by Littlemisswallflower on January 24th, 2009

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Am I the only person in the world that thinks George Bush tried the best he could as president, and that he deserves a huge hug for putting up with all the mean things said about him as a person?

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by HasntBeen on January 25th, 2009
But he didn't "try his best", that's the problem. We could give him a pass on just not being that bright -- nobody can be blamed for their I.Q., of course -- but it doesn't excuse things like suppressing knowledge that was available, distorting facts to support a position, ignoring situations that were getting out of control because he had personal biases in the matter, etc.

It's a question not of ability, but of character. Of course we would like to have the smartest, most capable person we can find for President. But most important of all is to have someone with the integrity and values appropriate to leadership of our large and complex nation. That is where he failed.
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- Took the words out of my mouth. I am sure he did his best, by his lights. But it was a bad best, from a person with a distorted world view and little flexibility,
  
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  by Im Alec has abandoned this account on January 25th, 2009
- Well I think we have to hold that people can do better if they're not facing the facts and not acknowledging their own mistakes. Denial and deceit are not genetic conditions for which one bears no moral responsibility.
  
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  by HasntBeen on January 25th, 2009
- http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5341865
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  ... but your answer is better.
  
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  by Arisztid on January 25th, 2009
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by Occams Electric Razor on January 24th, 2009
I wouldn't say you are the only one, but I would say you are definitely a minority...can't say that I agree with you.
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  Oh already plussed you but did not comment. I agree with you.
  
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  by Arisztid on January 25th, 2009
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by Candygirl on January 24th, 2009
No you are not alone, I agree with you!!
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- yay! +5
  
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  by Littlemisswallflower on January 24th, 2009
- me too- he got a lot of shit from eceryone.
  
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  by Special K on January 25th, 2009
- !!!!!!+5
  
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  by Lucy03 on January 26th, 2009
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by Arisztid on January 25th, 2009
I really cannot answer this well because I do not know if he did the best he could have.

I was not in his head and I do not know exactly what he could have done. I do not know if he got the best advice and went against it or if he followed bad advice. There are too many questions.

I guess history shall answer that question when everything comes out in the proverbial wash.

I, myself, could not give him a hug because of the economically devastated condition his presidency has left Keysha and I in and the condition of the nation.

However, if I met him face to face I am not one of those sorts who would be rude to him as I see people say all of the time on the 'bag. I would thank him for the time he put in politely and shake his hand as I would to anyone I met. I would wish him the best of luck in the rest of his life.

I would keep my opinions of the past 8 years to myself because he does not need to hear it.

I also did not slander him when he was in office. I believe in supporting the President, no matter who he is, including Bush. I was appalled by what he did but I am just not a rude man. I did not like the shoe thing either.

My opinion on supporting the President, no matter who he is:
http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/5300034
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- You are one amazing man.
  
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  by Keysha on January 25th, 2009
- Thankyou love. :)
  
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by BigDaddyBS on January 24th, 2009
Nope, you're not the only one, no matter what anyone who disagrees with Bush says...

The President only has so much power... Congress has quite a bit of say in things... And once things have started, there's not much the Pres can do but the best he can. But people tend not to THINK about things like that, but FEEL more.

What's sad is those rude, crude, and socially unacceptable jerks who booed him when he simply showed up (as he should have) at Obama's inauguration. Does it really matter at that point whether you like him or not? Can't people give him a few points for keeping the fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, rather than on our own and on other country's shores? That what they are doing doesn't reflect as much on him, as on themselves and on the Presidency, itself.

Ah, well... Just consider that there are a lot of idiots out there who are now not even giving Obama a chance. Sad to say, many are Republican, as am I. Personally, I'm going to give him the chance, and reserve judgment. We'll see what happens.
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- goo answer big++++++
  
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  by Special K on January 25th, 2009
- I really liked your answer. +5. It'd be more, but 5's all i get.
  
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  by Littlemisswallflower on January 27th, 2009
- Thank you both. ;-)
  
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by hotdog on January 24th, 2009
No you are not the only one. However, there are only one or two others out there. What color is the sky in your world?
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- Not true I happen to know many. It is called respect. It makes me so mad at the people that put Bush down after all that has happened while he was in office that other presidents did not have to deal with.
  
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  by Candygirl on January 24th, 2009
- true candy
  
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  by Special K on January 25th, 2009
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by Brian I on January 25th, 2009
I'm sure many people feel the same as you about the first part of your question, although I think you are in a tiny minority with the second part.
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by PrettyPirate on January 25th, 2009
Yes. You're pretty much the only person who thinks that.
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- Has Australia ever had a leader as bad as Bush?
  I think I asked Sak something along this line but I forget his answer. :p
  
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  by Brian on January 25th, 2009
- John Howard was pretty bad, but he was no where near as bad as Bush. Well, perhaps he was, in that he ignored his countries pleas and followed Bush's decisions and orders to the letter.
  
