What is your opinion of George W Bush now that he's been out of office for a few years?

[Mattsa]

The Bush dynasty have plenty of skeletons in their closets

Prescott Bush was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar

Grandaddy Bush, HW and QW were all Skull & Bonesmen

Altogether, a pretty nasty family

 

[bluesc]

Awful person. Terrible President. My opinion of him will never change.

 

[True Human]

His father was the director of the CIA and still has quite a bit of power. I don't believe for a SECOND that Bush Senior did not threaten/persuade his son for certain things. Follow the money. When you get into power, it takes a lot of principle, integrity, and willpower to resist the threatening powers at be that are constantly breathing down your throat.

 

[Travlyr]

A horrific criminal. If Obama has done worse things, it's only because Bush established the framework to take murderous tyranny to the next level.

Obama is just the "teleprompter" puppet.

 

[Zap!]

I'd say he's probably worse than Obama.

No, he picked better Supreme Court Justices. Plus, he would have vetoed DADT, and no Obamacare.

 

[specsaregood]

he would have vetoed DADT, and no Obamacare.

So you think having our armed force members subject to blackmail is good for national security and think all the govt healthcare bush passed is fine and dandy?

 

[jeremiah89]

Wait, you mean George W. Bush isn't our President anymore? Honestly, I can hardly tell. Not like Obama has accomplished anything different.

 

[Zap!]

So you think having our armed force members subject to blackmail is good for national security and think all the govt healthcare bush passed is fine and dandy?

No to the first, but what is Obama doing different? Bush would stay in Iraq and Afghan, but stay out of Libya and Africa. As for the other part, what massive government healthcare plan did Bush sign that was equal to Obamacare?

Bush wasn't good at all. But the SC is huge, and he picked pretty good Justices. Obama's were awful.

 

[brandon]

My opinion of the man himself is changing a little. I used to see him as the embodiment of evil. A completely ruthless anti-social ultra-villain. Now I'm starting to view him in a more positive light, on a personal level. He seems to be a fairly good-hearted friendly fellow. I think he was just as dumb as a rock and was used by everyone in his administration to carry out their agenda. I think his administration and the things associated with it are totally deplorable - just that it may not totally reflect on the man himself as much as I used to think.

 

[AuH20]

No to the first, but what is Obama doing different? Bush would stay in Iraq and Afghan, but stay out of Libya and Africa. As for the other part, what massive government healthcare plan did Bush sign that was equal to Obamacare?

Bush wasn't good at all. But the SC is huge, and he picked pretty good Justices. Obama's were awful.

Medicare Part D. Bush is pretty indefensible in that regard, but the appointment of those two justices are invaluable, especially when you look at the shape of the SC right now. Obama has frequently stated that he believes the Constitution to be a charter of negative rights, so if he can sneak one more lunatic on the court, he will do so without apprehension.

 

[low preference guy]

Bush sucks, my opinion hasn't changed, but Obama is much more evil.

 

[AuH20]

My opinion of the man himself is changing a little. I used to see him as the embodiment of evil. A completely ruthless anti-social ultra-villain. Now I'm starting to view him in a more positive light, on a personal level. He seems to be a fairly good-hearted friendly fellow. I think he was just as dumb as a rock and was used by everyone in his administration to carry out their agenda. I think his administration and the things associated with it are totally deplorable - just that it may not totally reflect on the man himself as much as I used to think.

Bush was a weak man who wanted to be popular and well-liked. He sold his soul for popularity and the adoration of the beltway. And then once he became too politically radioactive, all his formerly willing accomplices threw him under the proverbial bus.

 

[kahless]

It was obvious to anyone paying attention before the 2000 race the path his Presidency would take, how destructive it would be to the party and how people view Conservatism. I figured the economy and foreign policy would be a disaster and people would blame "Conservative" values. That his failure as fraudulent Conservative would usher in Democrat wins in the House, Senate and Presidency out of ignorance of the populace that simply go back and forth voting for R or D without looking at the root cause of these failures.

If you were paying attention you could sit back in the late 90s and see how they were grooming Obama and Hillary Clinton as future Presidential candidates. I used to tell people that and they would say impossible. They just were not paying attention to how the party was presenting them as idols over all else to be worshiped, which is always a good indication of things to come.

 

[fisharmor]

Well, I still have Connick v. Thompson on my mind, and on that one, Obama's justices voted correctly, and Bush's justices didn't.

 

[Zap!]

Medicare Part D. Bush is pretty indefensible in that regard, but the appointment of those two justices are invaluable, especially when you look at the shape of the SC right now. Obama has frequently stated that he believes the Constitution to be a charter of negative rights, so if he can sneak one more lunatic on the court, he will do so without apprehension.

If Kerry had won in 2004, District of Columbia vs. Heller (2008) and McDonald vs. Chicago (2010) would have been reversed. Both were 5-4 decisions, and landmarks for the right to bear arms. For that alone, I'm glad I held my nose and voted for Bush in 2004. I voted for McCain in 2008. Had he won, Roe vs. Wade would likely be gone.

 

[Zap!]

Well, I still have Connick v. Thompson on my mind, and on that one, Obama's justices voted correctly, and Bush's justices didn't.

Chump change compared to District of Columbia vs. Heller, McDonald vs. Chicago, and Roe vs. Wade.

 

[fisharmor]

Chump change compared to District of Columbia vs. Heller, McDonald vs. Chicago, and Roe vs. Wade.

Well, let's just say that I don't think that restoration of 2nd Amendment rights in a POS city I don't and won't live in ( the only relevant case for comparison ), which was a foregone conclusion anyway, is a bigger deal than the new-found ability for my local government to hide evidence that proves my innocence, keep me in prison for 18 years and solitary for 14, come close to murdering me several times, and then end up paying me less than what I would have made earning minimum wage during that time.

Like it or not, Sotomayor and Kagan haven't done that much yet that we can judge them by. In the same case (Connick) we saw what sort of complete shitbags conservative heroes like Thomas and Scalia can really be - so I'm not ruling out the possibility that Barry's picks won't turn out to be OK.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Bush was in my mind hands down the worst president ever. Obama is so bad it actually kinda makes me miss the Bush years. Of course they are both, along with most other presidents in the past 100 years, puppets of the globalists. So all this really represents is the evolution of the globalists plans being carried out.

 

[lester1/2jr]

I think if nothing had gone wrong he would have probably been a decent or mediocre president but he was awful. It was torturous watching him speak. He seemed to be president for 10,000 years.

 

[vita3]

terrrible terrible terrible president.