I'd challenge anyone to present an argument that GWB is not a good man/good person. You may disagree with some/all of his politics but you simply cannot argue that he's not a decent man (and that's not always the case in the White House).

 

Here's one more example of his goodness:

 

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/22/bush-cheney-comforted-troops-privately/

I have to agree with you. You can see that in the way he's handled the transition. He should be applauded for that and I think history will be kinder to President Bush.

I have to agree with you. You can see that in the way he's handled the transition. He should be applauded for that and I think history will be kinder to President Bush.

 

Well, lets not go too far. GWB is going nuts on the midnight regulations which are not easily overturned by the new administration. Still a very good man, though.

Well, lets not go too far. GWB is going nuts on the midnight regulations which are not easily overturned by the new administration. Still a very good man, though.

I'm not going to far. I just think history will be kinder to him just like it is to Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon.

He will/should be remembered as a good person and handled the aftermath of 9/11 really well..

I'm not going to far. I just think history will be kinder to him just like it is to Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon.

I must have missed the part of history that has been kinder to Jimmy Carter.

I must have missed the part of history that has been kinder to Jimmy Carter.

I agree and I see no reason that history is every likely to smile on Jimmy Carter.

 

As for Nixon, the older I have grown and more thought I have given his administration, the worst president I have come to believe he was. IMO, Nixon was a disaster of a president even without the Watergate scandal staining his presidency. His handling of the abandonment of Vietnam and misguided efforts to bring inflation under control were among his biggest failings.

I agree and I see no reason that history is every likely to smile on Jimmy Carter.

 

As for Nixon, the older I have grown and more thought I have given his administration, the worst president I have come to believe he was. IMO, Nixon was a disaster of a president even without the Watergate scandal staining his presidency. His handling of the abandonment of Vietnam and misguided efforts to bring inflation under control were among his biggest failings.

 

Any thoughts on the plethora of midnight regulations? I've read his have dwarfed those of Clinton.

Any thoughts on the plethora of midnight regulations? I've read his have dwarfed those of Clinton.

Aside from the medical conscience rule, I really have not followed them. In general, I do not think much of late, late term acts by lame duck presidents. If something was worth doing, then it was worth spending political capital on earlier in the term.

 

One of my biggest disappointments with Bush has been his failure to grant pardons to the two border agents who shot a big time drug smuggler. IMO, there is no excuse for those two guys to still be in prison and Bush will look like a political coward now if he grants them pardons.

I must have missed the part of history that has been kinder to Jimmy Carter.

 

I agree and I see no reason that history is every likely to smile on Jimmy Carter.

 

As for Nixon, the older I have grown and more thought I have given his administration, the worst president I have come to believe he was. IMO, Nixon was a disaster of a president even without the Watergate scandal staining his presidency. His handling of the abandonment of Vietnam and misguided efforts to bring inflation under control were among his biggest failings.

Silly me, I forgot he is a democrat. :thumb:

Silly me, I forgot he is a democrat. :thumb:

Nixon? I am shocked to learn that.

Nixon? I am shocked to learn that.

:laugh: No Jimmy Carter. :thumb:

:laugh: No Jimmy Carter. :thumb:

You can put lipstick on a pig but he is still a pig. No amount of time will ever pass that will make Jimmy Carter's presidency look good - and it has nothing to do with his political affiliation. I feel the same way about Nixon. I know that a lot of Republicans are fond of saying that Nixon did a good job except for getting caught up in the Watergate scandal. IMO, Nixon's failures far outweighed his successes.

GWB reminds me a lot of the Wizard of Oz.

 

Good man, bad President.

GWB reminds me a lot of the Wizard of Oz.

 

Good man, bad President.

That's what I was trying to say about Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon. But, alas my attempt seems to be in vain. :cry: