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"We" did not ELECT the man to 2 terms in office.

9-11 was allowed/encouraged to happen because it served a purpose for the administration & related 'cronies'.

Please wake up and see the last 8 years for what it really has been – a very, VERY bad dream!

PS. Wall Street is behaving like a spoiled child having a temper tantrum because it isn't going to get its own way all the time anymore....

Luck had nothing to do with it!
He chose to pull our troops away from hunting Bin Laden to carry out a personal agenda in Iraq.
He chose to ignore the catastrophe caused by Katrina.
It wasn't bad luck. It was bad choices by a corrupt administration.

Bush made mistakes...but every President has, some more than others. I love the people that blame Bush for 9/11. Why do you think it happened? How about Clinton was too busy golfing and playing with cigars. It was reported by his own administration that we could have had Bin Laden and the conspirators more than 4 different times...and he didn't act! I hate war, but we were attacked and Bush went after all of them. To that, I say Bush did the right thing. People are forgetting the last 7 years of NO ATTACKS on our lives. Obama cannot let our military strength decrease, or our nation will be in even deeper mourning of lives lost...here on American soil, & overseas at war.

Only thing dumber than him are the people who voted for him TWICE AND MCCAIN THIS TIME. So there are many dumber than him.

Interestingly, I feel a bit sorry for President Bush. (Holds up hand to stop the tirade of comments) I know, I know. I have disliked his policies for so long – even prior to his election... I was a devoted Gore supporter. And Bush's first policy action once in office did nothing to warm me towards him..... I have been distainful of this President fo so long.... Then..... Sometime last year I realized that he is probably, on a personal level, a nice guy. (Again, holds up hand) BUT, I still think his policies suck!!!! So I feel a bit bad for him on a personal level, with all of the negative ratings & dumb "leadership" (a word I use loosely). Really, if he had been joined by a NICE PERSON as a VP (instead of Darth Cheney), I wonder if this could have gone differently???? Probably not.

Pres Bush frankly is a functioning illiterate, on that no-one could offer an argumentatation The only event he has had to deal with that could be considered unlucky would be 9-11. And one could argue that this event alone garnered more support for his inept and ill-guided policies. His popularity soared after the Afgani conflict and emblazoned his private appeal to go after the boogie man that tried to kill his daddy – dragging this country deeper and deeper into debt – not to mention eliminating Iran's mortal enemy. Incompetent. – is an understatement. Unlucky, hardly!

GWB has been the worst president in at least the last 80 years. Incompetent certainly fits. Unlucky is an excuse used by bad managers. There are events that are not under the President's control but how they are handled after they happen are not luck. For example, nobody can blame GWB for Katrina hitting New Orleans but we can blame him for the extremely poorly handled response to it. His administration failed miserably.

Other examples might be the response to 9/11. Iraq wasn't responsible for it and that's the country he focused on. They were Saudi's trained in Afghanistan. Doh!

Anyone paying attention to the financial markets knew a house of cards was being built long before the crash in recent months. Bad mortgages are only a part of the problem. It was the also bundling of these into derivative financial instruments (made possible by deregulation) that made the collapse so wide spread. He had eight years to correct it and his administration did nothing. Blaming prior administrations just doesn't fly. Eight years of being in charge was enough to avoid the train wreck.

Other bad decisions include torture, illegal wire tapping, abusing habeas corpus, a surplus turned deficit, unilateralism, cronyism, and the list goes on...

George W. a Bafoone. Just be glad he is otta there.

Bush will likely go down in history as one of the worst Presidents in the history of the country. His own making.

I am sure Bush did some good. I am sure he did some bad.
I am sure everyone who writes on this blog did something that was jacked up. And I am sure most of you if not all of you did something that was good.

But what I didn't see was your name on the ballot when it came time ro run against Bush. Everyone is quick to say what a terrible job he did. But we are going off of what the news agencies tells us and we take it for gospel. Has any of you stopped and tried to talk to Bush? You have that right. Have you written him a letter? You have that right as well.

