Highlights of the Bush Presidency

[emperus]

Don't forget heck of a job brownie.

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-job-brownie-calls-bush-inattentive-fratboy/1

 

[spidey07]

Don't forget massive tax cuts for the lower and middle class! Every American saw their personal finances, income and wealth increase during Bush. Only to be completely wiped out by fuckstain in the whitehouse currently.

 

[WHAMPOM]

Roaring stock market, low gas prices, booming economy, people making more, people's net worth more, Americans much better off, etc.

Got Clinton and Bush mixed up again?

 

[WHAMPOM]

Don't forget massive tax cuts for the lower and middle class! Every American saw their personal finances, income and wealth increase during Bush. Only to be completely wiped out by fuckstain in the whitehouse currently.

What tax rates have changed in the last six years? Bush Tax breaks are still in effect.

The piddling little amount the lower and middle class got to keep compared to what the rich got from Bush's tax cut? Got some selective memory going on there spidy.

 

[Paratus]

The Onion nailed this before George took office:

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
JANUARY 17, 2001 | ISSUE 43•01 ISSUE 37•01 | MORE NEWS

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WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."
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President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us."

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."
Bush swore to do "everything in [his] power" to undo the damage wrought by Clinton's two terms in office, including selling off the national parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.
During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.
"You better believe we're going to mix it up with somebody at some point during my administration," said Bush, who plans a 250 percent boost in military spending. "Unlike my predecessor, I am fully committed to putting soldiers in battle situations. Otherwise, what is the point of even having a military?"
On the economic side, Bush vowed to bring back economic stagnation by implementing substantial tax cuts, which would lead to a recession, which would necessitate a tax hike, which would lead to a drop in consumer spending, which would lead to layoffs, which would deepen the recession even further.
Wall Street responded strongly to the Bush speech, with the Dow Jones industrial fluctuating wildly before closing at an 18-month low. The NASDAQ composite index, rattled by a gloomy outlook for tech stocks in 2001, also fell sharply, losing 4.4 percent of its total value between 3 p.m. and the closing bell.
Asked for comment about the cooling technology sector, Bush said: "That's hardly my area of expertise."
Turning to the subject of the environment, Bush said he will do whatever it takes to undo the tremendous damage not done by the Clinton Administration to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He assured citizens that he will follow through on his campaign promise to open the 1.5 million acre refuge's coastal plain to oil drilling. As a sign of his commitment to bringing about a change in the environment, he pointed to his choice of Gale Norton for Secretary of the Interior. Norton, Bush noted, has "extensive experience" fighting environmental causes, working as a lobbyist for lead-paint manufacturers and as an attorney for loggers and miners, in addition to suing the EPA to overturn clean-air standards.
Bush had equally high praise for Attorney General nominee John Ashcroft, whom he praised as "a tireless champion in the battle to protect a woman's right to give birth."
"Soon, with John Ashcroft's help, we will move out of the Dark Ages and into a more enlightened time when a woman will be free to think long and hard before trying to fight her way past throngs of protesters blocking her entrance to an abortion clinic," Bush said. "We as a nation can look forward to lots and lots of babies."
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Soldiers at Ft. Bragg march lockstep in preparation for America's return to aggression.

