- Admitted to spending money on military items without Congressional approval ( a felony)
- Suppressed an armed uprising in Haiti with US Marines, at the cost of over 2000 Haitians
- Pursued homosexuals in the naval service, even using entrapment as a method of investigation. (Actually had sailors pursue homosexuals to drum them out of the service)
- Withheld from the public serious medical conditions that could effect his judgement as commander and chief
- Campaigned on a promise to balance the Federal budget, and then increased governmental spending by some 80%
- Tried to appoint radicals to the Supreme Court to allow his radical legislation to pass Judaical review. This attempt was rebuffed by congress.
- Promised to keep the US out of war, but secretly pursued a path to involve the US in a war.
- Violated international law by supplying by selling munitions to belligerents (nations at war. This is ok as long as the selling was open to both parties. It wasn't, however. It was one-sided, and thus was an act of war)
- Used the IRS to investigate his enemies
- Pulled FBI files of political opponents.
- Raised the effective tax rate by 700%
- Propped up a foreign dictator who brutally suppressed his own people.
- Imposed programs to redistribute wealth
- Imposed more government programs on the nation than any other president.
- Locked up people with no trial in military camps, some of whom where American citizens who did nothing.
- Actively supported secrete nuclear weapon research do develop a weapon to use against other nations.
- Is known to have cheated on his wife with more than one woman, at least one of whom worked for him.
Who are you thinking? Reagan? Bush? Clinton? Carter? Nixon?
Nope. It's liberalism's iconic leader, Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is praised as one of the best presidents of all time, and Bush is repudiated as one of the worst.
Food for thought.
I think Bush was a mediocre president.
- In foreign policy, he didn't attempt to persuade our allies on many issues (such as removal of North Korea from the list of terrorist nations, without talking to South Korea).
- He failed to communicate his core beliefs and reasoning to the American people.
- He allowed the news media to set the agenda
- His frequent blunders in speaking will brand him among the lower third of presidents.
- Iraq is really iffy. If it turns out ok (read no dictator worse than Saddam taking over when we leave) then it might be worth the cost (in gold and blood). But it is a big gamble.
- Bush's stance on illegals was laughable and pathetic.
- He was a big spender
Even so, Bush had some good qualities
- He had the courage to stand for what he believed in, even when he knew the media would distort and ridicule him for it.
- I believe that his actions were to protect this country from further attacks.
- Bush tried his best to do the best job possible.
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