I can bet most of you haven't. Now don't get me wrong I am by no means a Bush supporter. But I also don't bash the man because of the failures of many. He wasn't the only that let the country down. How about the so called congress. We are in an economic nightmare and they are voting to raise their salary. How come no one is bashing them? A congressman who serves only 4 years get a retirerment Why? Why arent you bashing him.

Instead you bash the man in the spotlight. Blame him for your lot in life. Blame him because this great country is facing rough times.

Did you also blame Abraham Lincoln when the south left the Union. Nope but you give him credit for bringing them both back together. Had Bush ended the war you all would be singing a different tune.

And if you think you can do a better job, why don't you run for president. That's your right as well.

Instead of complaining about what we all know are the problems why don't you get off your high horse and help fix it.

Dumb, dense, delusional, destructive, distracted, dysfunctional...

That's just the "d"s...

Robert-
That is known as a delusion. Don't count on it. Bush is an idiot, I have no idea how he got into Harvard. Oh wait, yes I do...

The man did nothing but react. He had no ability to be proactive on anything, he never thought out possibilities, he thought "gut decisions" were the way to go. And look where it got us.

Stacy–
I have a PhD. Does that allow me to have my opinion of Bush?
By the way, it's "Democrat". There is no "e" on the end....you know, like potato.

YES. DUBYA'S UNILATERAL POLICIES FAILED US.

But don't forget, he became president because the majority of Americans voted for him in 2000 and AGAIN in 2004. What were we smoking??!!?!?

So spare me the hypocrisy: DUBYA happened to us because WE allowed it.

As such, WE DID IT TO OURSELVES.

SO JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE. He totally sucked as our president but nevertheless, he deserves to be treated with respect and courtesy.

He is still a human being and our 43rd president.

George Bush made his own bed,,,,,,while the American taxpayer was losing his or her bed to sleep in. When the people in New Orleans watched there beds disappear below water,,,,,,where was Bush,,,,,he was sleeping in the bed that the tax-payers provided for him. The troops in Iraq do not have the comfort of sleeping in a bed,,,,,,thanks to Bush. George Bush deserves no pity from anyone. He must go down in history as the worst president America has ever had.

Bush had over 90% approval after 9/11 and a tremendous opportunity to bring this country together. Instead he continued the same old partisan policits and has brought this country to the edge of economic ruin. Bush will be remembered as America's greatest mistake.

"I think it's possible when people have stopped being as angry at the Bush administration as they are now … that they will realize that some of this is just … the luck of the draw."

Uh....No.

Let's just go with incompetent.

no Bush knew what he was doing to make all his friends rich from oil and war money

The luck of the draw, seriously? George Bush, et. al. did exactly what they intended to do, while taking care of themselves and their wealthy friends, all at our expense. They plundered and pillaged us. It's documented. A thousand years won't wipe it away.

> How many of you have a MBA from Harvard?

I have one from Wharton. If you think Bush and his policies are not solely and directly responsible for a majority of what has happened to the economy, maybe you should go back and get your GED.

I didn't vote for W either time, so I do reserve the right to be completely baffled that he was voted in for a second term. The writing WAS on the wall already. At the time, I couldn't believe so many people (some of them my friends) could be so oblivious.

I DO NOT think he will ever be viewed as being a bad pres through having "bad luck". - As the article said, his agenda was "to the right of the nation and doing so through executive power that ignored the popular will", and that was his doing, not bad luck. He truly acted as if he thought he was King George II.

I think Bush should be tried as a war criminal and if found GUILTY by a jury, then he should be hung. Please notice I said IF FOUND GUILTY.

This is so obvious that because of it the GOP lost the election and are now in disarray, it so clear, that the President himself refrained from attending any rally for Mccain knowing that it would only bring him bad blood due to an umprecedented incompetence in government.

All you fools out here that voted for him the second time, got exactly what you deserved. They played the fear card on you scared americans in 04 and then they stole the election in Ohio, so thats what this country gets. Now move over, it's time for Obama to show this country how to get things going.

