Bush's presidency literally changed the course of world historyNo one here mentioned Reagan though. Before Trump, Bush was the idiot of presidents. I really don't care about his acting skills when he went out of his way to not give a fukk when it came to policy.
fukk Bush dude. Its not just Katrina - which is a debacle because the entire federal government wanted to act like they've never encountered a hurricane before. That region will never return to how it was before. Dude took one of the biggest surpluses in history and turned it into a recession. No Child Left Behind did exactly what it promised not to. And we're STILL in Iraq. There are kids who are going to fight in a warzone that is older than they are. Gitmo. Warrantless surveillance. Bailouts. Etc.
Right now we've got this coronavirus shyt, but the whole world is eating that one. Its not an exclusively American problem or one created by wholly by America either.
If you line them up, point for point against each other its not close at all.
Trump would have to put in overtime. shyt, Bush was popping Trump-rhetoric live at the Olympics
edit: Bush's lowest approval rating was TEN points lower than Trump at its worstpeople really forgot
I’m legit confused as to why I keep seeing George W Bush’s name mentioned in a positive manner
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cause bush is more “respectable” (meaning polite) than trump. americans also want to look back on old presidents fondly because they worship their political leaders as heroes. so they try to rehabilitate these extremely dangerous and incompetent presidents images once they are out of office and we aren’t constantly being reminded of their selfishness and stupidity
CourtesyFlush
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What I find fascinating is after 9/11 Bush's approval went up to 90% if I recall correctly. And then by the end of his 2nd term the numbers were down to 20% I think.
Which is insane to think about today because things have somehow got so "us versus them" that Trump sits at a steady 40% despite how retarded he is and despite what should be a major bump from the corona virus
Which is insane to think about today because things have somehow got so "us versus them" that Trump sits at a steady 40% despite how retarded he is and despite what should be a major bump from the corona virus
This and that takes some doing
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It's shyt like this that makes me think the outrage is fake ass hell. Give it a decade and a new bad guy, people gonna whitewash trump the same way.
CreepyMcCreeperson
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Because despite being a terrible president, he seems like a decent person on a personal level, and conducts himself with class and professionalism.
bushs second term was really bad in general. republicans were also pissed at him because of his fukk ups in social security reform, the harriet miers nomination, the beating they took in 06 midterms, countless GOP corruption scandals and a war in Iraq that seemed never-ending. which explains why conservatives would have unfavorable views of bush.
some of that is still true of the GOP today like the scandals and continuous military involvement in the middle east but its become normalized. trump is also a lot more openly racist which is the most important thing to them
The people of nola would strongly disagree with you
unless there is a major scandal once hes out of office where he gets implicated his image will be rehabilitated
so would the families of black veterans who disproportionately fought and died in a war they were lied to about
Tenchi Ryu
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With bush as shytty and dumb as he was its still majority agreed he's a politician. Even if he riding the coat tails of his daddy he still looks the part of somebody in office. Since day 1 its clear Trump is not a politician at all and really had no business running for president let alone winning the shyt. It's been considered a farce since day 1 and only won from americans being sick of the establishment and wanting something new for the hell of it. That and racist loving the open racism.
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Excellent comment, is Trump more crass and offensive than Bush? No doubt but I cannot fathom how any recent president can top the invasion of Iraq. The ramifications of that war will be felt for the rest of this century.
Trump is a terrible president, no need to whitewash Bush to illustrate that point.
This dude cut a promo on terriorism then immediately said "now watch this drive" as he went to hit a golf ball.
wow...verbatim smh lol