Did Bush do anything right?

[SqueeFactor]

Sure it's easy to bash ol' dubyuh, but is there anything he did that you think is a positive?

 

[Internet Kraken]

Oh dear

 

[CIA]

Aid for Africa. That was nice of him.

 

[Labyrinth]

Oh, I admire him. Truly. No other man could possibly have done such a fine job to ensure that Obama got elected in the last election. It was a superb performance.

 

[Ancientgamer]

Did bush really do anything wrong?

Sure, plenty of people are against him on policy, but I can't think of that many things he objectivly did wrong.

And it isn't like this is a monarchy, the president has way less power than people tend to think.

 

[Scambug]

Bush didn't, but Cheney shot a guy in the face.

I live in europe, and we've only read the stories about his screw-ups, so I wouldn't really know

 

[RebelRising]

Aid for Africa. That was nice of him.

As opposed to national health care for us?

I apologize, I'm bitter about that sort of thing. As for what Bush did right, he did provide a strong boon to the oil industry, and Israel must love him for Iraq.

 

[Grand_Poohbah]

 

[CIA]

Did bush really do anything wrong?

Sure, plenty of people are against him on policy, but I can't think of that many things he objectivly did wrong.

And it isn't like this is a monarchy, the president has way less power than people tend to think.

Well... there is always Iraq and, to a lesser extent, No Child Left Behind.

Also the really important question is: did he do anything that helped significantly?

Another placeholder president.

Aid for Africa. That was nice of him.

As opposed to national health care for us?

Yes I know. I'm bitter too, for the exact same reasons I expect.

 

[gigastrike]

A lot of ppl in Iraq did appreciate the war. Not all, but some.

 

[black lincon]

Did bush really do anything wrong?

Sure, plenty of people are against him on policy, but I can't think of that many things he objectivly did wrong.

And it isn't like this is a monarchy, the president has way less power than people tend to think.

fucked up on Katrina, invaded Iraq(the country that had nothing to do with 9/11), expanded the power of the executive branch, politicized the judicial branch, allowed his vice president to operate a shadow government, ect.

On the plus side he was the number one president for African aid.

 

[NeutralDrow]

I remember him doing a few things I approved of. I'm trying to remember what they were, but I know they existed.

Did bush really do anything wrong?

Sure, plenty of people are against him on policy, but I can't think of that many things he objectivly did wrong.

And it isn't like this is a monarchy, the president has way less power than people tend to think.

Iraq. That went way, way, way beyond policy differences into the realm of gargantuan screw-ups. Hell, the whole "war on terror" thing in general failed badly...partly due to Iraq.

For something in which he shares the blame with Congress: Many Children Left Behind.

 

[L.B. Jeffries]

Aid for Africa. That was nice of him.

This is true, he did do quite a lot to step up African aid. I know its easy to bash on the guy because he was just so dim. It was just the poeople he surrounded himself with that used him for their own ends and he wasnt wise enough to say no or didnt care.

I have mixed feelings on that one. He also refused to endorse teaching anything but abstinence as AIDs prevention. I'd rather people used a condom than nothing at all. Even if you're pro-abstinence, the notion that you're going to get an entire population to do it is a little ridiculous. If he wanted to stop people from dying of AIDs, he could've supported both approaches.

 

[CosmicGrenade]

yes he did something right.... he didn't run for the 3rd term MAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


only joking i know he couldn't

but yes he did things right like making a fool of himself

 

[Valiance]

Oh man, this is gonna be bad.

Anyway, I think his reaction to when the guy threw a shoe at him was perfect.

He shrugged his shoulders a little bit and put his arms out like "Whaddya gonna do about it?"

And later on he was like "So what if a guy threw a shoe at me...?"

 

[hopeneverdies]

Removed the Taliban from power in Afghanistan

 

[CIA]

Aid for Africa. That was nice of him.

This is true, he did do quite a lot to step up African aid. I know its easy to bash on the guy because he was just so dim. It was just the poeople he surrounded himself with that used him for their own ends and he wasnt wise enough to say no or didnt care.

I have mixed feelings on that one. He also refused to endorse teaching anything but abstinence as AIDs prevention. I'd rather people used a condom than nothing at all. Even if you're pro-abstinence, the notion that you're going to get an entire population to do it is a little ridiculous. If he wanted to stop people from dying of AIDs, he could've supported both approaches.

Well, I was trying to be positive.