Hey VM...........what kool aid have you been drinking the past 8 years. Once the historians have a good look back on Bush's history, you will see he was a part of the most evil "empire" that has been in power.

Snap out of it and get into the real world!!

President Bush has been handed some thing that no other president has had to deal with in this modern age. His successful War on Terror will be his lasting legacy. He has dropped the ball on most else.

Are you JOKING? He wasn't unlucky enough as far as I'm concerned – he got re-elected didn't he. He's an egomaniac, which showed throughout his 8 years and all he cared about were photo ops. Now he has enough to plaster his wall with, it just galls me that we have to pay this idiot a lifetime pension.

To Laverne..............I was not one of the American People that put George in the White House. I knew back in 2000 he was an idiot......it only took the American People 6 years to catch on.

That fool should be in jail for murder and corruption, with Chaney by his side. Just look at all the crap they have done to this country and all over the world.

I dont agree with the 'unlucky' tag.. any good president would have shined after those events. For bush, it just highlighted how bad he was.

Bush is imcompentent, not unlucky. As owner of the Texas Rangers he lied in order to get the taxpayers to build his stadium and then stuck them with the bill he never intended to pay back; as a Presidential candidate in 2000 he used smear tactics against a then good man, John McCain who should have beaten him. As President he has abused his use of "executive priviledge and powers". He commutted the sentence of ONE of the people in his administration who outed a CIA operative; he lied when he said he would "fire" anyone in his administration who was involved in that same outage of Valarie Pflame beause he did not like the answer he got from her husband on the "yellow cake" from Niger. He lost all focus on actually going after Bin Laden and Al Queda after invading Iraq, the country that had nothing to do with the 9-11 attack. Should I continue?

History will be very unkind to Bush. Truman few blunders Bush had many he will be known for being a dim wit and arrogant.

MISJUDGED,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE,,,,,,,,,,PEOPLE'S,,,,,,,,,,,PATIENCE,,,,,,,,,,,,,

WITH,,,,,,,,,,,WAR,,,,,,,,,,,,,,PEOPLE,,,,,,,,,,,WANT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IN,,,,,,,,,,AND,,,,,,,,,

OUT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,AND,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ALLOWED,,,,,,,,,,,THE,,,,,,,,,,,,MEDIA,,,,,,,,,,,,,

TO,,,,,,,,,,,,,SET,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,HIS,,,,,,,,,,,,,AGENDA,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WITHOUT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

FIGHTING,,,,,,,,,,BACK

the bush administration i.e. bush cheny rice should be prosecuted for murder. all 16 intelegent agencies told them there were no prove of wmd and absolutely no link of sadam to 911. they blantly went 180 telling the american people the direct opopsite (lied) for pure political gain killing over 4000 of our men woman.and over 100,00 iraqi citizens .they made the nixon administration look likr choir boys. absoluted murderess felons.

Luck of the Draw?!?!?! Undermining the constitution, invading a sovereign nation, declaring a war based upon bad intel, appointing liars to the Cabinet? This is not luck of the draw. This is deliberate and intentional.

Wow. The hatred and venom that is spewed by the left! You gotta love it. Talk about change. So let's see, if a 9/11 type attack happens in the first few months of Obama's presidency, who's fault is it? I guess it would be Obama's since Bush is getting blamed for 9/11. Then I guess your newly elected president will then be blamed for everything.

Let's see, so if a natural disaster takes place in a state that refused to bus people out (Mayor Nagin) and refused Federal TROOPS & FUNDS prior to the disaster (DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR) then somehow it's Bush's fault. That's funny. I mean their is reason why the federal gov't waits for a state to request emergency funding, troops, aid, whatever before they just barge in. There is a HUGE reason why the former Democratic GOV in Louisiana didn't get re-elected, but that a young Indian-American named Jindall did (a REPUBLICAN).

