Did Bush prevent something even worse from happening? Is it possible that Bush has made some good decisions? I know its easy to dump on him but what are the chances that this isnt a wasted presidency?
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Being a historian myself, it all depends on how the War on Terror plays out...if we destroy or hurt Radical Islam beyond the point of coming back to hurt us...he will be viewed as a great President and these Democrats will be viewed as useless and partisan...what saddens me the most is all the answers from the uninformed...I bet if you asked any of these people who said Bush will be seen as the worse, what they think about Lincoln, they would say he was the best President ever...but in 1864 if you asked the average American what they thought about him, they would have said he was the worse ever...mainly because he got into a war that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans...Bush, like Lincoln, had one of the worse case scenarios that a President could have...give it 20 years and I think we will know better how he will be viewed...anything earlier than that is just partisan politics and uninformed opinion...
Jess
We most likely will not look back at him as a great president. Yes he did help us in some ways (No Child Left Behind Act:little funding but still important). He did good during 911, but some of his other choices are a bit shakey. He did make a few good decisions. Most will say it is a wasted Presidency, but I'm more afraid of what is to come as far as the other Presidential Candidates and if anything could get any worse. If it does Bush will be looked at as a good president.
Anonymous
It's never going to happen. The people who will write the history are the ones who hate Bush the most (the universities and Hollywood)
Lucy S
The chances that this isn't a wasted presidency is none. There are no chances this wasn't a wasted presidency.
And, he doesn't even have to wait for history to judge him the worst president this country has ever had. He's already being judged the worst president this country has ever had.
amancalledj
It is possible that Bush has made some good decisions, but it is utterly impossible that history will be kind to him. Neocons don't write the history books.