of respect for US in the world
Continued terrorist attacks on US soil (Anthrax? Snipers?)
Stagnant wages in the midst of inflation in the prices of fuel, food, education and health care resulting in a NET LOSS in the standard of living of the vast majority in this country
Largest gap between rich and poor in this country since the beginning of the Great Depression
It is not George W. Bush's fault and it is not his failure. The fault for the state of this country rests firmly on the POLICIES not the PERSONALITY of GEORGE W BUSH! It is conservative, trickle down, “let business regulate itself” policies that got us where we are.
If we don't acknowledge that then we will repeat this experiment again in the next election.
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How unsurprising that no self-servative republicans had anything to say about the results of thier handi-work.
This is clearly a joke. I don't believe anyone who has a sane mental state can really applaud George "Dubya" Bush.
- His administration clearly had plans to go into Iraq once they were in power, one way or the other. This was sold to him by his staff as a holy crusade, as recently reported, much like Hitler was influenced by the wrong people.
- The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan allowed Donald Rumsfeld to play a real-life "Call of Duty" game and test out new weaponary. As a result, the Defense budget skyrocketed and various contractors (inc. Dick Cheney's company) got profitable projects in the "rebuilding" process.
- His in-actions led to the collapse of the US economy, just like every business he has owned.
- His actions and lack of any foreign policy destroyed America's image and reputation to the world at large.
- He did not believe in environmental initiatives that would improve climate conditions and reduce fossil fuel exploration.
- His administration led the public into a false state of fear. This scare tactic allowed them to get away with publicly announcing wire tapping (which has been on-going prior to 9/11), taking away civil rights and liberties, gaining access to people's personal data in the name of "national decurity" and handing unprecedented powers to the Executiuve branch (which Obama has since reversed).
Overall, the actions and in-actions of George Bush's administration has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of lives. Had this been accomplished by a non-American leader, they would have faced trial in an international war crimes court.
For whatever good GWB did, and he did do some good, he should be indicted for Treason. If he were to ever stand trial for treason in a legitimate court with a legitimate jury, he'd be convicted -- HANDS DOWN. He did more to destroy America than even Clinton did. I pray history will tell who he really was or we're likely to never learn the lesson HIS experiment is now making the country pay. If we actually had a republic by the time he got into office (debatable), his straw was the one that broke the camel's back.