Could President Bush have done some things better during his two terms. YES! I believe he should have gone after Bin Laden with everything he had in his arsenal, meaning he should have gone into Afghanistan first and foremost. However, let's think back a few years and remember just how much support the President had from BOTH PARTIES in attacking Iraq. Let's also remember how Colin Powell also briefed the UN on the intelligence we had at the time about WMD's in Iraq. IT'S WHAT WE KNEW AT THE TIME!!!!!! Hindsight is always 20/20.

I think President Bush has done a magnificent job in keeping this country safe. I also believe that once he leaves the presidency he'll be remembered as someone who didn't get a fair shake from the beginning. One last thing, do you honestly think Gore or Kerry of all people would have done a better job? YIKES!

I am a huge Republican. However, I do wish Obama well and hope he makes great decisions over the next 4 years. Unlike you DEMS, I will give him the benefit of the doubt before I jump to any conclusions on what his presidency will be like.

An arrogant, unilateral, insulting, bullying, LYING type of leadership, fully convinced in itself and completely unwilling to listen to anything or anyone else has put us where we are. Every time there was a wrong choice or a right choice, he would go headlong towards the former. The "Decider" and his people should be in prison for savaging this and other nations for their own ends. It will take a VERY long time to tend to the fires that this administration has started and fanned.

Also, look at how divided we are now after and during eight years of this presidency. Were we really always like this? We're on the same team!

The main problem with Bush's presidency was the anger that began the day he was first elected. The likes of Pelosi and Reid and so many other Democrats couldn't accept that they had lost. They vowed to destroy him. Their anger continued to grow until they were rabid. The press dutifully followed along, convincing more and more people to be incensed. All this before he was even sworn in. Bush thought he could govern the US the way he did Texas, reaching across the aisle and getting everyone's input prior to making decisions. But the Dems in DC would have no part of that. If he wanted their opinions, he'd better do exactly what they suggested. After all, their candidate should have been the president so they should have all power. When he only cowtowed partially to them, they again stormed off to their willing media to push the agenda that Bush was ignoring the Dems. They were able to get the press to blame Bush for absolutely everything that happened over the 8 years. Didn't matter that the Dems more often then not had the dirtier hands, they somehow could always escape any blame or responsibility.

Luck has nothing to do with it. INCOMPETENCY & HIGHWAY ROBBERY sums up the Legacy of BUSH the 43rd President of the USA. Two Oil Men in the White House ride off in the sunset with lots of dough, don't you worry there's no doubt about it!!!

One thing I think most people would admit is Bush was a calming influence during 9/11 – I think he handled that better than most would have. It was a scary, frightening time and he seemed to make us feel 'cared' for or maybe a little more secure? Don't know how to explain it, but I felt more secure during that time because of him and his role during those troubling weeks.
His big problem was having Cheney on his VP vetting team and he just talked himself right onto the ticket. LOL Cheney just waited for the right time and then started rewriting the Constitution in his mind.
Then Iraq was the initial blunder and when Katrina charged onshore – Bush hit more waterloos.
Cheney wanted (and took) more power than his office entitled him to, Rumsfield was a doddering old fool and should have never been in a place of power – along with others who helped securing a monumental debt for us and a government that is out of control.
I left the Republican voting ranks because of the GOPs misguided and ridiculous platform(s) or lack of them. The evangelical christians have become far too powerful in slanting their ideologies and they've gone so far right they're about to fall off the ledge.
Bush as a person is okay, Bush as a leader with all those who prodded him along after 9/11 won't go down in history as having sound judgment in my eyes.

I disagree that bush hasn't changed, I think he has. He's defeated now, I think you can see that pretty clearly now if you watch his interviews. I also think he's always at least in his heart had america's best interests at heart, I truely believe he loves this nation and *wanted* to do the right thing.

Unfortunetly I also agree with the projected historical evaluation of the man as president. he was both unlucky and incompetant, he was not equal to the task set before him. I just thank god we have a man going into office now who is the polar oppisite of bush. Self made, extrodenarly intelligent, willing to listen to others and I think will succeed despite the fact that the office of the president of the united states of america is likely to continue being unlucky.

