Well if they’re not fully pardoned, then Bush has only done a mediocre job. I supported him until these last couple of years when Bush has gone Liberal RINO in a lot of his decisions. He may have known what he was doing, but he didn’t let the public know and the media crucified him. In a lot of decisions, if he’d just explained what was going on, he’d have held a larger percentage of approval. Or at least given people a heads-up.
Obama is going to have a lot of trouble if he is not “transparent” in his decisions. People want to know why their leader is doing something so that they can more easily accept it. Most Americans don’t like being told to do something without having a reason or an explanation. And Americans reserve the right to disagree.
Recall: Dissent is Patriotic. Wears on both feet and both sides of the road.
As abhorrant as Bush’s stance has been on this issue, placating the Mexican government, Bush has a legacy.
Bush did an outstanding job except for a few issues:
1) Immigration.
2) Failed to see Iraq was NOT a single people but three tribes who have fought for millenia. This caused misjudgments in winning the peace.
3) Trusting Putin,
4) Letting Frank, Dodd, Schummer get by with the Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac debacle, and not reigning in the SEC.
Bush miracles:
1) Kept another attack from happening on American soil
2) Rebounded from the Clinton recession, then from the destruction of our national financial district.
3) Re-armed for war and ramped up intelligence after a Clinton dismantling and waged war on two fronts simultaneously.
I think Bush’s legacy will ultimately hinge upon his fiscal policy. His debt was atrocious before he signed a $750 biilion bailout.