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by Gene H on January 25th, 2009
No, you are not alone. However, you are in America's smallest minority.
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by judgebill on January 24th, 2009
I have no doubt that George Bush "tried the best he could as president..." What disturbs me is that I believe the job was beyond him, that he didn't have the intellectual capacity for the job, nor the personality nor the general equipment. And it further disappoints me that at least 50% of the people, twice, disagreed with me. Since I can't realistically accuse half the country's voting population as being mentally defective (though I occasionally have my doubts) I am forced to conclude my opinion is not fully shared. But there's my opinion, since you asked.
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- Actually LESS than 50% of the people disagreed with you the first time, but let's not get into that.
  
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  by hedge-rider on January 25th, 2009
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by Roger Kovaciny on January 25th, 2009
I respectfully disagreed with the previous President about many things and will respectfully disagree with the current President about a lot more. The point is, I RESPECTFULLY disagree.

Leftists didn't respectfully disagree with President Bush; they libelled, slandered, cursed and trashed him. The reason is not the things he did. As Newsweek recently pointed out, Obama is going to be doing many of the same things Bush did. The reason is because leftists are bad people. They think they're good because they believe that their actions will bring about Utopia, but they have no rational reason to believe so since wherever they have had complete control they've turned it into purgatory instead. Soviet Union, communist China, North Vietnam, North Korea, Cambodia, Easter Germany, now Venezuela is slipping over the edge.... every one of them says "This time I'll do better" and every one of them turns into a big concentration camp.
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- I have to agree with you here, Roger. Rudeness was not needed. I am a democrat, or probably closer, a moderate, and I did not see any reason to slander the man. I disagreed with him but this was not needed.
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  To me the judge is out on Obama and shall be for a long time so I am not going to agree or disagree with you about Obama.
  
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  by Arisztid on January 25th, 2009
- I suppose that's my point. I don't want people to agree with everything he did; that would be unreasonable. But I think it's unnecessary to be outright disrespectful towards him. Good answer. +5.
  
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by Special K on January 25th, 2009
No- i agree with u . Bush did well and people were rude- oh well- no class. He got rid of that piece of shit sadam- that guy was nothing but trouble
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by SanityClause on January 25th, 2009
No. Sadly, there is no shortage of fools.
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- ...and apparently many of them found their DR link.
  
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  by SanityClause on January 26th, 2009
- I dislike your close mindedness, and the arrogance that you've exuded with your answer. It's one thing to disagree, but to call someone a fool because they don't believe what you believe is just downright ignorance. I could say that you're a "fool" because I dislike Barack Obama for many reasons that to me, seem inarguable. However, I do not think you're a fool, but instead, think you see things from a different perspective. I don't down rate people, so I won't down rate you, but I find it necessary to call to your attention that I'm offended by what you've said.
  
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by Rufus_T_Firefly on January 25th, 2009
Sadly, you're not the only person who believes that, but you're part of a very small group. Bush fully earned all the bad things that were said about him. He was a turd in an expensive suit.
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- I don't think ANYONE deserves bad things said about them. Imagine yourself in his position. He was doing what he thought was best for the country. He wasn't psychic. He had no idea things would turn out the way they would. It's my guess that's he's a genuinely nice guy who made some wrong decisions. I'm sure everyone bashing him wouldn't have had the balls to run for president themselves.
  
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  by Littlemisswallflower on January 27th, 2009
- First, having the balls to run for president and having the intelligence and skills to pull it off are two very different things. Second, he chose to run for a public office which has always been the brunt of criticism, both good and bad. Dubya chose to help line the pockets of his already obscenely rich cronies and wealthy political contributors. He also chose to further his own hidden agenda at the expense of American liberty and called the constitution, and I quote, "just a goddamned piece of paper", unquote.
  
  You're tight though, George isn't psychic, he's a psychotic war criminal. I was being nice with the earlier turd comment.
  
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  by Rufus_T_Firefly on January 27th, 2009
- I'm sorry, but I don't think you, as a regular American Citizen, with the biased information given by the media have the right to judge ANYONE in office without having been there, and without actually having seen what went on with your own two eyes. That is to say, when things go wrong, Americans just want to blame the first person they can, and LOVE to pile on allegations, and failures that they collect from ridiculous liberals like Alan Colmes. Don't give me this rubbish about how George W. Bush didn't have the intelligence to run for president, because if HE didn't, than neither did the majority of the US citizens when they elected him, not once, but TWICE. Additionally, just because someone didn't do what you consider to be an AMAZING job, does not mean that they are stupid and/or unskilled.
  
