Bush might be a lot of things, but he sure got a lot of what he wanted

[FrenchieCat]

So when Hillary called him a failure in the way that he has governed,
that might be what we think, but as far as he is concerned, he didn't do too badly.

Think about it.

2 terms
Packed Supreme court and other Federal courts
endless War
Corporation gone wild
All Children left behind
giant tax cuts
Medicare reform to favor insurance co.
Bankrupty reform
Patriot act
torture
energy bill
reversal in civil liberty
ability to spy on citizens
Ruthless dismantling of Justice Dept.
outing CIA agents


So what didn't Bush get apart from gutting Social Security, seemingly, the Democrats only sacred cow? :shrug:

Isn't that why we are soooo pissed, cause this man has been getting what he's wanted for sooo long?

As far as his cronies are concerned, Bush performed quite well, actually.

[xchrom]

1. indeed he did -- and the republick party can teach the dems

a thing or three about sticking together to get the things you want.

bush may sound stupid -- but he knows how to get what he wants -- and he had a the whole party get his back.

[Dover]

2. And how many things on that list were the Dems complicit in achieving?..n/t

The current system is corrupted, and is a rotating door between business and government for BOTH sides of the aisle.

[lapfog_1]

3. Yup. I've been saying that for a long time

Bush is a neocon wingnut success.

And you left out his biggest success... the goal Grover Norquist set for these evil fucks...
They wanted to bankrupt the country so bad that we would have no choice but to cut spending programs radically, thus making the federal government "small enough to drown it in the bathtub".

[depakid]

4. True enough-

Go along to get along types have enabled and legitimized policies that would have made just about any rational person cringe in disgust 15 years ago.

[FrenchieCat]

5. And so my point is that when Hillary stated that Bush was a failure, and not a good leader.....

that was really a relative point. She was taking a dig at Obama....but I felt like her point, in the manner that she put it, wasn't valid.

Now, when Obama described specifically what made Bush a bad leader......it was not that Bush hasn't gotten stuff accomplished....but that he got it accomplished in a vacuum, based on few opposing opinions. That made more sense.

[mwb970]

6. What amazes me is that he is *still* getting everything he wants.

My God, Clinton was impeached over nothing at a time when he had a 70% approval rating! bush is widely reviled with 77% saying the country is off track, his crimes have been exposed by the dozen, his approval rating is 32% with an anchor, and yet the Dems continue to cower before his Almighty Presence.

For a total failure, bush sure succeeds a lot.

[FrenchieCat]

10. Hence lies the difference.......

That's why Hillary doesn't impress me so much with her "35 years" of experience. Bill and Hil in the White house for 8 years, and what did we really get for it, other than good Supreme court judges (which anyone running now would give us)? The Dot-com boom is what has given Clinton what the Berlin wall falling gave Reagan; good timing.

Apart from that, NAFTA, 800,000 dead Rwandans, and a GOP congress from '94 till '06 ain't exactly to "dream" for!

[Perry Logan]

7. This explains why Republicans are so happy these days.

[FrenchieCat]

8. Well, they are some greedy pigs!

which is why they are called Repigs!

[jedr]

9. To quote my repub' BIL;

" Say what you want about Bush, but the people who put him in power sure got their money's worth"

[FrenchieCat]

11. Yep.....and bled our treasury dry with Non bid contracts......

sad!