Article doesn’t say anything about the polling sample, so I don’t consider this worthy. Bush got a bad rap from day one as the media went after him with unrelenting abuse for defeating their darling, Al Gore. Only break came when 9-11 occurred. Yes, spending was bad but worsened significantly under Democratic controlled Congress. Dodd-Frank deserve far more credit for economic collapse than Bush, but they’re protected Democrats, especially since Frank is gay. I think history will elevate his position but only if we have honest historians in the future. Galls me to see how history is being rewritten to suit the author’s point of view.
I agree. I guarantee that the people polled were not around when Jimmah was president.
Or the poll is a complete fabrication.
Bush got a bad rap from day one as the media went after him
Also true of Reagan, but his conservative policies made him a success and he ended his presidency hugely popular, so much so that Daddy Bush his first term on Reagan’s coattails,
Like Reagan, W faced a hostile press. Unlike Reagan, W pursued liberal policies that ended in economic disaster. Biggest recession since Hoover’s depression. Voters weren’t happy and you can’t blame them. Bush ended his tenure extremely unpopular, and the backlash elected Obama.
You can’t blame the pollsters, but that’s disingenuous. Admit it, Bush was and is unpopular. The Republican candidates know this — their own polls say the same thing — which is why his name was never mentioned in the GOP presidential debates this year. And nobody asks to campaign with him. (Only Obama wants him in the spotlight - witness the recent invite to the White House).
What name was uttered again and again in the GOP debates? Reagan. Even though Reagan - like Bush - had a hostile press. Unlike Bush, that didn’t keep him from being a successful president.