What good has George W. Bush done?

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]

[QUOTE="famicommander"]He's fought to make abortion illegal (though we still have a long way to go). He's appointed some decent Supreme Court Judges. He's cut taxes. Even though war is bad, he's managed to fight two of them without having any actual battles on our soil. That's about it.DivergeUnify

abortion should be LEGAL... who are you to tell others how to live their lives? at least give them the option, people who are AGAINST abortion wont abort. get over it

I think the point is abortion can't be clasified as murder because their is no way to say for sure when a human, is well, a human. Therefore the issue is definitely not as cut and dry as murder.

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"][QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]

[QUOTE="famicommander"]He's fought to make abortion illegal (though we still have a long way to go). He's appointed some decent Supreme Court Judges. He's cut taxes. Even though war is bad, he's managed to fight two of them without having any actual battles on our soil. That's about it.allnamestaken

abortion should be LEGAL... who are you to tell others how to live their lives? at least give them the option, people who are AGAINST abortion wont abort. get over it

I think the point is abortion can't be clasified as murder because their is no way to say for sure when a human, is well, a human. Therefore the issue is definitely not as cut and dry as murder.

Well...um...he made all the other presidents look good, and they needed it. I'm looking at you, Andrew Jackson :P!Video_Game_King

No way, Jackson was awesome :o

"The Bank is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!"

[QUOTE="famicommander"]He's fought to make abortion illegal (though we still have a long way to go). He's appointed some decent Supreme Court Judges. He's cut taxes. Even though war is bad, he's managed to fight two of them without having any actual battles on our soil. That's about it.garrett_duffman

abortion should be LEGAL... who are you to tell others how to live their lives? at least give them the option, people who are AGAINST abortion wont abort. get over it

Who are you to decide whether a baby lives or dies?

Hmmm well there's the No Child Left Behin... oh wait.

Oh! There's the whole Patriot Ac... nope.

At least he can say nuclea... dang.

Cut taxes and had Colin Powell in his Cabinet for a bit who was definitely the voice of reason.

Definitely not the worst President by any stretch, not a great President, but the worst? Thats pushing it. My parents still have nightmares of Jimmy Carter.

Cut taxes and had Colin Powell in his Cabinet for a bit who was definitely the voice of reason.

Definitely not the worst President by any stretch, not a great President, but the worst? Thats pushing it. My parents still have nightmares of Jimmy Carter.

InterpolWilco

I do too and I was born in the 1991. :|

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]He's done absolutely nothing good. Worst President in the history of the United States. Link256

you just failed so hard right there, i cant believe nobody caught that. Hoover was the president when the depression hit, thus the term Hoovervilles. After his term ended FDR came in.

He taught us what poor decision making can lead to. Higher gas prices and a financial crisis on the brink of recession! :)

hopefully we learn the lession George taught us

To be honest he hasn't done much of anything. He lowered taxes and thats about it.

To be fair to him, the only real thing he has done wrong was spend trillions trying to rebuild a country after we basically turned it upside down. The war on terror was just and he improved national security but at the same time he got us involved in a conflict that we really didn't need to be apart of.

Other than that Bush really didn't do anything wrong. No child left behind was a failed attempt at helping our school system but at least it was an attempt and now the future presidents can take it further and do good with it. He lowered taxes on everybody and loosened government regulation on business, but any conservative president would have done that.

I think this whole Iraq thing is the only real "bad" thing he has done. Of course it was a major mistake for this country and he will go down in history has being a horrible president because of it.

He taught us what poor decision making can lead to. Higher gas prices and a financial crisis on the brink of recession! :)

hopefully we learn the lession George taught us

Premier1101

Wait so banks being greedy and oil demand rising is Bush's fault?

[QUOTE="Premier1101"]

He taught us what poor decision making can lead to. Higher gas prices and a financial crisis on the brink of recession! :)

hopefully we learn the lession George taught us

Wasdie

Wait so banks being greedy and oil demand rising is Bush's fault?

indirectly yes. He doesnt have adminstrative duties over those, but he gets the information and can act on it. He did so really late.

He's fought to make abortion illegal (though we still have a long way to go). He's appointed some decent Supreme Court Judges. He's cut taxes. Even though war is bad, he's managed to fight two of them without having any actual battles on our soil. That's about it.famicommander

Abortion should be legal. Why make someone be born into a world where their parents can't afford to give them a decent life and support?

I dont want to start any flame wars, though that will probably happen, I am actually curious as to what he has done right. I dont know much about his policies and what he done. Film-Guy

[QUOTE="Wasdie"][QUOTE="Premier1101"]

He taught us what poor decision making can lead to. Higher gas prices and a financial crisis on the brink of recession! :)

hopefully we learn the lession George taught us

Premier1101

Wait so banks being greedy and oil demand rising is Bush's fault?

indirectly yes. He doesnt have adminstrative duties over those, but he gets the information and can act on it. He did so really late.

There was nothing that could have stopped what is happening. The only thing they could have done is told people not to take out loans and max their credit. Banks were lying about their profits and loaning out more money than they were going to get in return.

