What was George W Bush's greatest accomplishment??

[kentuck]

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Either pre or post- Bush presidency?

Going back to Salem Bin Laden and his investment in Arbusto Energy and Bush selling his interest in Harken Energy. He was an uncle to Osama Bin Laden, coincidentally.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3332.htm

There are also many stories about his youth. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_of_George_W._Bush

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But, to the untrained eye, it may look like he screwed up everything he ever touched in his life? If there is one lesson to be learned from the ballot box and the precious right to vote, it is that there can be severe consequences to our votes?

When he got into the White House, in typical Dubya and Rove fashion, he did not disappoint in his recklessness and terrible decision-making. He, and his supporters. left this nation on very precarious ground. It is only now that we are finally able to get back up and stand on our feet.

[yourout]

1. Eating a pretzel without choking.......oh wait. Nevermind.

I got nothin.

[TexasProgresive]

2. "When he got into the House" you did mean White House?

His main accomplishment is to bankrupt everything he ever touched. Oh an to be an AWOL deserter who was never charged just like he won't be charged as a war criminal, evah.

[Thinkingabout]

11. I did some research on him when he moved to Houston in order to qualify as a resident to run for

Governor. This was before his friends cleaned out the sources. What I don't know if he did not complete his military, was told to submit to a physical but just told them he would see his own doctor (was rumored he had a cocaine problem at the time), he loved to party and there was cocaine at his parties. When he started to run for president the internet was cleaned up.

His greatest accomplishment was moving out of the WH.

[TexasProgresive]

17. I don't have any real evidence about his time in the TANG in Houston.

I was an enlisted may in that unit at the same time. The facts are that he quit making drills for an extended time. If I or any of my fellow techs had done the same we would've been activated into the Army or Marines tout de suite and deployed in Vietnam. I transferred out of that unit to one in another state. The procedure is to be discharged from your 1st unit and to get accepted into the new unit. You have 45 days from the time of discharge to enlistment in the new unit. I did this twice as I transfered back to the 147th in Houston. Bush just didn't show.

While he was away AWOL the Houston unit changed from F-102 interceptors to F-101 Voodoo interceptors. He didn't want to learn the new plane which was not a problem for all the other pilots. They all qualified in short order. I have doubts that he ever flew the F-102 solo but maybe just went up in the 2 seater TF-102 with an instructor. Of all the pilots I have met he is the only one to voluntarily quit flying.

Its all a bit dodgy.

This man has made a career of lying and failing and being propped up again by his Daddy's friends.

[Thinkingabout]

22. He didn't have to do those things, Daddy covered for him. I was given 8 times to

Vote for him, never did and still would not.

[Chiyo-chichi]

3. Clearing all that brush? nt

[MelungeonWoman]

4. Ducking the shoe.

Hands down.

[hifiguy]

13. Eeyup.

#1 on any list of his "accomplishments."

[GP6971]

28. Without a doubt. n/t

[world wide wally]

5. Accomplishing everything Osama Bin Laden was't able to

[pansypoo53219]

6. preventing president mccant.

[reddread]

7. WITHOUT A DOUBT-showing us what it meant to put Thomas in the SCOTUS

the very death of the illusion of American justice for all.
thanks Joe!

[yeoman6987]

24. Wasn't that Bush I?

[reddread]

43. Bush v Gore

and every shenanigan that led up to it.
depended on that 5-4 majority.
Dont get me started on the rubber stamps applied
to BUSH selections in the aftermath.
I know.
they had no choice.
would that accountability had survived the turn of the millenium.

[yeoman6987]

45. Oh thanks.

I thought it was a negative on Bush II picking Thomas for the bench. I misunderstood but you explained it perfectly.

[mmonk]

8. Officially ending the U.S. as we knew it in our lives.

[BlueStater]

9. Becoming president in the first place.

It's incredible to me, even to this day, that such a moronic man with a totally paper-thin resume could not only capture the Republican nomination for president but somehow delude half the country into voting for him. Future historians are going to look back at this era of history and wonder WTF was wrong with people in this period.

