I would like to see what people think W did that was good for our country. I honestly don't think he did anything but negatives but I'd like input from everyone who is intrested

He always gave me a good hearty laugh during his speeches...and laughter is a good thing!

G.W. Bush did a great job in turning America to a real circus when it comes to politics : screwed up the economy, the laws, the foreign policy and made lies and deception the American norm .
Congratulations for 8 disastrous years !.

we won't know for another twenty years or so

the objectivity of history without all the partisan spin will judge him

This is pure BS .
When someone like Timothy Mcveigh does something you do not wait 20 years to know if what he did is right or wrong . Your G.W. Bush is worse than Mcveigh and others .

I'm not a bush mccain or right wing supporter. I think they want money, oil, to make abortion purely illegal and they bring religon into politics. Isn't our government supposed to do what's best for our country rather than do what's best for catholics?

"my GW Bush"?

he isn't mine

and he isn't satan and he didnt destroy the country. it's that hystrical crap thats only based in propaganda and spin that will fade away over time. and whatever he did or didnt do will become apparant in whatever results he achieved,


for example IF Iraq turns out to be a stable semi secular, democratic elected governmnt. in about twent years he will be seen as a visionary. If it doens't work he will be seen as an unorganized failure that diffused his efforts into too may directions

for example, one thing he will be remembered for is his African AIDS programs which are estimated to have already saved 10 million lives

He passed a law that increase the total amount that you can put in your IRA per year.

Besides that he was a bumbling fool.

What about the thousands of innocent people in the middle east he killed when they bombed? I'm in the navy and love my job, but I do not support this war. I'm in it for myself. None of what he did will fade away. He will be remembered for destroying what Clinton worked so hard to do. Are u a republican?

let's see what else did he do?

he championed and pushed through prescription drug coverage for Medicare recipients. prior to that they had no prescription coverage

that means that for my fifteen precriptions for my kidney failure, I pay about $2 per precsription, before I would have paid $400 to $500 a month

us old folks have apprecition for that

his deposing Saddam was a necessary thing. It had to be done. Saddam signed a surrender treaty with us and broke every single condition of that treaty. and those conditions had "or else's". the "or else" was that we would come back. If we hadn't we would have had no credibility with any nation ever again. He prolly should have waited till Afghanistan was secure. That was a mistake

His big mistake in that was in assigning the Defense Dept with the reconstruction when it is usually a State Dept job. That was sloppy and dragged it on five years too long

He deregulated everything in this country. Why do you think were in debt? Spending money that we don't have, ridding sadam ws not necessary. My grandma is 73 and she agrees with me as well. We went there for oil and said we were looking for wmd's...where are they? Oh there are none!

The deregulations were not the cause of the debt. Deficit spending on everything from warfare to welfare and covering it up with inflation is the biggest part of the problem. (Tom Woods goes into great detail in his book "Meltdown", if you're interested in the real causes and culprits of the crash)

Oh I know what caused the debt. Deregulation just made everything worse

the President doesn't have to power to deregulate stuff. That was Congress

if we went there for oil, why don't we have it now?

the latest big Iraqi oil contract was with the Chinese

as for WMD, the British Intelligence swore they were there. The Israeli Intelligence swore they were there. The French Intelligence swore they were there. He was going by the information given to him

turns out the WMD was a big bluff on Saddam's part to intimidate the Iranians and Saudis. Too bad for him his bluff worked

another achievement was the establishment of the "Bush Doctrine". In that the United States would henceforth support and promote democratic governments any where in the world. Where as before we kinda just watched as things developed with out applying a guding hand with advice and financial and trade support (some times misguided but still)


Hitsory will judge Bush's accomplishments, not hysterical haters that twist eveything in to some fascist conspirator who was simultaneously was a bumbling idiot. I dunno how you can reconcile those two characterisations

He screwed some stuff up and he did some great things. We just can't see them yet because the agenda driven partisans are too busy slinging mud and hoping some will stick

Truman was hated when he left office much like Bush, and now is regarded as one of our best Presidents based on his accomplishments balanced against his screwups

Freedom Fuel: A Clean and Secure Energy Future

In his State of the Union address, President Bush announced a $1.2 billion Freedom Fuel initiative to reverse America?s growing dependence on foreign oil by developing the technology for commercially viable hydrogen-powered fuel cells to power cars, trucks, homes and businesses with no pollution orgreenhouse gases. The Freedom Fuel initiative will include $720 million in new funding over the next five years to develop the technologies and infrastructure to produce, store, and distribute hydrogen for use in fuel cell vehicles and electricity generation. Combined with the FreedomCAR (Cooperative Automotive Research) initiative, President Bush is proposing a total of $1.7 billion over the next five years to develop hydrogen-powered fuel cells, hydrogen infrastructure and advanced automotive technologies.

those hybrid cars you're driving?
direct result of G Bush pushing and funding next generation technology. He was green before anyone knew what it was

He spent all our money...wait, oh, good? Haha, right...

but President's don't spend money

Congress does


he did show up at Congree three times warning that if they didnt get the sub-prime loans and the mortgage industry under control out economy could collapse. They ignored him

and now ironically the economy collapse is bandied about as somehow his fault

I'm not necessarily a Bushie

but this thread asked what he achieved. So I'm trying to find actual stuff beyond the usual "bush sucks" circular arguments