He damn near killed the GOP.
By what measure is Kerry “probably more liberal” than Obama?
Overall, he hurt the GOP. At first he seemed to be doing well, but as time passed, he sold out Domestic policy to the Dems, turned his back on the platform and principles, and made Republicans unelectable. 7 years later and he still has done little to close the southern border with Mexico.
The GOP is dead to me.
We lost Indiana and North Carolina.
He was popular enough among conservatives that we by and large were cajoled into just barely supporting him and his ilk (e.g. Tom DeLay, etc.) enough to keep them in the majority.
If instead of just limping along with quasi-conservatives we had given support to true conservatives, then we may have lost some of the previous battles, but we would more likely win the ultimate war with liberalism.
What is happening with the Republican Party now is similar to what is happening with the economy: both Republicans and Democrats did things to keep the bubble from bursting sooner than it did, but it burst anyway.
Unless and until Republicans get back to being sound managers of smaller governments then whatever bubble of approval they receive will soon pop.
The only recent Prez to escape flame is Ronaldus Magnus. The rest are traitors doncha' know?
The United States hads’t been attacked since 9-11.
That having been said, he did not advance conservatism. Under his watch, Republicans became the caricature that the left always claimed we were. Ted Stevens, Mark Foley, Medicare, No Child Left Behind...
I realize much of this was not George W. Bush's fault-- but actually, it was. In that he could have stopped it. Or he could have advanced conservatism. He could have controlled spending.
But the point is he is a patriot, a true American-- and in comparison to Terrorist-Elect Obama-- a great man.
If he had of helped their would have been no Obama.
It is plain and simple he did NOT adhere to tried and true conservative principles.
It's time for conservatives to realize that we are the RINOs. The big government hordes own the party and we just tag along because we got nowhere else to go.
Is the Pope Catholic?
After 8 long years you are asking this question?
Where have you been?
But I predict that history will show that the Dims and the media were happy to hold US safety and security hostage and to teeter on the edge of throwing the country under the bus and thus force him to fecklessness in any number of areas. I think history will show, that is, that the libs were perfectly happy to cripple our fighting forces and our security efforts if it would get them more socialism.
I think Dubya will look better when the facts come out.
One of the worst Presidents ever, turned the GOP into a minority party, possibly for years to come.
It all depends on one thing - if we get attacked again under a Democrat Administration.
It's not writing in paragraphs that kills off political parties!
Just ask the Federalists and the Whigs!
Bush won by appealing to that 50% of the population that was disposed to vote for him.
He wasn't active or imaginative enough to try to build on his support. He thought if we just kept on pushing the same buttons we'd go on winning.
Some of those were very good and important buttons, but politics is an active sport. You can't just sit on a majority and expect to win every time.
In general, he didn't risk much. He didn't even risk vetoing bloated appropriations bills.
Bush had his good qualities and some fine principles, but when the country needed leadership on some issues he was a status quo president and didn't even aspire to be much more than that.
What’s a GOP?
Horrendous. The President is the de facto leader of his party. The last 8 years have seen a free-fall of Republican principles and ideals. If only he had stood against big government like he did against terrorism we might be a little better off.