The Enigma In Chief

The raning of presidents and other leaders is often based more on ideology than facts. For instance, modern historians love to downgrade Churchill for his lack of support for womens rights and at the same time give FDR a pass for putting the Japanese in camps and growing government. They love to blather about FDR's virtues and overlook those of Washington. Many point out that Washington didn't do much in office. Of course this is laughable because during his presidency everything about the country was new. These same historians compare Clinton to Jefferson and have already made up therir minds about Bush.

Hey Trazmo, how old are you? The worst presidents of the 20th century were Lyndon Johnson ( who put Social Security into the General Fund so that Tip O'Neill could waste it), and Jimmy Carter, whose inept policies caused the 14% mortgage rates of the late 70s and early 80s. The third worst was William Jefferson Blithe Clinton, who perjured himself unto impeachment. How he can beg foreign diplomats fo library gifts is unconscienable!!!!

Posted By: ecoestar2000 @ 01/15/2009 1:54:18 PMThis is the only reasobable comment I have found. I cannot believe that americans think Bush did anything right, and as you said he played the idiot and the fool very well. However, he played us all. This looser is in the history as the Biggest Lier, Conniving , self centered man we will ever see. We are the biggets loosers, americans have lost so much in this process, will we ever recover?
I respond to this comment:

I was not played, nor did he fool me. Not even when or before he was appointed. He was a fool then just as he is now. I was fired from a good job because I was able to see where our country was headed. And it's a lot worse than most Americans will ever understand. It brings tears to eyes to know America is so stupid. We are the best, but you would't know it by the last 8 years. Don't blame it all on Bush, Blame Americans that didnt see the Clown without his clown suit.

"W"s legacy? Somewhere between Andrew Johnson and "Silent Cal".

The author of this article is a moron and obviously promoting his own agenda. He should study the comment from "DSW358" long and hard. That comment is well thought out, non-biased, good journalism, and should be the artical here not the tripe shown above.

presiden bush's legacy will be shaped over the next four years when we quit defending our country. we as most democrats believe are responible for the attacks on our country because we have it coming to us?i really don't care that a prisoner was waterboarded, as our troops had their heads cut off?the next four years will show americans they made a poor choice letting the dems control it all, we will have to see alot of blood shed before democrats pull ther heads out of the sand, by then it will be too late!

If you're eluding to 43 being nothing more than a puppet you may be right. He certainly was the most arrogant president this country has had. But considering how obstinate he was about every "choice" he may it's hard to believe that anyone could have told him anything. This country got what it asked for when they re-electe him and now his father thinks this country should give Jeb a chance to further screw things up. Has senility caught up with him or does arrogance run in the family? Good riddance.

George Bush has been a COMPLETE failure. I'm from Austin, TX and I lived there when he was governor. He wasn't a good governor either! This guy had no business being president. His life has one big failure after another. He rode in on his family's name. No, he can't be blamed for everything that has gone wrong, but he did nothing a good leader should have done to help correct or stop it. This guy has been asleep at the wheel for the past 8 years. It blows me away how people now watch his exit interviews and talk about how out of touch he is with the American people. Hello?! That was evident with his first debate wilth Al Gore!! How anybody can still support this idiot is beyond me....

OK, I guess I'll have to be one of the few lone voices out there defending the Bush legacy - or at least maybe I can add some element of fairness to this one-sided debate. I would NEVER argue that Bush would rank as one of our best Presidents, but he clearly is not the worst in history! In this article, Jacob Weisberg compares the results of Bush's major decisions to some imaginary nirvana that might have occurred had Bush done things differently. And of course Weisberg is armed with 20/20 hindsight as he critiques everything. For example, he never even considers the possibility that many more innocent Americans COULD have died had Bush not moved as aggressively as he did in his "War on Terror" Or that Iraq MIGHT have decided (again) to use chemical weapons to kill thousands of Kurds. I could go on and on here. The point is that any reasonable examination of the Bush legacy has to provide some perspective on what history might look like if Bush had acted differently. As far as I can tell right now, every critique of Bush starts from the Pollyannaish position that some other leader would have magically made all the ???right??? decisions and that our country would have been able to tiptoe unscathed through this decade???s minefield of problems and threats.

Legacy? Somewhere between Andrew Johnson and "Silent Cal".

Iraq war: Bush and Congress made that decision.
Country???s economic: Freddie and Fanni made that wrap.

Accept the facts.

Newsweek doesnt think President Bush will look good in the history books. BIG SURPRISE! What surprises me is that while Newsweek along with the New York Times and other liberal mags dont understand is that they like the Republicans are in power RIGHT NOW and that history shows that the tides always turns no matter how many lies and laws you try to pass to supress it. The underdog always looks good in the eyes of the American People. And once people realize things like the "college" educational system is the biggest rakect and suppression of free thought in this country. The raise tuition and rates on an continual basis and offer tenor. A job that one can NEVER be fired.... A Socialist Dream. That's the American Way???? NO! This an other pieces of information will come out and the American People are not stupid and easily dooped as one might think

While it does take a bit for the truth to break free from suppression (By either the Dems or Reps) it does Break free and when it shines the light of truth it destroys all who harm it. The Dems in power are already fighting amongst themselves and from Richardson to Blago to Burriss to Giethner to Holder etc. etc... they will be just as crupt just as ready to take bribes from lobbist and shut out the press. Pass bills without transparicy. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. And the Dems will have no one to blame but THEMSEVLES! THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN!

you republicans are truly brain washed..this guy is spot on. Noone cares if YOU or newsweek thinks he is credible. You all like bush, so that immediatley makes you UNCREDIBLE!

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