Do you like Bush?

United States
May 14, 2007 11:18pm CST
How do you feel about George W. Bush? I personally think he's doing a crappy job as the president -- unnecessary war, excessive foreign borrowing, tax cuts for the rich only. I think he might be the worst president we've seen. And I'm sure I'm not alone in this thought, as his popularity rating is one of the lowest if not the lowest of all of the presidents throughout United States history. What do you think about George W. Bush?
3 responses
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
15 May 07
So you are not familiar with the $1 trillion + in tax cuts that ALL of the American people received, or the new 10% tax bracket for the poor that was created under Bush? What exactly do you find unnecessary about this war? Are you one of those that feel 9-11 never happened, or do you believe that the terrorist threat is only a make believe story much like the bogeyman? He is far from the worst president that we have ever seen...he has brought our country out of a recession that he inherited from Clinton...he was faced with the attacks on 9-11 that were caused by Clinton's foreign policy while BJ was in office, and he inherited a war in Iraq that Clinton started. Or did you not know that during most of BJ Clinton's presidency that he was bombing Iraq in order to soften it up for the coming invasion? I suppose that you also don't know that in 1998 BJ Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act into law which made regime change in Iraq official US policy. This was for the purpose of eliminating Iraq's capability to make and use WMD's and had little to do with terrorism at that time. He also bombed more countries than any other peacetime president, including Yugoslavia, Sudan, Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan, and then Kosovo...these are what made the US bin Ladin's target, and caused the attacks on 9-11. The day after Clinton impeachment acquittal, he announced plans to invade Kosovo which was in a civil war. This was done for no other reason than o get American's attention off of his impeachment. Clinton overrode major concerns of senior Pentagon officials that the Administration had no clear-cut military goals... by putting U.S. troops in Kosovo, Clinton provoked terrorist attacks by Islamic radicals connected to Saudi renegade Osama bin Laden, who has declared a worldwide war on Americans. The Kosovo war provoked terrorist retaliation within the United States. Bin Laden stated unequivocally that all Americans, including "those who pay taxes," are targets. At a Senate hearing, then CIA Director George Tenet warned against the danger of a stepped-up terrorist campaign, saying, "There is not the slightest doubt that Osama bin Laden, his worldwide allies, and his sympathizers are planning further attacks against us." Clinton's reckless meddling in Kosovo, Bosnia, Macedonia, Sudan, and Iraq exposed Americans to retaliation from terrorists. Do you still say the war was unnecessary?...Then blame Clinton. The only thing that Bush did was change the bombing war in Iraq to a full scale invasion. Do you still think Bush is the worst president ever?
@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
15 May 07
i am not an american and i don't know much of president bush or his activities as a president. But i have to admit that USA for that matter is a very influencial country even trying to influence the decisions made by our lady president GMA. And for USA mendling the affairs of other small countries because they are so superpower makes me hate him.
• United States
15 May 07
Could you be a bit more specific? In what areas is the US trying to influence the Philippines?
• United States
14 Jun 07
He is shameful and I am so embaressed and can't wait for '08 so we can get this country back on track. :)
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
15 May 07
He is doing a great job in some things and a piss poor job in others. What you call the "tax cuts for the rich" helped take us from a recession to an economy that absorbed some pretty nasty hurricane seasons and other natural disasters and still manages to go on strong. The tax cuts led to more revenues collected by the government, so the deficit shrank a bit. Prs. Bush doesn't "borrow" anything from anyone. The U.S. Constitution gives full responsibility and authority to spend money to Congress, so put that responsibility where it belongs. I think Prs. Bush is doing a piss poor job where it comes to illegal aliens. In other words, he's doing next to nothing... and that IS part of his job. As far as the "lowest rating of any president", Harry S. Truman himself had a lower rating and he's considered one of the greatest U.S. Presidents ever.