[TexasProgresive]

18. Beating the popular Ann Richards for governor of Texas

This was the 1st step in the Rove plan to catapult dumya into the W.H.

[NightWatcher]

10. Trading Sammy Sosa, or wait, the cat painting, that's it.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

12. There are several ways to look at it

My personal perspective: Medicare D (the drug benefit) and tax breaks for 529 college funds.

I think historians will give a more vague answer about his leadership after 9-11 and bringing the nation together. YMMV.

Political scientists will point to the 2000 election (of course) and the way that the Bush WH governed like they had a 59 state mandate when they lost the 2000 popular vote and barely won in 2004.

[Thinkingabout]

23. What he did not have was the continual hammering by the Democrats ob everything he said.

We knew action had to be taken after 9/11, just did not think he would fail the geography test.

[thecrow]

14. Getting on the helicopter to leave the White House

And going back to Texas

[Initech]

15. Endless war, which is now being glorified in movie form.

[Dawson Leery]

16. Making that horrible s**tbag Reagan look not so bad (and he was horrible to begin with too).

[Lochloosa]

19. Seriously, Roberts and Alito. The will fuck us for years.

[patricia92243]

20. Part D of SS - meds - was a good thing. Can't think of anything else.

[yeoman6987]

25. Probably the only accomplishment in 8 years

[zipplewrath]

79. Big supporter of AIDS prevention in Africa

He supported and funded, at the White House level, a lot of efforts in Africa for the prevention of the spread of Aids in Africa. Say what you will, he ramped up funding and followed the advice of the NGO's on the ground, not the fundies back home that wanted abstinence only approaches.

[2naSalit]

21. He went back home to Texas and pretty much stays there. n/t

[olddots]

26. finally being potty trained ?

[LyndaG]

27. Gave short speeches???

[oldandhappy]

29. Well, he did not do it

but wasn't the prescription part of medicare passed on his watch? Otherwise, yea, we sure could have done without him.

[MohRokTah]

30. I'd say his work trying to help alleviate the AIDS crisis in Africa.

Other than that, his presidency was pretty much a complete failure.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

31. I think he extended a marine habitat down around Hawaii somewhere.

Made it off limits to commercial fishing and the like.

That's about all the good I can think of him ever doing.

[3catwoman3]

32. I read somewhere (probably here)...

...the opinion that his major accomplishment was not dying in office and sparing us an official President Cheney.

[guillaumeb]

33. greatest accomplishment?

Clearly his greatest accomplishment is giving hope to the vast majority of people who have little sense and less information that THEY TOO can be President. Goes to show that Reagan was not an aberration. Ignorant people may not understand a lot, but they do go to the polls.

[BlueCaliDem]

34. Convincing the Ameircan people that he was actually elected POTUS. eom

[pandora nm]

35. Committing War Crimes and getting away with it.

that is all.

[Generic Brad]

36. Leaving at the end of his term

It would have been an even greater accomplishment if he had left office earlier.

[bmbmd]

37. i'll never forget

When he pardoned that Turkey.

[aikoaiko]

38. At least one thing -- he pumped a lot of money into fighting HIV and malaria in Africa.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

73. Money is good

But was any money pumped into genuine prevention efforts as well?

[enid602]

39. gwb

Singlehandedly disproving the theory of white supremacy.

[WhiteTara]

40. Dodged 2 shoes? nt

[NuclearDem]

41. Leaving office.

[mythology]

42. Managing to always fail upward

Usually when you suck at things, you get pushed down. But through sheer dedication he managed to somehow move up the ladder time and again despite showing no aptitude for anything other than sucking.

If you ignore the ways it screwed up the country and the world, it's kind of impressive.

[6000eliot]

44. Not choking on that pretzel.

[Brigid]

46. Teaching me that it is possible to absolutely loathe someone . . .

Without ever actually meeting them.

[on point]

47. Finding the exit off stage in Asia

[whatchamacallit]

48. Getting future democrats to accept his crimes and foreign policy objectives

Brilliant!

