Clearly a political slam, trying to tie McCain to Bush and make Bush look bad. I think the best part of Bush’s legacy might be summed up as, “I don’t give a rat’s butt about the press.” (Of course, there is much more good stuff too.)
He increased the size of the federal government. I am disappointed with his 2 terms in office.
But we wont mention 9/11 in this article. We wont mention the Supreme Court. What a despicable article from CBS.
W doesn't care about his legacy unlike Clinton who is still running away from his real legacy and trying to fake a different one.
ping
50 million people freed in the Middle East, which could have positive impact for hundreds of years.
Agrresive prosecution of the War against Islamic Jihad.
Very postive, conservative Supreme Court nominations and impact.
Terrible immigration policy.
that moveon.org, du, nbc, abc, cbs, msnbc, new york slimes, a do nothing congress and others were out to destory every thing you tried to get done and lie about you daily.
Kind of like they are doing to Sarah Palin. It is a shame the culture we are now living in but I hope more than 1/2 of the country see’s the truth.
President Bush, I welcome you and Mrs. Bush back to Texas where you don’t have to put up with the slimes in Washington.
SPENDING
He will be remembered chiefly for being President during a watershed moment in human history - 9/11. He will also be remembered for the subsequent actions taken after September 11, namely the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the defeat of a deadly enemy, alQueda.
Ramos & Compean?
Bush’s legacy?
They have to ask this?
No doubt his presidential library will be build with low wage illegal labor...
We haven’t been attacked.
His credibility on national security and standing up against the terrorists makes him right up there with Harry Truman dropping the bombs on Japan.
Moving our representative republic form of government more toward an oligarchy (a form of government where political power effectively rest with a small elite segment of society).
Running up our national debt to astronomical figures.
Continuing his daddy's policies facilitating the transfer of American wealth to foreign countries.
Allowing corporate America to drive Federal policy.
Mr. Bush, if I were the president of Texas for a day, my first order of business would be to expel you and your hyper-globalist family right on back to the northeast where you originated.
I would then yank your citizenship from the Republic of Texas.
Mr. Bush ,I live among conservatives, I know conservatism, I have many conservatives that are friends of mine.
Mr. President, you're no conservative.
Sorry George.
What could have been...
One word: Heller
If not for his SC appointments, we'd be screwed.
The vast majority of these comments are very short-sighted. Do you honestly believe that “out of control spending” or “No Child Left Behind” will even rate a mention in history books 50 years from now? That’s very doubtful.
However, the war on terror and the major shift away from the passive “Police Action” response to pre-emptive war will loom huge in history’s eyes. Supreme Court picks are still studied for past presidents to this day.
So, yes, Bush will rise to a high position on list of best presidents.
And BJ Clinton is sure to sink to a good position on the list of mediocre presidents.
Bush will be remembered most for his overall response to 9-11. He secured America from future terrorist attacks and took the fight to the enemy. Bush deserves credit for listening to Gen Petraeus. The surge has worked. The WOT isn’t over, but so far, America is winning.
The Bush tax cuts stimulated spending and investment, enabling the economy to overcome downturns during 9-11 and Katrina and enjoy a fairly steady rate of growth throughout his Presidency.
On the downside. Bush promoted big government Republicanism, spent like a liberal and expanded the federal bureaucracy with a trillion dollar prescription drug program. His huge increases in education spending can’t be called conservatism in action. Bush advanced comprehensive liberal immigration reform and along with it, backdoor amnesty for 30 million illegals.
If Bush had done a better job with public relations, political propaganda and use of the Bully Pulpit more to his advantage, the last eight years could have been much more successful and better for his legacy.
George W. Bush’s legacy will be empty body bags. Those empty body bags were for:
1. The tens of thousands of troops the MSM and the Dim were counting on the US losing in Afghanistan.
2. The tens of thousands of troops the MSM and the Dims were counting on the US losing in Iraq.
3. The ten thousand New Orleanians that Ray Nagan with a MSM and Dim chorus was predicting would be floating in the street after Katrina.
4. The thousands of bodies from the terrorist attacks that the MSM and the Dims were predicting would die in follow up attacks in the US after 9-11-2001. Remember the al Qaeda attacks that would certainly follow in a year or two or three.
Instead we got two countries liberated with very low casualty rates. Instead in New Orleans one of the greatest search and rescue operation in history was conducted. The first and most important thing you do in a disaster is limit death. Instead the US has gone al Qaeda terror attack free since 2001.
In addition Bush lowered taxes and did not bend to a later tax increase the beltway types always demand. The tax rate cut helped lead to a strong economy. Bush appointed solid Supreme Court Justices. All of these reasons are why Bush is the greatest American president in the last 100 years at least.
Appointed two solid conservatives to the Supreme Court, protected us from a repeat 9-11, removed a dangerous dictator in Iraq, successfully carried off an historic invasion and conquest of Afghanistan, conspired with a foreign power (Mexico) to violate our borders in an effort to foster a flawed agenda of globalism and one-worldism.
The man has been a true leader (in an era where leadership is mostly gone...and polls determine nearly everything).
Premise after premise in this CBS garbage piece are flawed or half-truths....
Go read what the MSM was saying about Reagan when he left. They said the same BS. One of the bottom 10 Presidents, only an actor, Iran-Contra would be his legacy, blah, blah, blah.
GWB has spread freedom around the globe, has taken the fight to our enemies, his leadership won two wars and his continue to win the ongoing WOT, he cut taxes for all Americans, never raised them (like Reagan did, both income and FICA) presided over 7 years of growth in our economy (inherited a number of 20/30 year in the making problems via the economy and immigration).......He appointed great federal judges across the nation.......and all the while take more arrows for standing up for America and the GOP than any man in modern times.......and done so with a class and dignity I dare say 99.9% of people on earth could not.
History will be incredibly kind to this man.