Okay I don't know if it is just me, but Bush is making a whole lot of excuses. He is blaming his pour term in office because of all the crisis that happened. He says that, "I have followed my conscience and done what I thought was right. You may not agree with some tough decisions I have made. But I hope you can agree that I was willing to make the tough decisions." Which was one of the major things that he said during his farewell address. I know that a lot of his choices were hard ones, but there had to be better decisions then the ones that he made. All of the Crisis and panic probably forced him to act as quickly as possible.
I don't know I guess I really just don't like Bush.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/15/bush.farewell/index.html
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I don't know, I've always felt a kind of underdog pity for Bush, and I do believe that he made some god-awful decisions, but at the same time, what can you do? I mean he made them, so what is he going to say, "I'm an idiot, I admit I made bad decisions." that's not true, nobody can say he deliberately made decisions that were going to be bad for the country.
I'm not really a fan of Bush, but I agree with David on this one. Bush did make a lot of seemingly rash and stupid decisions during his long 8 yr term, but at least he was willing to fess up to it. And whether he did or didn't do a lousy job, I think that it is very honorable for him to welcome Obama and express his faith in our nation. To be fair, Bush did have some hard circumstances. After the 9/11 attack, he had to deal with the double-duty of lifting the nation's spirits AND most importantly, protecting us from being attacked again. Yes, the War in Iraq, as we can tell now, was a bad idea. But if he really was getting threats everyday as he said he was, what else could he have done? Also, didn't we see some sort of poll that said most Americans were in favor of entering the War with Iraq early-on? It was a mistake to get involved, but better safe than sorry. I do think that we should have withdrawn earlier (hopefully Obama's time table will get us out of there) and saved many of the US soldier's lives who died in Iraq. But since 9/11, we haven't had a single terrorist attack. None the less, I look forward to seeing Obama take over and I am quite jealous of you DC kids...
The thing is, he is the president. I mean, you have not had the toughest presidency ever. I mean, people have died overexerting themselves doing this job in times of crisus. The thing is with Bush though, is that i do not feel he tried hard enough. I mean, regardless of policy, he is constantly taking vacations during this situation and honestly, if he had a better work ethic i think things might be different
I don't think Bush should blame his bad term on the events that happened during the term. A good leader can step up when he needs to and make a good decision. That might sound easier said than done, but I think he could have met those challenges better.
"The Bush family name, once among the most illustrious in American political life, is now so tainted that Jeb, George’s younger brother, recently decided not to run for the Senate from Florida. A Bush relative describes family gatherings as “funeral wakes”."
- Opinion Article from The Economist
I feel a bit bad for him. Even if it would only be because it would suck to be him right now. Such low approval ratings, economic crisis, and a collapse in America's reputation all turns about to make it a bad time to be Bush.
He had too great an ambition and tried to do too much, with many of these attempts at greatness being overly impractical. Although the American public had indeed been very supportive of it, we were launched into a now unpopular war that many other nations had opposed. The "War on Terror". Very vague...somewhat reminiscent of LBJ's "War on Poverty". (Bush also seemed to like to use the word "evil" a lot. Very similar to Reagan calling the soviets the "evil" empire.)
In a way, maybe Bush could have also just simply blamed Cheney. Our current VP has been one of, if not the most powerful vice president in the history of our nation. He always seemed to be there, advising Bush during many critical moments over these last 8 years.
but still, overall, I'd have to agree with most of the previous posters; -I feel sorry for the poor guy.
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