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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
ignoring all the moral controversies about the Iraq war, torturing, bending the constitution, etc, there's one fact above all others that to me sums up his presidency the best. when he came into office in 2000, the US economy was at one of it's strongest points in the country's history. but when he left office in 2008, it was at it's lowest point since the great depression. now you can't blame Bush entirely for the recession, but that cannot be a simple coincidence. if you give someone the keys to a car that's in mint condition and running great, and a few years later it's in terrible shape and barely running, you would think that person is pretty irresponsible
plus he flat out failed during Katrina, there is no excusing that gong show
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I really do like the concept of the highest level of leadership taking responsibility for failures, whether they are directly responsible or not. My concern is that post-President Bush may only point to superficial failures as being his mistakes in office- the mission accomplished fiasco, the post Katrina Air Force One pics... He did mention in the Lauer interview that he was devastated when WMD's were not found in Iraq, but did not follow it up with an acceptance of responsibility and blame for the incredible blunder.
At the end of the day, nothing makes sense in US politics unless you look at it with a clear understanding of how divisive the Republican-Democrat game is.