I know not a great many at FR lament this but this is a moral outrage.
I would put Bush in the top ten and Obama in the bottom ten.
Bush did fight mightily here at home and abroad for the good name of this nation.
Flame away— we all know I won’t change.
I always thought that as Obama proved how exponentially opposed he was to Bush that conservatives would relent on their bashing. I am not sure that has happened.
Fiscally, socially, internationally, interpersonally its just not close in any domain.
Don’t worry. I firmly believe that history will be kind to President Bush and that his image will increase with time, somewhat the same as with Harry Truman.
Bush did a great job intially with the War on Terror, except that he hesitated to really name the enemy. If not for 9-11 his “compassionate conservatism” might have broken the bank before Obama got the chance. Medicare Part D? No Child Left Behind? Huge grants to fight AIDS in Africa?
What else might he have done?
I suspect that history will cut GWB some slack — particularly on foreign affairs. It won’t take long. 1 or 2 more major screwups by Obama and Bush will rise in peoples’ estimations.
Bush was a good man. These rankings are like junior high popularity contests -- ughh!
Obama in the bottom ten? I’m praying that he will demonstrate far more competence at some point than we have seen so far, that he will grow into the job, and that he will not be the bottom one by too large a margin. This man is supporting deficit spending at $1.5T to $1.7T a year! Add that to his other power grabs, and we are facing a threat to the existence of the United States as a free country.