[former9thward]

49. Medicare Part D

I have never met a senior that does not like it.

[Vattel]

50. PEPFAR was awesome.

[Skittles]

51. he proved that anyone can indeed become president

[hollowdweller]

52. He paved the way for the first Black President

Seriously. In the minds of the public republicans are always serious and responsible.

We know it's not true, but Bush went so far over the top with all the things the GOP did that at that point he spoiled enough of the independents on the GOP brand that Obama was able to get in. At any other time a black person would have never won.

[SummerSnow]

53. I know, being able to tell his right hand from his left hand. I think.lol

[Tom Ripley]

54. Not dying in office

[Phentex]

78. This was my first reaction...

I skimmed the responses because I knew someone else would think the same thing.

[Blue Owl]

55. Why the mission, of course

[Kalidurga]

56. Convincing people he was a Texan

he got that awe shucks thing down pat.

[Drunken Irishman]

57. Doing so badly he got Obama elected in 2008?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

58. Getting a liberry.

[TwilightGardener]

59. Painting. Old Man George and the Quaker Oats guy

should have encouraged art school for little George and spared us all a lot of grief.

[Maedhros]

60. Seriously: increasing funding for AIDS prevention/treatment in Africa.

A noble endeavor indeed.

However, the good wrought by that endeavor was canceled many times over by the rest of what he did.

[MADem]

61. He boosted Will Ferrell's career. nt

[Jefferson23]

69. lol

I agree, and the post pointing out he was excellent at ducking shoes.

A true hero:

Saddam's hometown unveils statue dedicated to man who threw shoe at President Bush




http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/saddam-hometown-unveils-statue-dedicated-man-threw-shoe-president-bush-article-1.388754

[SeattleVet]

62. Kept a lot of comedians supplied with material.

And he also left quietly and faded into well-deserved obscurity when we elected a President to replace him.

[Recursion]

63. Easy: $billions for AIDS treatments in Africa

No way around that.

[Spider Jerusalem]

64. Guaranteeing a Democratic successor (n/t)

[RandiFan1290]

65. A lot of DUers love his tax cuts

[NCTraveler]

66. Holding the same job for eight years. nt.

[polly7]

67. I believe he got Hussein's gun.

Maybe he'll do a portrait of it some day for his library.

[HappyMe]

68. Was able to read (and maybe understand) a children's book.

Able to dodge 2 shoes flung at him.

Told us the proper use of food - put it on your family.

Told us who he was - the Decider.

A real gem to be sure. Now it looks like we may have another shrub coming down the pike.

[madokie]

70. And barely standing on one foot at that

fuck the neoCONs and little boots too

[hobbit709]

71. Making Jeb look like "the smart one"

[Proud Liberal Dem]

72. Being a person you could have a beer with?

He wasnt a stiff and snobby egghead like Gore (not my opinion of Gore, just the popular media perception at the time)?

[damnedifIknow]

74. His eloquent speeches of course

[Orsino]

75. The getaway flight.

The greatest heist in US history, and he escaped under the noses of top-level officials. He remains at large.

[Jefferson23]

87. lol..good one. n/t

[Hoyt]

76. I hate george war bush, but I give him credit for two things -- not vetoing Medicare drug bill, and

not kowtowing to those in his party calling for harsh treatment of undocumented immigrants.

Oh, he was pretty quick ducking shoes.

[notadmblnd]

77. Sticking fire crackers in frogs butts and blowing them up.

I heard he was quite good at stuffing things in anuses

[11 Bravo]

80. After shitting, he often remembered to wipe his ass.

[raven mad]

81. Proving that Segways are not for those of minimal intelligence.

n/t

[Vinca]

82. His greatest accomplishment? Leaving the White House.

[Telcontar]

83. Aid to Africa

[ismnotwasm]

84. Um. Er.

The word "greatest" is defeating me

[wildbilln864]

85. getting away with war crimes and murder!?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

86. Demonstrating that being monumentally stupid is no bar to the White House.

[LondonReign2]

88. Fooling Americans into believing a moron was perfectly suitable to be President

nt