The government needs to stay out of business as long as possible. They have a 700 billion dollar bailout now because these banks were financially irresponsible. This isn't our governments fault at all.

It's incredible how much people underrate how good he's been at preventing terrorist attacks on our soil since he's been in office, besides 9/11.ice144

If terrorist attacks were a regular occurence before 9/11 that would mean something. But the last attack on our soil before 9/11 was what? Pearl Harbor?

[QUOTE="famicommander"]He's fought to make abortion illegal (though we still have a long way to go). He's appointed some decent Supreme Court Judges. He's cut taxes. Even though war is bad, he's managed to fight two of them without having any actual battles on our soil. That's about it.garrett_duffman

abortion should be LEGAL... who are you to tell others how to live their lives? at least give them the option, people who are AGAINST abortion wont abort. get over it

[QUOTE="Premier1101"][QUOTE="Wasdie"][QUOTE="Premier1101"]

He taught us what poor decision making can lead to. Higher gas prices and a financial crisis on the brink of recession! :)

hopefully we learn the lession George taught us

Wasdie

Wait so banks being greedy and oil demand rising is Bush's fault?

indirectly yes. He doesnt have adminstrative duties over those, but he gets the information and can act on it. He did so really late.

There was nothing that could have stopped what is happening. The only thing they could have done is told people not to take out loans and max their credit. Banks were lying about their profits and loaning out more money than they were going to get in return.

The government needs to stay out of business as long as possible. They have a 700 billion dollar bailout now because these banks were financially irresponsible. This isn't our governments fault at all.

and bailouts make evryone think they might get one too. bail outs are just bad

[QUOTE="Premier1101"][QUOTE="Wasdie"][QUOTE="Premier1101"]

He taught us what poor decision making can lead to. Higher gas prices and a financial crisis on the brink of recession! :)

hopefully we learn the lession George taught us

Wasdie

Wait so banks being greedy and oil demand rising is Bush's fault?

indirectly yes. He doesnt have adminstrative duties over those, but he gets the information and can act on it. He did so really late.

There was nothing that could have stopped what is happening. The only thing they could have done is told people not to take out loans and max their credit. Banks were lying about their profits and loaning out more money than they were going to get in return.

The government needs to stay out of business as long as possible. They have a 700 billion dollar bailout now because these banks were financially irresponsible. This isn't our governments fault at all.

its their job to make sure it doesnt get too bad. They JUST realized this....

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"]

[QUOTE="famicommander"]He's fought to make abortion illegal (though we still have a long way to go). He's appointed some decent Supreme Court Judges. He's cut taxes. Even though war is bad, he's managed to fight two of them without having any actual battles on our soil. That's about it.Jacobistheman

abortion should be LEGAL... who are you to tell others how to live their lives? at least give them the option, people who are AGAINST abortion wont abort. get over it

This seems to be getting a bit off-topic. Reguardless of weather it's right or wrong, Bush didn't really help the pro-life movement anyway. It might be nice that he has the same views as you, but he didn't put those views to use.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"][QUOTE="Premier1101"][QUOTE="Wasdie"][QUOTE="Premier1101"]

He taught us what poor decision making can lead to. Higher gas prices and a financial crisis on the brink of recession! :)

hopefully we learn the lession George taught us

Premier1101

Wait so banks being greedy and oil demand rising is Bush's fault?

indirectly yes. He doesnt have adminstrative duties over those, but he gets the information and can act on it. He did so really late.

There was nothing that could have stopped what is happening. The only thing they could have done is told people not to take out loans and max their credit. Banks were lying about their profits and loaning out more money than they were going to get in return.

The government needs to stay out of business as long as possible. They have a 700 billion dollar bailout now because these banks were financially irresponsible. This isn't our governments fault at all.

its their job to make sure it doesnt get too bad. They JUST realized this....

the federal governments job is to ensure rights are upheld and to deal with the military and things like that.

the government is not supposed to be involved with the economy to any large degree

[QUOTE="Link256"][QUOTE="Bigboi500"]He's done absolutely nothing good. Worst President in the history of the United States. NYiVtec

its their job to make sure it doesnt get too bad. They JUST realized this....

Premier1101

[QUOTE="Premier1101"]

its their job to make sure it doesnt get too bad. They JUST realized this....

DivergeUnify

...and act in a crisis. There is a history of bad AND good choices from acting during a crisis. Just depends on if you are a republican or democrat. I am still a republican though.

