The Presidency of George W. Bush
From 2001 to 2009, George Walker Bush was the leader of the Free World. During that time, his administration saw a terrorist attack, two wars, AIDS relief in Africa, one of the worst natural disasters in history, and the global financial crisis.
During his first term, Bush leaned more heavily on hawks and neoconservatives. Advisors like Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith, and Donald Rumsfeld pushed an aggressive, ideology-driven foreign policy in the Middle East.
By his second term, Bush pivoted to a more pragmatic and moderate advisors, such as Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates, Hank Paulson, and General David Petraeus. They were not the fire breathing neoconservatives with chips on their shoulder about the Middle East, but rather diplomatic and balanced on the national stage.
Now with the reelection of Donald Trump and the Trump Regime in full effect, people are nostalgic for this administration. Why?
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 4, 2025 6:34 PM
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Colin, do you know what time it is?
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 3, 2025 9:28 PM
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He was one fine man back in his prime. His presidency was a disaster, but he seems like a nice guy. And his friendship with Michelle Obama makes him even more likeable.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 3, 2025 9:31 PM
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Bush v. Gore is one of the worst Supreme Court decisions of all time. Not because of the ruling, but that the Court did not give a clear or cohesive rule on how presidential election counting should work.
The opinion is basically a part 5-4, part 7-2, and part is a plurality.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 3, 2025 9:31 PM
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PBS Frontline: Rumsfeld's War (2004)
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 3, 2025 9:33 PM
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There would be no Trump administration were it not for the Bush administration.
The 2000 stolen election was in retrospect the turning point of our country.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 3, 2025 9:33 PM
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R7 I think George W. Bush will be a transitional figure in American politics. His idea of "Compassionate Conservative" is no where near the views of Newt Gingrich, who clearly led the path for the Tea Party, and later the MAGA movement.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 3, 2025 9:35 PM
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Fuck that goddam fucking retarded chimp.
He's a fucking war criminal and a fucking moron.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 3, 2025 9:36 PM
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I respect him for two things:
(1) How he conducted himself during the presidential transition and made his entire family available so the Obama's would feel at ease; and
(2) That he retired quietly and avoids publicly commenting on his successors.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 3, 2025 9:38 PM
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Bush was intimidated by Colin Powell
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 3, 2025 9:39 PM
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I mostly remember everyone driving Excursions and Expeditions and other giant SUVs, all with Bush Cheney bumper stickers. For years and endless years.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 3, 2025 10:01 PM
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It WAS the Presidency of George W. Bush!
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 3, 2025 10:27 PM
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I remember when Bush was elected and thinking I didn't have a President anymore. Today I would gladly trade!
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 3, 2025 10:28 PM
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While I wish we heard more from him, he is a man without a party.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 3, 2025 10:44 PM
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Are we sure that this wasn't actually the Dick Cheney presidency? Anyone else remember when Jr was walking around with that shiner on his eye? One can only wonder. Incidentally, Cheney really, REALLY scares me!
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 4, 2025 4:57 PM
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Bush was an ignorant bible thumping simpleton.
THREAD CLOSED
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 4, 2025 5:29 PM
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Nice man. Honest, not corrupt. Smart… but just not smart enough for that job. His bad call on WMDs was an error that changed this country for the bad in a way that is hard to overstate. He had a whole load of positions I didn’t agree with, but that didn’t make him a war criminal. And he did a lot of good on Africa. Good that tragically was imploded in just two weeks by an administration that elevates W to sainthood by comparison.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 4, 2025 5:49 PM
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No one is nostalgic for that. OP is smoking crack.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 4, 2025 6:01 PM
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R18 is full of shit. Bush Jr should be sitting in a jail cell.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 4, 2025 6:01 PM
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This was the administration that demanded that a brain dead woman be kept alive and ran on anti-gay marriage. Fuck off.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 4, 2025 6:02 PM
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Smart??? The guy was a drunk until he was 40, never held a job until he ran for TX gov in his 40s. Lived off daddy's money. Was drafted to run for pres because he was a "good campaigner." Completely useless jackass.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 4, 2025 6:03 PM
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King of the gentleman’s C.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 4, 2025 6:34 PM
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