Both Bush presidents were great men. But neither one was a great president. Bush did a great job shortly after 9/11, but was too concerned with maintaining funding for the Iraq war to fight congress on silly spending. The auto industry bail out was a disaster.
Both were genuinely nice men with great respect for the office and treated those around them with dignity and respect.
But they’re both plain wrong about this election. The Supreme Court going full-out liberal will doom us for generations.
Big oil big business Bushes. Middle East is only about oil, always was.
I will be very glad when the names Clinton, Bush and Obama are no longer heard in polite company.
The elder Bush may qualify as a great man on account of his distinguished service during WWII, but by that standard George McGovern is also a great man. There was no hint of greatness to be had anywhere in the elder Bush's political career.
As for the younger Bush, the only way I would use that adjective in the same sentence as his name is as "great failure" or "great mediocrity."