rough_rider wrote:oletimer wrote:rough_rider Posted:
There are some folks who would try to blame this duck..
Sometimes you worry me

I happen to think W was a great President.
Some guys think he planned 911.

I believe history will reflect favorably on W's presidency. 1 major terrorist attack (declaration of war) within 8 months of his inauguration, and over 7 years with no repeat performance.
As to the wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan, the evidence had everyone in the White House, on Capitol Hill and across the pond convinced that it was the right thing to do at the time. In that Bush was later abandoned, but could not pull our forces out without dire consequences to the region, showed his character to stand alone for what he believed was right.
There is also sufficient evidence that he warned Congress about the impending financial collapse, and was ignored. They may try to pin the economy on GWB, but he and the Republicans saw this coming years ago, and could not get Barney Frank or Chris Dodd or Maxine Waters to acknowledge the obvious problems with their policy, being in bed with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (although I'm sure Fannie Mae is not Congressman Frank's type).
I do think that Bush's immigration policy was a miserable failure, and is probably the one area that I am most disappointed. He would not secure the border, and although he commuted the sentences of former border patrol agents Capean and Ramos, he did not do so early enough, or completely justify them. I think GWB led us farther away from sovereignty.
But overall I feel Bush was, and will be remembered as, one of the better presidents.