@H8- you are right, but it is also their duty to keep the american people happy for them and themselves. Government is there in case of crises, but other than that, they let it go. They dont effect it in a large degree, rather a ripple after dropping a stone in a pond.Premier1101

the american people can keep themselves happy

He set the bar really low for decades of leaders. come on all's the next president has to do is not give more people in africa aid and he be better then bush.Malice_OhGr_242

you know helping people in Africa is generally considered a good thing. For instance being a little self sacrificing looks better to the world than constantly looking out for number one

[QUOTE="Premier1101"]@H8- you are right, but it is also their duty to keep the american people happy for them and themselves. Government is there in case of crises, but other than that, they let it go. They dont effect it in a large degree, rather a ripple after dropping a stone in a pond.H8sMikeMoore

the american people can keep themselves happy

oh so wrongo. lol... I'm sure American Idol and Grey's Anatomy as well as footnball hold the masses from uproar :lol:

Wel, since 9/11 there has not been another terrorist attack on US soil. That's something I guess.Cube_of_MooN

there has been failed attempts :|

[QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

[QUOTE="Premier1101"]@H8- you are right, but it is also their duty to keep the american people happy for them and themselves. Government is there in case of crises, but other than that, they let it go. They dont effect it in a large degree, rather a ripple after dropping a stone in a pond.Premier1101

the american people can keep themselves happy

oh so wrongo. lol... I'm sure American Idol and Grey's Anatomy as well as footnball hold the masses from uproar :lol:

i dont really understand the point youre trying to make.

[QUOTE="Premier1101"][QUOTE="H8sMikeMoore"]

[QUOTE="Premier1101"]@H8- you are right, but it is also their duty to keep the american people happy for them and themselves. Government is there in case of crises, but other than that, they let it go. They dont effect it in a large degree, rather a ripple after dropping a stone in a pond.H8sMikeMoore

the american people can keep themselves happy

oh so wrongo. lol... I'm sure American Idol and Grey's Anatomy as well as footnball hold the masses from uproar :lol:

i dont really understand the point youre trying to make.

no point. Just lol. :P

time to go

[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]Well...um...he made all the other presidents look good, and they needed it. I'm looking at you, Andrew Jackson :P!limpbizkit818

No way, Jackson was awesome :o

"The Bank is trying to kill me, but I will kill it!"

After hearing that, did anybody expect him in a top hat, twirling his naturally twirly mustache, going, "Nyah, nyah!" as the train is coming around the corner to run over the National Bank (which is tied to the tracks)? AKA did this quote make Andrew Jackson Waluigi :P?

[QUOTE="Malice_OhGr_242"]He set the bar really low for decades of leaders. come on all's the next president has to do is not give more people in africa aid and he be better then bush.Serraph105

you know helping people in Africa is generally considered a good thing. For instance being a little self sacrificing looks better to the world than constantly looking out for number one

Sorry clearly i didn't say it right AIDS. as in HIV you know the virus that lowers your imune system. his policies to "help" africa are doing the oppisite.

How Bush's AID's program is failing Africa

AIDS Vaccine may raise infection risk

So i'm not complaining about helping other contries but when tests for vaccines are given to sick people in africa to "help" them i can't help but think of the smallpox blankets for a new era.

Also he looks like a monkey.

[QUOTE="ice144"]It's incredible how much people underrate how good he's been at preventing terrorist attacks on our soil since he's been in office, besides 9/11.darkmoney52

If terrorist attacks were a regular occurence before 9/11 that would mean something. But the last attack on our soil before 9/11 was what? Pearl Harbor?

I'm usually not one to defend G.W. at all, but there were other attacks before he came into office....the bombing of the World Trade Center in '93, the Oklahoma City bombing (a domestic plot, but still), and there might be a few others I am forgetting.

[QUOTE="ice144"]It's incredible how much people underrate how good he's been at preventing terrorist attacks on our soil since he's been in office, besides 9/11.darkmoney52

If terrorist attacks were a regular occurence before 9/11 that would mean something. But the last attack on our soil before 9/11 was what? Pearl Harbor?

Um, I'm fairly sure the WTC bombing in the '90s is considered a terrorist act. Also, the Oklahoma City bomb was a terrorist act. Terrorists don't actually have to be Muslim to be considered terrorists.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="hokies1313"]Cut taxes, freed the Iraqi's from Saddam. Freed the Afgahni's from the Taliban.ice144

So you think the iraqis would have preferred Saddam to stay in office instead of taking a risk in trying a new government? Don't forget how many people that man killed...

Lets see, ethnic war which goes on for decades costing the lives of millions of people and creating world economic problems, or a person who killed a few kurds to keep order. I choose the latter.Vandalvideo

[QUOTE="Serraph105"]

[QUOTE="Malice_OhGr_242"]He set the bar really low for decades of leaders. come on all's the next president has to do is not give more people in africa aid and he be better then bush.Malice_OhGr_242

you know helping people in Africa is generally considered a good thing. For instance being a little self sacrificing looks better to the world than constantly looking out for number one

Sorry clearly i didn't say it right AIDS. as in HIV you know the virus that lowers your imune system. his policies to "help" africa are doing the oppisite.

How Bush's AID's program is failing Africa

AIDS Vaccine may raise infection risk

So i'm not complaining about helping other contries but when tests for vaccines are given to sick people in africa to "help" them i can't help but think of the smallpox blankets for a new era.

Also he looks like a monkey.

If Africans weren't so incompetent they wouldn't need help in the first place.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"] Lets see, ethnic war which goes on for decades costing the lives of millions of people and creating world economic problems, or a person who killed a few kurds to keep order. I choose the latter.thardus317