January 19, 200917 yr The end of an error and the beginning of a new one Mark my words. Four years from now people will look back on Obama-mania and his appointment to be our savior and say "what the hell were we thinking?" Consider them marked.
January 20, 200917 yr Now is the time for all those idiots who voted for him twice to hang their heads in shame... There's old saying where I come from; Vote for me, shame on you you fool. Shame me twice and, er...
January 20, 200917 yr Now is the time for all those idiots who voted for him twice to hang their heads in shame... That time was years ago.
January 20, 200917 yr Bush will not go down as one of the worst presidents. 10-15 years from now he will go down as a middle of the road president and everyone will realize all this Bush bashing was just stupid. It is annoying how much everyone hates him. He wasn't a horrible president. He wasn't great, maybe good, but come on get off the high horses of liberal nation and Bush angst.
January 20, 200917 yr Now is the time for all those idiots who voted for him twice to hang their heads in shame... That time was years ago. I think those that allowed such a man to get such easy competition should hang their heads in shame first. Seriously, I think a lot of people in 2004 felt like they were picking the better of two evils, and Bush happened to be the better one. I didn't have the opportunity to vote in that election, but if I had the chance to go back and cast a vote, I would still vote in Bush over Kerry. And no, I'm not a huge Bush fan myself, either.
January 20, 200917 yr Now is the time for all those idiots who voted for him twice to hang their heads in shame... That time was years ago. I think those that allowed such a man to get such easy competition should hang their heads in shame first. Seriously, I think a lot of people in 2004 felt like they were picking the better of two evils, and Bush happened to be the better one. I didn't have the opportunity to vote in that election, but if I had the chance to go back and cast a vote, I would still vote in Bush over Kerry. And no, I'm not a huge Bush fan myself, either. I agree with you.
January 21, 200917 yr Bush will not go down as one of the worst presidents. 10-15 years from now he will go down as a middle of the road president and everyone will realize all this Bush bashing was just stupid. It is annoying how much everyone hates him. He wasn't a horrible president. He wasn't great, maybe good, but come on get off the high horses of liberal nation and Bush angst. I don't know if I can agree with this. While I do wholeheartedly believe that Bush was a rotten president, history is irrational and driven by emotion. History is forged, sometimes inaccurate, and a consequence of the general attitude of the citizens. Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt are considered by the annals of history to be among are very best presidents mostly because they emotionally appealed to the citizens in their respective times. However, when I look back at history and their policies I consider Lincoln and Roosevelt to be among our very worst presidents. I am able to look beyond the propaganda and biased indoctrination that our current educational system dictates in regard to these figures. Right now Bush is pretty much universally disliked by our people and nations around the world. This will be difficult for his legacy to overcome. I expect Obama to be even worse but as I said, people are irrational. I expect the Hoover-Roosevelt paradigm to be followed. Obama will fail to stabilize and improve the economy and will blame George W. Bush and the free market for creating a problem so large that he could not readily fix it. The same happened with Roosevelt and Hoover, as I outlined in another thread. Of course, the attacks on free markets are completely false (as neither Hoover nor Bush embraced the free markets) but most people don't view history this way. Obama has relentless emotional appeal right now and it will take severe mistakes to overturn this. As I said in this thread, if he continues to make these poor economic decisions it will be very difficult for our people to not realize their disappointment in four years. Of course, I believe that Bush was a bad president so I will not be horrified if that is how we remember him. He started two pointless wars that jeopardize our national security, doubled the budget deficit, and eroded our personal liberties. Our people are smart enough to realize that Bush and these policies were detrimental but not smart enough to realize that Obama is more of the same. When you put it in that perspective I can agree. I guess merely I was looking at how I would look at him in the future and just throw out there as the public will look at him that way. Overall, I agree with what you said I just didn't let my own perceptions get in the way of reality =/
January 21, 200917 yr When will the 'Bush will never leave, he is setting himself up to be dictator' crowd come out for a serving of crow?
January 21, 200917 yr When will the 'Bush will never leave, he is setting himself up to be dictator' crowd come out for a serving of crow? :blink: There was such a crowd?
January 22, 200917 yr Lot of sour grapes in this thread because "your guy" didn't get elected. At the end of the day, no matter who got elected, I still have to get up everyday and go to work. The sooner people realize that the better off this country will be.
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