But the Dog is alwright!

______ALL___YOU___BLOGGERS________ARE_______________

__COLDHEARTED____AND___DOWN___RIGHT__MEAN__AND___

___STUPID______IT WAS NOT ALL OF _______BUSHS__________

___FAULT.___PLENTY TO____GO__AROUND_________________

_______HE KEPT US____SAFE __FOR__SEVEN YEARS________

__CAN or WILL___OBAMA__DO__IT????????????

Bush may have been handed circumstances that (some of which) were out of his control. However, it's not the circumstances that you are handed that make you great or not. It's how you handle those circumstances that make you great, or in Bush's case, a complete failure.

The federal government's response to Katrina could have been its finest moment. Instead, it was one of his worst.

Bush's response to the attacks of 9/11 could have been a rallying point for the US and the world for a lot longer than a month, and kept the pressure on worldwide terrorism for years. Instead, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and their fellow cronies got the US and England (no longer, though) mired in this war in Iraq, creating more terrorists than killing/capturing/defeating them.

Bush proves his incompetency nearly every time he opens his mouth. His "luck" may have been not good, but his response to his "unluck" has elevated his failure as a president to the status of "worst ever".

He is the worst "Commander in Chief" that this Country ever had.
The American people will elect another term of Democrats, in 2012
then after the American people see what good the Democrats are doing FOR the people, OF the People, and BY the people,they will certainly elect another Democrat in 2016....I honestly think it will be and should be Hillary.

Larry Coury
Houston Texas

Some facts:

* 9/11 changed everything about his presidency and any plans that he may have had.
* His top priority after 9/11 was to prevent another attack in this country, which he did.
* We needed a battleground to consolidate the terrorists in order to fight them and that obviously needed to be somewhere other than in the U.S.(Afghanistan was not going to meet this crtieria). Due to their failure to observe the terms of the Gulf War as well as their failure to allow the weapons inspectors to do their job, Iraq was in violation of the cease-fire agreement and subject to a renewal of hostilities.
WMD's, by the way, was a secondary issue which only became headlines when world opinion was against renewing the war(no surprise there).
* Iraq became the logical choice to open this front due to the above listed violations and the fact that Saddam Hussein and his sons needed to be removed.
* Al Queda and other terrorist groups flocked to Iraq and have been defeated and severely compromised in the process.
* The true success or failure of Iraq won’t be known for many years.

These are some facts that the democrats don’t seem to understand and that the main-stream media won’t tell you.

There’s plenty to complain about regarding Bush but you have to look at all the facts regarding the Iraq war before you make that decision.

The past is the past. We don't have time to look back just yet. We can do that when we get things back on track.

That's not to say not to look at those things that are wrong, but let's get away from this blame game and start moving forward with the solutions, not the problems.

Stop complaining! You voted for him twice. You had your chance with Gore and Kerry. We would not be in this situation, if the right decisions had been made. President Gore, to good looking. President Kerry–didn't like his wife. So suffer.

After 8 years of W touting faith as his guiding light, how can it all come down to bad luck. Surely Gods work isnt tainted by bad luck....

No – in time I will NOT see him as having the unfortunate circumstances as "the luck of the draw" – I will always consider him the worst President in our history – Incompetence is just the tip of the iceberg – I cant wait until he slips into obscurity!

Thank You, President Bush, for keeping us SAFE and not doing what just seemed popular. Unfortunately, we won't be as safe anymore.

Yes – and to those FEW REPUBS who argue about Obama/Biden
being the BEST for our country – I always ask – 'And did you vote/support Bush/Cheney in 2000 and 2004?' And they shut
up. Judgement/political knowledge wasn't exactly a priority
then, now was it? I can also PROUDLY say I DID NOT SUPPORT
BUSH in 2000 or 2004. I rest my case.

