Let the Revisionism Begin: History May See Lincoln-Like Greatness in George W. Bush

[BurtWorm]

Says Richard L. Connor, Guest Columnist for the Congressional Quarterly. :eyes:

(Dick, history will not be able to ignore, as you already are, Bush's tendency to think that because he thinks something, it's right. Bush is doomed to remain, not only the Worst "President" Ever, but the model of how not to lead a country or any entity. Bush is and always will be a Miserable Failure. Fuck you and your premature revisionism!)


http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003010658&referrer=js

This may knock me off some Christmas card lists, but I can see a case for history being kinder to Bush than might seem imaginable now.

Yes, there are any number of better decisions he could have made. Foremost among them would have been to bring a quick and decisive end to the war in Iraq shortly after it began.

And yes, he appears to have been soft on big business, especially the oil and energy sector.

There are areas, though, where Bush has excelled.

He has faced a number of crises that either no president or at least few have had. First, he was commander in chief when the United States was attacked at home on September 11, 2001. He was decisive in his response and showed admirable leadership both at home and abroad.

The nation now appears headed for disastrous financial calamity, the worst since The Great Depression. His administration has been forceful in trying to bring calm and to allocate money to industries fighting to survive.

And the economic woes of this country — just like other monumental, sea-change problems — did not simply appear one day or go away the next. Sure, this happened under his watch but the seeds for our mortgage, home loan crisis and those of the domestic automobile industry collapse were sown long before Bush first took office.

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[blm]

1. Dick doesn't know Bush was commander-in-chief on August 6, 2001? 9-11 happened BECAUSE Bush LET IT.

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[Johonny]

2. He was decisive in his response

? He sat on his ass reading a childrens book, then flew to an undisclosed location and hid, he then opposed a commission to find out why it happened, let all the terrorists relatives leave the country, failed to get tough with the primary sponsors of the terrorist, attack a country thats previous war bankrupt the previous other "super power", failed to obtain the terrorists in said country he was looking for, attack another country before finishing his first war on even less evidence it would help matters, leaves both wars unfinished, with no direction for the next president. Wow what a decisive response.

Home loan crisis was sown by his administration. Sure the riles that let it happen were passed earlier but it was his administration that dropped interest rates to record levels, push housing as investments, it was their plan. It was their idea to run a massive budget deficit, to cut the power of oversight and ignore what power they did have. He's the one that put incompetent people in charge of federal agencies just because they were loyal. One could go on but frankly anyone that suddenly thinks the MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD is suddenly powerless is just blowing smoke up our butts.

[Winterblues]

3. Seeds for economic breakdown sown long before Bush* came to Office

Every year Bush* had to give a State of the Union Address and every year he stood up there and said everything was fine and dandy. We were strong and well on every front. That alone should indict him on a negligence charge if nothing else. If this was building up all along during his Term one would think he would have noticed something...Oh I forgot "No one could have imagined" anything like this....

[w4rma]

4. Some neo-con's pipe dream. There is *no* area Shurb performed adequately in.

And to believe he excelled at any area is downright foolish. The only reason he didn't screw up the nation even worse than he did is because other people reigned him in a little bit. Heck, the whackjob couldn't even win a fair election.

[Avalux]

5. Did Lincoln act like a spoiled child and throw temper tantrums?

Did Lincoln refuse to listen to those who opposed him; stuck in his own ego and only taking advice from those who fed that ego?

NO.

This is the biggest bunch of horse crap I've ever heard.