I thought that President Bush did pretty well. I didn’t agree with everything he said. But he did good.
Well when you consider the two alternatives (Gore & Kerry) to “W” he really does not look all that bad IMO.
Deroy is being too kind. Only one tax cut worked to help the economy, the one in 2003, and that was the the one for which W had the least input. If anything, W gave tax cuts a bad reputation.
He does deserve credit for the tax cuts, and he deserves more credit than Murdock gives him for his protection of life.
Otherwise, I’m afraid much of this is true.
And he doesn’t even mention immigration reform, which fortunately Bush was unable to pass. But not for want of trying. Or the huge trade deficits with China, which clinton started by Bush eagerly jumped on. Or Kosovo.
Yes, Bush is basically a decent man, but he was out to lunch on numerous important issues.
The writer states what I have always said and that is Bush never responded to the lies said about him and his policies. He should have learned from the 2004 Presidential Election, but then since he won the election, thanks to the Swift Boat Vets, he ignored its lesson of immediately responding to critical claims and charges. The writer is correct, Bush covered up the Clinton staff destruction in the White House. He should have been doing what the writer said.
This is sophomoric drivel. But then again, most of things are.
The "new tone" wasn't about being nice. It was about having a bipartisan raid on the Treasury, while W signed everything that crossed his desk.
bump. the guy makes some good points.
And there is plenty more he still could have piled on.
I think President Bush did a great job especially considering the opposition of the democrats the press and the ungrateful conservatives who were mad at him because he wasn't a reincarnated Reagan. The ONLY fault I can find with him is he didn't stand up for himself and fight the lies and smears. He let them stand and too many people believed they were true. God Bless President Bush may he live long enough to finally see his record vindicated.
You need to mark this as Bush-Bash Caucus. If I’d seen that disclaimer, I’d have stayed aways. Now I have to go bathe in tomatoe juice and burn my clothes.
What’s to disagree with, facts are facts, ma’am. What we had here was a failure to communicate and it started right away in 2001, by covering up the trashing of the White House by the Klintonites. As for “better than Goron or sKerry”, remember that US Presidents all move slightly to the other side of the spectrum when taking power (as will Zero, you can bet), and those two clowns would have surely, Shirley, moved to the right, however slightly.
The desperate bushbots here are walking on broken glass saying that he may be a Carter but he’s our Carter. He ain’t mine! The author’s right on the mark.
That's not so bad. I've heard pilots refer to themselves as drivers. But anyway, W is a terrible communicator.
The twin towers was a one-time event. I feel safe when flying. I’m not forced to pray to a pagan god five times a day. Thank you Mr. Bush.
His cavalier dismissal of the consequences of his conduct, "Let history decide," is a slap in the face of every American who has to live with those consequences NOW. We don't have the luxury of waiting on history, or of retreating in affluent, haughty splendor and watching the world go down the drain, courtesy of the 2006 and 2008 electoral malfeasance of the Bush-led GOP.
When Jimmy Carter left office, I never thought another Democrat would be elected President. Now that Bush is leaving office, I think that we will never see another Republican President elected ... at least in my lifetime.
Not that Bush was ever “a conservative”. But this is choice coming from these wanna be elitist Neo-con clowns at NRO since they played a big hand in the idiocy of damning conservative values...What did thet expect?
"Too bad! Too bad!..OH! TOO BAD!"
Where’s the BARF alert??
Sad to say, I have to agree with most of this article overall. I give President Bush credit for defending America against another attack, for some tax cuts, and for appointing two good SC justices—all important things—but that’s about it. Communication skills—whether on Iraq or on conservative principles—abysmal. Cutting spending and downsizing government—abysmal. Effect on the Republican Party—abysmal.