Continued Bush: "John Ashcroft will be invaluable in healing the terrible wedge President Clinton drove between church and state."
The speech was met with overwhelming approval from Republican leaders.
"Finally, the horrific misrule of the Democrats has been brought to a close," House Majority Leader Dennis Hastert (R-IL) told reporters. "Under Bush, we can all look forward to military aggression, deregulation of dangerous, greedy industries, and the defunding of vital domestic social-service programs upon which millions depend. Mercifully, we can now say goodbye to the awful nightmare that was Clinton's America."
"For years, I tirelessly preached the message that Clinton must be stopped," conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh said. "And yet, in 1996, the American public failed to heed my urgent warnings, re-electing Clinton despite the fact that the nation was prosperous and at peace under his regime. But now, thank God, that's all done with. Once again, we will enjoy mounting debt, jingoism, nuclear paranoia, mass deficit, and a massive military build-up."
An overwhelming 49.9 percent of Americans responded enthusiastically to the Bush speech.
"After eight years of relatively sane fiscal policy under the Democrats, we have reached a point where, just a few weeks ago, President Clinton said that the national debt could be paid off by as early as 2012," Rahway, NJ, machinist and father of three Bud Crandall said. "That's not the kind of world I want my children to grow up in."
"You have no idea what it's like to be black and enfranchised," said Marlon Hastings, one of thousands of Miami-Dade County residents whose votes were not counted in the 2000 presidential election. "George W. Bush understands the pain of enfranchisement, and ever since Election Day, he has fought tirelessly to make sure it never happens to my people again."
Bush concluded his speech on a note of healing and redemption.
"We as a people must stand united, banding together to tear this nation in two," Bush said. "Much whttp://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/ork lies ahead of us: The gap between the rich and the poor may be wide, be there's much more widening left to do. We must squander our nation's hard-won budget surplus on tax breaks for the wealthiest 15 percent. And, on the foreign front, we must find an enemy and defeat it."
"The insanity is over," Bush said. "After a long, dark night of peace and stability, the sun is finally rising again over America. We look forward to a bright new dawn not seen since the glory days of my dad."

 

[bignateyk]

Roaring stock market, low gas prices, booming economy, people making more, people's net worth more, Americans much better off, etc.

Wat? The DOW dropped 2500 points over the course of GWB presidency, which pretty much refutes every argument you made.

The only reason gas prices stayed low was because we spent trillions of dollars to invade Iraq.

 

[thraashman]

Wat? The DOW dropped 2500 points over the course of GWB presidency, which pretty much refutes every argument you made.

The only reason gas prices stayed low was because we spent trillions of dollars to invade Iraq.

Gas prices didn't stay low during his Presidency. They quadrupled. Gas averaged right around $1 a gallon when he took office and were over $4 a gallon a few months before the Obama election. Due to one of the largest stock market crashes in history that occurred during his Presidency, the commodity value of oil plummeted dropping gas prices back below $2 when Obama took office. And unfortunate side affect the improved economy under Obama is that when the stock market recovered, so did the price of oil to stabilize a bit below the Bush price of 2008.

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

The world would be a much better place if Gore had won the election instead of Bush.

We wouldn't be mired in Iraq/Afghanistan. We wouldn't have passed reckless tax cuts we couldn't afford. It's amazing to think how much better off we'd be today.

 

[OutHouse]

Oh please, that was a fucking bribe for the voters. And it worked. And it didnt turn the economy around. You really think 1 percent of your taxes back to you actually makes your life better?

hey that 2 grand i got back bought me a nice tv! so yea it did make my life better and did in fact stimulate local economies.

 

[OutHouse]

The world would be a much better place if Gore had won the election instead of Bush.

We wouldn't be mired in Iraq/Afghanistan. We wouldn't have passed reckless tax cuts we couldn't afford. It's amazing to think how much better off we'd be today.

you have absolutely no way of knowing this.

 

[blankslate]

Since a pictures are worth a thousand words as the saying goes...

and

from

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/opinion/sunday/24sun4.html?_r=0

and

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...y-all-discussions-of-the-debt-ceiling/242484/

 

[thraashman]

The world would be a much better place if Gore had won the election instead of Bush.

We wouldn't be mired in Iraq/Afghanistan. We wouldn't have passed reckless tax cuts we couldn't afford. It's amazing to think how much better off we'd be today.

We would likely have still gone into Afghanistan, pretty much guaranteed would not have gone into Iraq, tax cuts would instead have gone towards the deficit most likely. It's also tough to say if the Congress which jumped at every word Bush said would have been like it is now and been as obstructionist. It's also hard to say if we'd still be in Afghanistan or not, though it seems likely the focus would not have gone away from it and to Iraq so we likely would be mission complete in Afghanistan by now.

It's also hard to say how the economy would be fairing as it's still somewhat disagreed on what the exact cause was and whether or not Gore economic policies would be better.