Admiral Valdemar wrote:It's things like this that, in the decades to come, scholars will look at in consternation, then bellow with laughter.
I very much doubt it. Look at what happened after Reagen - a number of well funded organizations popped up to spin and twist everything so that 20 years later a large chunk of the populations is convinced he was one of the greatest presidents ever and we have a shit ton of things named after him. The same will happen with GWB, I guarantee it.
I have my doubts. Reagan is largely admired for winning the Cold War, his policies being praised for leading to the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union. What does Bush have? There won't be any dramatic end to Al-Qaeda, or to Islamic Fundamentalism. In fact, while some dramatic shit will go down when the Middle-East runs out of oil, if anything Islam will get stronger. "They never attacked us again" sounds weak, especially when one can say it's because of Afghanistan, and that absolutely nothing was gained from the Iraq adventure.
I have to agree. Even though Reagan was a shit president, he wasn't as devisive as Bush is. I mean look at his landslide reelection in '84. Reagan also had the luxury of being out of office when alot of his economic policies started to really turn and bite us in the ass.
Though I have no doubt that in 20 years and beyond, Bush will have his apologists. Fuck, there are people who think Jackson and Hoover were great Presidents. But the overall consensus will be that he was one of, if not the worse Presidents in American history.
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-Negan
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I lived through the Reagan years as a teenager, and the level of international animosity toward him was pretty much insignificant compared to the level of hostility generated by that raving buffoon George W. Bush.
"It's not evil for God to do it. Or for someone to do it at God's command."- Jonathan Boyd on baby-killing
"you guys are fascinated with the use of those "rules of logic" to the extent that you don't really want to discussus anything."- GC
"I do not believe Russian Roulette is a stupid act" - Embracer of Darkness
"Viagra commercials appear to save lives" - tharkûn on US health care.
Darth Wong wrote:I lived through the Reagan years as a teenager, and the level of international animosity toward him was pretty much insignificant compared to the level of hostility generated by that raving buffoon George W. Bush.
I was very young when he was President, but despite my living in a staunchely Democratic household (Massachussetts Democrats, too) he wasn't regarded all that negatively from what I can remember. They despised Bush I, though.
We pissing our pants yet?
-Negan
You got your shittin' pants on? Because you’re about to Shit. Your. Pants!
-Negan
He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches.
-George Bernard Shaw