Bush and the hypocritical,judgemental right wing of the Republican Party can thank themselves for the "hatred" that was felt by the people of this Nation for the Bush administration...The last eight years has been and will be remembered as a "terrible" chapter in our history books...I believe that Colin Powell not only endorsed Obama because of how he was treated because of the war, but I also think that Powell was "angered" by Bushes' response to the Katrina debacle....Ultimately God will be the judge of how Bush and the Republican Party uses the uneducation of poor "whites" to distort and slander good people...President Bush was not ready to become president...he was far less educated than Barack Obama is,even though he was governor of Texas, and far more of the Republicans think that Obama is not ready....go figure...President Bush will go down in history as the "worst" President this Nation has ever had the misfortune to elect....we, as a Nation are also to blame, for why is the word "impeachment" if we do not call for it or use it to our best benefit and at our dicretion...we got what we deserved...

Bad things happened, yes, but Bush had a singular talent for doing the disastrously wrong thing. He was out of his depth. And we, the American people, will be paying for his missteps for many, many years.

His incompetent fumblings would not have mattered if they hadn't caused 9/11 and hundred of thousands of Iraqi deaths... Not to mention his repeated attempts and successes at instilling Christianity into government policy. (that pesky separation of church and state has been universally ignored)

Anyone can stand up and read a sympathetic speech, it takes real idiocy to start a war based on lies and bankrupt the nation while letting the real guilty party keep running away.

Condoleeza Rice was a good choice that Bush made.

How about plain old dumb. Most presidents get libraries named after them. Dubya is getting a sewer line named after him...Seriously!

How many comments were postpartisan?

I'm sure whatever the "historians" come up with will end up in our children's textbooks. And they'll leave out anything to do with Bush's trampling of the constitution.

Bush is what you get when you cross a republican with a conservative...someone that can't think for themself. There seems to be a lot of them out there this election. If we are lucky they will become an endangered species...they are getting close this year.

Stacy: Hmmmm...Harvard MBA? Yeah,. that worked REAL well. Just goes to show you that even dumb as a stump elitests can have daddy buy them an advanced degree.

You appear to be the typical determinedly ignorant republican base lemming – you can't even spell "demorcrat".

Like the Portrait of Dorian Gray, LOOK AT W's face in the photo w;this article. It's only been 7-1/2 yrs but he's AGED 20-yrs! Contrast W's before & NOW shots - and LOOK AT Cheney. Cheney looks more or less THE SAME,
Ergo: The SINS of the Bush administration hang HEAVY on W ... who is obviously a MORAL MAN (albeit easily misled). But Darth Vader (the devil himself) couldn't care LESS about the REAL tragedies HE'S caused with all his manipulations. The puppeteer comes out from his UNDISCLOSED location at last!

TO ALL OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA HATERS!

THIS IS THE ARTICLE THAT YOU NEED TO LET OUT YOUR ANGER AND FRUSTRATIONS ON! YOUR LEADER FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS IS THE REASON AMERICA IS IN THIS ECONOMIC MESS!

STOP HATING THE RESCUER – HATE THE ONE WHO THREW YOU OFF THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE, AND LEFT YOU DROWNING!

What a shame! and to think it was all about OIL! from the beginning and now to the end...the last drop is now on the horizon...

CNN is liberal. Most historians are liberal. Most who hang around here are liberal. What do you expect?

In terms of IQ Carter was probably one the smartest presidents but this is proof positive that smarts don't translate to even an average president. He was the worst since WWII. Our economy has long way to drop before we get to Carter levels. Carter's foreign policy legacy was also an utter disaster.

If, and only if, Iraq and Afghanistan turn into utter disasters over the next several years, then history not be so kind to Bush. If however, Iraq and Afghanistan, countries in a very strategic part of the world, turn out to be relatively stable and friendly democracies, history will be very kind to him. It will remember how after 9/11 he took the necessary steps to keep America safe, when no one thought we wouldn't suffer another attack.

History will also record that this current economic downturn was not primarily because of Bush or his tax cuts.

Bush derangement syndrome will subside. After a year or two, the media and liberals won't get away with blaming everything on Bush. