Monker wrote:Memorex wrote:I've said this a few times. Those huge Bush haters (I mean the former president) should sit down and make a list of things they disliked about him.
Iraq. First of all, consistently implying or allowing people to believe the country was in any way connected to 9/11...and using 9/11 as an opportunity to start a never ending war there.
Tax cuts. Not the fact that there were tax cuts...but using them as a political ploy to get votes. Want to get reelected? Give people a tax cut and an early return in the form of a check in the mail. And, do it repeatedly even though it obviously did not permanently fix the economy.
Using the politics of fear. That stupid terrorism color defcon gauge was pure politics. Need people to focus on foreign policy? Change the terrorism state to yellow. Need a rise in popularity, leak something about terrorism.
Wrapping himself in the flag and claiming people who disagree with him on Iraq and terrorism are unpatriotic. Claiming those in congress who did not vote the way he wanted were "against the troops". It was modern day McCarthyism.
Missing the opportunity after 9/11 to really unite the country for the common good and to rally behind a common feeling of patriotism. Instead all we were told was to go shopping. Maybe buy some duct tape and shrink wrap so if there was a WMD attack we could wrap our house in it and feel safe.
Failed leadership with Katrinia. Instead of being a leader and DOING SOMETHING, he simply allowed politics to take over and the finger pointing to begin. And, BTW, if Romney or another "let the states handle it, and not FEMA" were President, there would be exact same situation today with Sandy. There are issues, but no where even close to Katrina.
Geez, even before he was elected, he allowed viscous attack ads towards McCain to take out his only competition in the primary.
W. was flat out the worst President in our history.
Ah, and BTW, about the Patriot Act. Most of that stuff was happening since the 80's...especially listening to phone conversation and email and anything else online. All the Patriot Act did was to make it "legal" so the government didn't have to use loopholes to get the same information.
I cannot think of one instance where the Bush administration tied Iraq to 9/11. Maybe on the fringes or something i never heard, but it was always about WMD's and lack of inspections that made both Dems and Republicans want to oust him. For me, I think America just wanted to blacken some eyes.
Oh my God. You are actually going to blame Republicans for wanting tax cuts to get votes? It's their entire platform. And it seems to me I could probably pull up 50,000 articles from October of 2010, just before those pesky little mid-terms about how Obama did not want to raise taxes, rallied to keep the Bush tax cuts for now, etc. Come on man. If that wasn't going against a platform to get votes.... Not to mention he wants to keep most of them as permanent rates.
I feel like I am replying to a child. Politics of fear? What the fuck? Yes - Republicans do it. Often. But the one thing I really have against the Democratic platform is it is entirely based on fear. Fear that the nasty white republican man won't ever help the black man. Fear that Republicans will restrict women from voting and having abortions and working and driving and having a voice. Fear that republicans will never respect a gay man. Look at what some frickin 9 or 10 year old black kid said at a Dem rally the other day. That if Romney wins, it's back to the plantation or fields or some shit. Yea - no fear. Dems break everyone into groups and then cowtow to them. I hate that shit.
I guess I never heard Bush say people were unpatriotic if they voted against him. I'd have to look that up.
The hatred toward Bush after the affects of 9/11 wore off were horrendous. I blame the Dems for that. Just as I blame republicans in many ways for the stalemate that exists now and for what they did over the Clinton/Blowinski thing. You can't unite people that want to hate you. Obama has had the same exact problem. He got swept into office on all this hope and change and gave it up. It's the politics of today. Again - the task here was to name things you hated about Bush and I'd show you Obama did the same. On this point, it's EXACTLY the same.
Both Katrina and Sandy are products of local leadership. We'll see how they do. Obama can't help shit and neither could Bush. With Katrina, it was far worse than anyone could imagine. In both cases, I have no idea why anyone stayed in the storm. That was stupid. There was so much corruption after Katrina. We'll have to see what happens with Sandy. FEMA and everyone else learned a lesson. As far as FEMA to the states - I am a big fan of states taking care of themselves, but I honestly don't know enough about this issue to say if that should happen.
If the patriot act was fine, why were so many people hating Bush for it and were so excited when Obama got elected so it could go away? But oops, presidents never give back power, so guess that was a fantasy.
I did not think Bush was anywhere near the worst and neither is Obama. Also, I look at what Bush did for AIDS funding and I find that pretty phenomenal. No President is bad or great at everything.
By the way - if someone wants to take a stab at an Obama list, I'll put them in their place like I've done with Monker here.