[poll] Do you Think Former President Bush was a Bad President?

Discuss...

No, he wasnt a bad president. But he wasnt a great one either.

I won't say he was a good president...

But he was definitely unfairly portrayed by the media. I think the way that we have treated him is extremely disrespectful.

recon is right he deserves more respect. He's been very active in trying to destroy terrorism, he also threw a dictator off of his throne and into the execution chamber.

Gold Spartan5 wrote:he also threw a dictator off of his throne and into the execution chamber.

I believe he was hanged

Oh, then he threw him to the gallows. I thought the Iraqis gased him. Of course, I've been wrong before.

Nope, he was hung on a holiday holy in their land, and we voted against that, but they wanted vengence.

no suprise. He only murdered 4 million Iraqies. I think he got off too easily.

where is the "He got shoes thrown at him LAWL" option

Bush had some REALLY challenging things during his term that other presidents didn't, and he didn't do a bad job with them. He's been completely loyal and selfless, he gets shit thrown at him by the media(and the iraqis XD) yet he takes it and focuses on the country, no himself. Many former presidents did not have that ability.(Clinton)

x Gauz x wrote:Nope, he was hung hanged on a holiday holy in their land, and we voted against that, but they wanted vengence.

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Dud wrote:Many former presidents did not have that ability.(Clinton)

Clinton was a great president. Kennedy slept around with quite a great many people, and he was still a great president.

ReconToaster wrote:Clinton was an awful president. Kennedy slept around with quite a great many people, and he was still a great president.

Fixed.

Clinton wasn't terrible, but he wasn't great either. He wouldn't deploy troops to bail out US rangers in Somalia, and he embarrassed the country in a similar manner to Nixon, who gets all sorts of shit for Watergate. And JFK wasn't the best either. Sure, he did great with the Cuban Missile Crisis, but then, there was that whole Bay of Pigs fiasco. And while I have neutral opinions of the Vietnam War, since the left tends to strongly oppose it, I remind you that JFK pretty much started US involvement in it.

As for Bush, I think he wasn't the best, but certainly not as bad as the media made him out to be. What always amazed me about Bush was that, despite all the shit he had to deal with, the kind of which no President has seen before, he had skin made of reinforced steel and just ignored it. How his administration managed to function at all under the constant barrage of media bias that turned a large portion of the American population against them, I still can't fathom. Under such fire, I personally would have said, "Well fuck it, guys, if you want to run the country into the fucking ground, be my fucking guest. I quit."

Do you guys only base presidents on what they do to win wars, or help others with their wars?

Clinton did wonders for the economy, despite some early mistakes and failures in Somalia.

(will continue later, my bus is coming in four minutes or less)