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  by Littlemisswallflower on January 27th, 2009
- George Bush didn't and doesn't have the intelligence required to do the job. I wouldn't let a moron like him unclog my toilet if crap was washing down the hall. Likewise, the numerous vacuous brain dead peons who voted him into office (twice) are equally bereft of useful gray matter. You err in your knee-jerk assessment that I would ever pay any credence to the pablum that corporate media tries to pass off as news. I carefully research every issue and form my own educated opinion. I certainly would never need some idiot on FOX Network to tell me how to think or vote. George Bush didn't do an amazing job. Hell, he didn't even do a mediocre job. His performance was undeserving of praise.
  
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  by Rufus_T_Firefly on January 27th, 2009
- Everything you so "carefully research" is tainted with opinion. And you don't know this man as an individual. All you have to go off of is what you read, and I'm sorry, but that's just not adequate information to form your "oh so informed" political opinions. You, my friend, seem to be just another moany, arrogant American, who most likely, would have screwed up America more than George Bush. On another hand, no one individual has THAT much power. One president cannot cause the downfall of a whole society. Our societies turn for the worse was caused by a number of people, including the American citizens themselves. You have your right to your opinion. But I don't see where you get off speaking it as though it is the ABSOLUTE truth, and nothing else could possibly fly. I don't agree with what you said, but I respect it. What i do NOT respect, is the manner in which you expressed your dislike for our former president in which you referred to him as a "turd".
  
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  by Littlemisswallflower on January 28th, 2009
- And your opinion isn't 'tainted' with personal and political bias? Mental defectives the likes of old frat-boy Georgie are the reason I can't enjoy my high school reunions. I wouldn't want to know him as an individual. I try not to associate with war criminals or idiots. But,I'm sure that you probably sincerely believe that your overblown, overly-conservative opinion is more accurate and valuable than mine. Thanks for the laugh.
  
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by Kraigar on January 24th, 2009
Well, I guess I could try to agree with you...if you agree with me that Osama Ben Laden may not be that much of a bad guy? Hey, just sayin.
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- That's an extreme exaggeration. George Bush never intentionally set out to kill anyone. AND if you're saying he's a murderer for sending the troops to war, then so is every other president before him that sent them to war. Everyone is such a critic, and with no political experience to back up their "wisdom".
  
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by Lucy03 on January 26th, 2009
No, your not alone. I am very thankful for his hard work and efforts.
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by Rachel on January 25th, 2009
I agree with you completely! I love Bush! He is such a great man and deserves nothing but praise for all the good he has done for our country! People look at him in a negative way because all of the false accusations made. He didn't CAUSE "global warming" if there is such a thing, and he didn't CAUSE A NATURAL DISASTER such as Hurrican Katrina. People are so STUPID!!!!!!!!!! Good Question, points for you!!!
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- I don't think anyone believes he caused global warming or hurricane Katrina. I believe it was what he did about both situations (or didn't do) that people really have problems with. So perhaps all people aren't stupid. Perhaps you just misinterpret what they have grief about.
  
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  by hedge-rider on January 25th, 2009
- It's his complete lack of reaction to both global warming and the destruction of an American city that is a humiliation to his country. We know he didn't cause the hurricane, and he's not personally causing Global Warming (although his policies certainly added to it). It's just that he was on vacation, literally, rather than dealing with these very real problems. And people have suffered and died because of it.
  
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by Cowboy-Matter of Fact on January 25th, 2009
You are not alone.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/01/g_w_bush_a_president_worthy_of.html
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by Mr.LiAr . . . . . AwAy on January 25th, 2009
nop u r not alone.
i think he did his job to save his country
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by The Bag on January 24th, 2009
He was not perfect, in fact, he made some very bad mistakes. On the other hand he did some great things. I'd give him a half-assed ataboy.+2
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by melencoly on August 31st, 2009
But they were true and he didn't give a shit about the average person in the US he only cared that him and his friends made lots of cash. Hello check out the economy which he f'd up. He was not doing his best he was trying to impress his daddy.
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- i donno. i just don't see him as a bad guy. a little dumb, maybe. like a stupid puppy, sure. but is it really possible that one man managed to destroy an ENTIRE economy? if so, how did he do it?
  
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  by Littlemisswallflower on November 24th, 2009
- No he had help. But he was in fact the face of the party in power. Kinda like a goalie in sports. When you do good credit goes to the team when you do bad it was the goalies fault.
  
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by shady on January 26th, 2009
i agree completely
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by what on April 9th, 2009
No,I aree with you.
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