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GW Bush was not my favorite president, but he sure had some shite happen on his watch
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:31 pm
I am not talking about the "self-inflicted" problems (Iraq), but just shite that happened...
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China captures surveillance plane after mid-air "collision" - April 2001
9/11/01 & Afghanistan
Anthrax attacks - September 2001
Hurricanes:
Ivan - 2004
Dennis - 2005
Katrina - 2005
Rita - 2005
Gustav - 2008
Ike - 2008
Subprime Mortgage Crisis/Financial Meltdown - 2007/2008
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That is some heavy shite and while many can find fault with the responses to all of those, gotta give the man credit for keeping his chin up.
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China captures surveillance plane after mid-air "collision" - April 2001
9/11/01 & Afghanistan
Anthrax attacks - September 2001
Hurricanes:
Ivan - 2004
Dennis - 2005
Katrina - 2005
Rita - 2005
Gustav - 2008
Ike - 2008
Subprime Mortgage Crisis/Financial Meltdown - 2007/2008
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That is some heavy shite and while many can find fault with the responses to all of those, gotta give the man credit for keeping his chin up.
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Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:33 pm to udtiger
I think history will be much more kind to Bush than we are right now.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:34 pm to udtiger
I’m sure he’s a nice guy.
He was also a terrible president.
He was also a terrible president.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:34 pm to boosiebadazz
May take a long time to get to that point.
People will try to continue foisting blame on him for that Chicago slapdick’s horrible tenure.
People will try to continue foisting blame on him for that Chicago slapdick’s horrible tenure.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:35 pm to teke184
Well Bush letting himself be a punching bag for the media and not defending himself made it rather easy for Obama to win
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:36 pm to udtiger
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Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:36 pm to heartbreakTiger
Karl Rove encouraging that behavior helped sink the whole party until 2010.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:37 pm to udtiger
Dude had 9/11 8 months after being sworn in.
Name another prez who came in under that kind of heat
Name another prez who came in under that kind of heat
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:38 pm to DelU249
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yeah, just a reminder, this happened on his watch. it's not like he wasn't in some position to maybe do something about it beforehand. i know the lead up goes back to policy decisions stretching back to the 80s, but he was the man on watch, and that shite happened.
Not blaming, only pointing out that the even occurred and he was tasked with responding to it.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:39 pm to boosiebadazz
Massive spending
Ballooning debt
Worst financial era besides Great Depression
Weakening Constitution
Erosion of civil liberties
Katrina response
Multiple endless foreign expeditionary wars
He will be viewed as Herbert Hoover if Hoover had also weakened the Constitution and embroiled us in endless optional foreign warfare.
Ballooning debt
Worst financial era besides Great Depression
Weakening Constitution
Erosion of civil liberties
Katrina response
Multiple endless foreign expeditionary wars
He will be viewed as Herbert Hoover if Hoover had also weakened the Constitution and embroiled us in endless optional foreign warfare.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:40 pm to udtiger
GW was probably the most entertaining president of my lifetime in terms of comic goofiness. He was definitely a hoot.
Trump is more entertaining in the "don't-give-a-frick" department, as well as alpha balls of steel and top-notch trolling. His ability to bait the opposition into hanging themselves at every corner they turn is both fascinating and utterly mesmerizing.
Trump is more entertaining in the "don't-give-a-frick" department, as well as alpha balls of steel and top-notch trolling. His ability to bait the opposition into hanging themselves at every corner they turn is both fascinating and utterly mesmerizing.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:41 pm to udtiger
Well president barry had trayvon and michael brown.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:41 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:42 pm to udtiger
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Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:43 pm to udtiger
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That is some heavy shite and while many can find fault with the responses to all of those, gotta give the man credit for keeping his chin up.
9/11 Happen
Bush decided to invade Iraq - Because they have Oil
Create the NSA - So they could eavesdrop on US citizens
Create Homeland Security - So that we could militarize our Police force
Patriot Act - so we can take more freedoms from US citizens
Bush will always be known as the 2nd worse president behind trump in US history
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:44 pm to DelU249
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yeah, just a reminder, this happened on his watch. it's not like he wasn't in some position to maybe do something about it beforehand. i know the lead up goes back to policy decisions stretching back to the 80s, but he was the man on watch, and that shite happened.
He took office 1/20/01. Is your argument that he was on watch (in office) or on watch (the planning, financing, etc) ? Because it took longer than 9 months to orchestrate that. To put it all on Bush is moronic.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:44 pm to TigerAxeOK
Bush might have actually made it easier for Trump to make the libs gang themselves at every turn. They aren’t use to a republican fighting back so when it happens they take their derangement to the next level
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:45 pm to udtiger
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GW Bush
Good man...
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he sure had some shite happen on his watch
...but a very average man. Who was in over his head in that set of circumstances.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:45 pm to boosiebadazz
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I think history will be much more kind to Bush than we are right now.
the best thing to happen to bush was trump. But I still think Iraq and the financial crisis were such massive frick ups, they won't be so nice. But the dumpster fire that is trump helps his reputation.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:46 pm to DelU249
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less than 5 months after taking office, Truman dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Difference being we had already been attacked and knew who/where our enemies were. It wasn’t until a few weeks before 9/11 that the intelligence community figured out something might be up. Compounded by fighting an unconventional enemy that used unconventional tactics
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