Bush says he didn't compromise soul to be popular

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DealMonkey

Lifer
Nov 25, 2001
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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: Fear No Evil

I want to see you charged with crimes against people having to read your worthless posts. You make dmcowen look sane.

:lips: my (_!_).

I've read your garbage. You're not competent to read my posts. Your an ethical and moral turd with reading and writing skills and intellectual acumen that never exceded third grade level.

I prefer to print out your posts and wipe my ass with them. Even that seems unfair to my crap which really has done nothing to deserve such horrible treatment.
Sounds like you have a very unusual and disturbing personal interest in the well being of your excrement.:shocked:

He's a clinically-depressed fecalpheliac!
 

trenchfoot

Lifer
Aug 5, 2000
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Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
Originally posted by: Harvey
Originally posted by: Fear No Evil

I want to see you charged with crimes against people having to read your worthless posts. You make dmcowen look sane.

:lips: my (_!_).

I've read your garbage. You're not competent to read my posts. Your an ethical and moral turd with reading and writing skills and intellectual acumen that never exceded third grade level.

I prefer to print out your posts and wipe my ass with them. Even that seems unfair to my crap which really has done nothing to deserve such horrible treatment.
Sounds like you have a very unusual and disturbing personal interest in the well being of your excrement.:shocked:

He's a clinically-depressed fecalpheliac!

My mommy warned me about them and how they lurk around public restrooms and such.

 

Starbuck1975

Lifer
Jan 6, 2005
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If Bush has been consistent on one point, it has been his steadfast commitment in having the fortitude to make difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions...leadership is not a popularity contest, and sometimes a leader has to make tough decisions in the face of crisis.

The problem with Bush was that many of his decisions proved both unpopular and in some cases reckless or irresponsible.

Had it not been for 9/11, Bush probably would have been an unremarkable and perhaps one term President.

I find it interesting that the Bush Administration did not collapse under the intense pressure of its failings...we have many recent examples of politicians falling to pressure in a rather spectacular manner when under intense scrutiny.

Bush is not a dynamic speaker...there was a certain arrogance to his Administration...but I think the decisions he made will take a different light once people remove themselves emotionally from his Presidency.
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Originally posted by: Starbuck1975
If Bush has been consistent on one point, it has been his steadfast commitment in having the fortitude to make difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions...leadership is not a popularity contest, and sometimes a leader has to make tough decisions in the face of crisis.

The problem with Bush was that many of his decisions proved both unpopular and in some cases reckless or irresponsible.

Had it not been for 9/11, Bush probably would have been an unremarkable and perhaps one term President.

I find it interesting that the Bush Administration did not collapse under the intense pressure of its failings...we have many recent examples of politicians falling to pressure in a rather spectacular manner when under intense scrutiny.

Bush is not a dynamic speaker...there was a certain arrogance to his Administration...but I think the decisions he made will take a different light once people remove themselves emotionally from his Presidency.



I'm sure history will record him as one of the worst presidents in US history...probably near or at the top of that list. IMO, just above Ronnie "I must have been out of the loop on that" Rayguns and Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon.
 

winnar111

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Mar 10, 2008
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Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: Starbuck1975
If Bush has been consistent on one point, it has been his steadfast commitment in having the fortitude to make difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions...leadership is not a popularity contest, and sometimes a leader has to make tough decisions in the face of crisis.

The problem with Bush was that many of his decisions proved both unpopular and in some cases reckless or irresponsible.

Had it not been for 9/11, Bush probably would have been an unremarkable and perhaps one term President.

I find it interesting that the Bush Administration did not collapse under the intense pressure of its failings...we have many recent examples of politicians falling to pressure in a rather spectacular manner when under intense scrutiny.

Bush is not a dynamic speaker...there was a certain arrogance to his Administration...but I think the decisions he made will take a different light once people remove themselves emotionally from his Presidency.



I'm sure history will record him as one of the worst presidents in US history...probably near or at the top of that list. IMO, just above Ronnie "I must have been out of the loop on that" Rayguns and Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon.

You forgot Misery Index Carter.
 

Starbuck1975

Lifer
Jan 6, 2005
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I'm sure history will record him as one of the worst presidents in US history...probably near or at the top of that list. IMO, just above Ronnie "I must have been out of the loop on that" Rayguns and Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon.
Reagan is about as far from the bottom of the list as a President can get. As for Nixon, he was actually a quite capable President. It is unfortunate that his legacy will forever be tainted by Watergate, but he did the honorable thing by stepping down.

I am not saying that history will magically forgive Bush, but how Obama handles Iraq and Al Quaida will certainly play a factor in how history judges Bush.