Comments on: RIGHT OR WRONG, BUSH MADE AN IMPACT

By: KennyB

KennyB — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:12:30 +0000

Don’t forget Kyoto. By threatening his veto, Bush bought us 8 years to prove that all those multi-million dollar government sponsored computer models were, to put it lightly, wrong. The planet has stopped warming, and is by all appearances, cooling.

Bush’s refusal to drink this populist AGW koolaid has left us with some hope that our power generation infrastructure will survive the coming Democrat onslaught on reality.

By: Ron Russell

Ron Russell — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:55:31 +0000

History will prove Bush to be a better than average president. Presidents are made not by their policies, but rather by the flow of history and the character of the man. Lincoln is viewed as a great president, but if Lee would have won at Gettysbury he would have went down as a failure. Again the flow of history. Obama, as I see it, is a timid and weak individual. This is a flaw in a man and a disaster in a president. Bush on the other hand is stong and decisive.

By: East Bay Jim

East Bay Jim — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:23:13 +0000

Obama will be re-elected off of the backs of future generations. He’ll spend what ever it takes to get re-elected - spend money that will be paid via lower living standards for the generations that follow.

This approach - making the current economy strong without regard for the future - isn’t an Obama or a Democratic one. It’s a political approach that Bush succumbed to too(compassionate conservatism is one part compassion and three parts cynicism - the voters will kick you out if you can’t match the ‘goodies’ the other side is providing). The worm has turned (more people benefit from government spending than pay into the spending pool) and while we’ll always be rich from a historical perspective we’re going to see European levels of growth going forward. Doing better than your Dad did will be increasingly rare. Who you know will be more important than what you know.

But I think the American experiment will not die and will isntead be re-ignited elsewhere. Where, I can’t say, but there is a power in the words of Friedman, Hayek and others that will continue to inspire.

By: Sirius

Sirius — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:22:35 +0000

If B-Hobie ends up being the kind of Chief Executive I expect, Bush’s place in history will be augmented considerably. I hope he does well, but I agree with the previous poster who told us to expect a series of one-term Presidents until the country recovers economically. I have a felling it’s going to take several years.

By: Elizabeth Croslee

Elizabeth Croslee — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:15:57 +0000

In response to JPP Said: OMG. You read my mind. I don’t want him to succeed. The question is: Succeed at what? Driving in the last nail of a nazi style United Sates Socialist Republic? At our Bible study this week we were encouraged to pray for barack hussein (caps purposely omitted). I incontrollably let out a big guffaw. I am at loss at what type of prayer to raise up to the Lord regarding this man. At this point, I am only asking for protection. You are right, he needs to fail, and the truth is that he will. Will the walking dead even notice?

By: twocents

twocents — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:45:16 +0000

In protest against the policies and legislation proposed by the congress and PE Obama, citizens are being asked to fly their flags upside down on January 20th.

Our country is in grave distress!

By: The Count

The Count — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:36:04 +0000

That’s it. Last straw. Tired of Bushbashing, nuanced righties. I remember Truman quite well. He was derided by the elites everywhere. He was stupid, an inelegant speaker, not nuanced, terrible approval ratings and so on. Years later he’s considered a “near-great” president by historians–top ten anyway–for thngs like some Doctrine or other, and sucessfully ending a war or was tht 2 wars and rebuilding Europe into democracies…you get the idea.

Your entitled to your reality and I’m allowed to delete you from my Favorites.

By: retire05

retire05 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:22:59 +0000

Sure, the “Obama ‘12 - It is STILL Bush’s fault” t-shirts will be out in full bloom in the summer and fall of ‘11. But Jackson is right; when jobs are still being out sourced due to the Democrat thinking that you can tax companies into poverty and still create jobs, when the Bush tax cuts have been allowed to expire and EVERYONE is paying higher taxes, except those who don’t pay taxes to begin with, when the stock market is still under 10,000 and the national deficit is double what it is now, Nancy Pelosi is taking ANOTHER stimulus package and Obama has not fullfilled the far left’s wet dreams of a free ride for those who voted for him, and troops are still in Iraq working with the Iraqi government (remember, The One promised TOTAL withdrawal on Jan. 21st) there will be fewer to think that all he has to do is smile down on them and they will be healed.

And when we are attacked again (is there any doubt we will be?) will the left still apply the 7 month, 22 day rule as they did with Bush or will they blame Obama?

By: obamathered

obamathered — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:09:47 +0000

Bottom fifth? Hardly. We can’t be sure exactly where, but that is a stretch.

Bush’s legacy will be judged by how the next president responds to our next domestic terror attack. If it happens on Obama’s watch (or that of the next president or the next) and he (or she)does poorly in comparison with Bush’s response to 9/11, the current president’s stock will rise and the successor couldn’t improve their fortunes if they learned to heal the blind. If, on the other hand, the next time a terrorist attacks on domestic soil and the president acts comparably or exceeds the Bush response to 9/11, Bush will be seen as a lightweight although hardly as low as you place him.

This is the brutal reality. Bush’s legacy will be determined by how a future president responds to the next attack on the homeland. I’m certain the president takes perverse pleasure from that irony.

By: Bill McIntosh

Bill McIntosh — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:24:46 +0000

“Pierce’s greatest success was in swindling Mexico out of a couple of million acres of land for $10 million. The Gadsen Purchase was ostensibly to be used for part of the transcontinental railroad.”

If you check into the history a bit more you will see that our Southern border with Mexico (west of El Paso) needed better definition. This being the case the Gadsden Purchase marked a closing point to the Mexican American War. Let’s give him and members of Congress some recognition for that.

You are correct. I was just dumping on Pierce because everyone else does.

ed.