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2008-09-19 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by ryuge 2008-09-19 08:24|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1759 views ] Top

1 I've had my ups and downs with GW, but overall I think he tried his best and had a good heart.

I think his biggest mistakes involved his communication to the public.

Posted by Flaiger Joluling9114 2008-09-19 09:31|| 2008-09-19 09:31|| Front Page Top

2 Yep, if he had clearly explained that the Iraq war was about deposing a dictator, setting up the first Arab democracy in the M.E. and establishing a toehold for freedom in that part of the world he would have been hit with a lot less slime.

People really hammered him (wrongly) with the 'No WMDs Found in Iraq, Therefore this War is Illegal' meme.

Posted by Parabellum 2008-09-19 09:44|| 2008-09-19 09:44|| Front Page Top

3 Ultimately, history will judge him in light of events that are yet to come. The WOT has barely begun and noone knows it's outcome. His legacy, for better or worse, is in the hands of future presidents and future scumbags. I hope it goes a bit like Truman's. A lot of his enemies wiill need to die before the merits of his administration can be fairly assessed. Personally, I think he did a tremdous job under very trying circumstances. Even many of his 'friends' take every opportunity to stab him in the back.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-09-19 10:17|| 2008-09-19 10:17|| Front Page Top

4 When I was a kid my parents always said I would be judged according to the company I kept. I apply that wisdom (and its converse) to my assessment of Pres. Bush: who are the people who hate him? Ted Rall, Islamofascists, Euroweenies etc. Who like him? Soldiers, roughnecks etc.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-09-19 10:17|| 2008-09-19 10:17|| Front Page Top

5 I think his biggest mistakes involved his communication to the public.

He always sounds better to me when gets off the script and speaks his own words.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-09-19 16:07|| 2008-09-19 16:07|| Front Page Top

6 I don't know if his HBS transcript has been released, but I'd bet he got a low pass in Management Communications.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-19 16:18|| 2008-09-19 16:18|| Front Page Top

7 I heard George W. on CSPAN talking about the economy and "persecuting" people guilty of financial wrong-doing. I might be in favor of that if my investments lose any more. I'd be in favor of prosecuting them too.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-09-19 17:30|| 2008-09-19 17:30|| Front Page Top

8 I'll venture this, President Bush's greatest achievement will be as the man who saved the continent and peoples of Africa. If we would have had 8 years of algore the only human beings left in Africa would be the Chinese, maybe a few French. algore would have continued the clinton libtardcommiecrat policies of do nothing in Africa about AIDS, tribal war or islamofascist genocide - IMHO.

Posted by Last Breath Farm Resident 2008-09-19 23:20|| 2008-09-19 23:20|| Front Page Top