Are we judging Bush too quickly?

I find that with time, peoples' reputations do change as we look back at history with more insight and less bias. I think Bush was treated much too harshly by the media and that may have contributed to the general hatred towards him. Bush definitely made mistakes, but I believe that his actions may be appreciated more in the future. He did protect the US from another incident like 9/11, and that is to be commended. He also put an end to two regimes (Afghanistan, Iraq). Even though there were no WMDs in Iraq, that does not mean that Saddam could not have acquired them in the future, making the Middle East more dangerous than it already is.

I would agree with you that he handled 9/11 well and the invasion in Iraq is questionable. He should have gathered more information/details/evidence about his so called "weapons of mass destruction" but when we found out that there were no weapons of mass destruction he should have pulled the troops out that very second. He killed the economy with his terrible plans to fix it, he never stated if we would use ethanol or wind/electricity/sun to power cars which hurt the U.S car manufacturers. He also did not help the average person, Obama's tax plan will work Bush's did not. He probably will go down as one of the worst presidents but I do feel bad for the guy, I mean he might go down as one of the worst presidents.

I agree, he's no where near being bad let alone the worst. His heart is in the right place and what he did he did it because he believed in. He never silenced his conscience, and I do believe that history will render him one of the greatest presidents. There's a dignified countenance about him, and he's very respectful. He's a real gentleman, and I know we'll miss him. The media has done great injustice to his character. I never agreed 100% with him, but I do not think for one moment that he's evil or stupid. It took a lot of courage to go through what he has been through. I am not sure anyone would have been capable to endure as he did. He never blamed anyone for anything, he took it like a big man! May God bless him!

I have to disagree. I have been alive 27 yrs, and I have even served under Bush in Iraq. I felt so much shame when I came back home to the states to hear on the news that there were no weapons of mass destruction. I was watching the election od '00 when the votes in florida were doctored; I among everyone else am dealing with this economy, I cant even afford health care even though I am covered by Medicare; My Mother is a very successful woman who has made it from a highschool drop-out with 3 kids to a real-estate agent; she is on the verge of losing her home, and work is scarce for her. My Father who has been doing masonry and constuction for the last 30 years can hardly even find a side-job now. Our money did not need to go to that oil contest between him and his dad(G.W. Bush Sr.), I have had to watch a friend die in my arms in the battlefied in Iraq(his whole bottem half was gone) over this 'oil contest'! Yes, these past 8 yrs have tremendously affected me; as well as other countless Americans. Yes Sir, he is an IDIOT!

Definitely. Let's face it...we just finished a tough 8 years with a President who was given a big bowl of lemons for a Presidency. There is absolutely NO ONE in this nation who can, right now, objectively look back on Bush's two terms and give an impartial judgment on it.

Maybe in 15 or 20 years, when Bush has slipped from active memory and we've had a couple more Presidents run their terms we'll be able to look back objectively at Bush. But right now...we can't. We can't even look back objectively on Clinton's two terms yet - still too many sore spots from his escapades.

Bush had decisions to make that would have made him look bad either way. If he truly thought his intelligence was true for the iraq war , and waited or didn't go, and it turned out they had nuclear weapons i cant even imagine how much heat he would of taken. Also recessions also happen periodically, was some of it the government fault? probably, and the banks yea? But the american people shouldn't of gone out and got 10 credit cards and ran up 20,000$ worth of debt. Also buying houses people couldn't afford. I do agree he made the U.S image worse. He had his bright spots and dark spots

To answer your first question, no. We had to put up with 8 years of bad decisions and disasterous policies from Bush and the results are clear.

However, we should not be more lenient with Obama. We voted for him because we felt he was the better man for the job. He talked the talk and now he has to walk the walk. Otherwise, in 4 years, my vote will go to his opponent.

Nice to see you are a Dem but not an idiot loon. Wish the other liberals on here were the same.

He should have resigned after 9/11.

people should just leave Bush alone...everything happens for a reason....he is not perfect.!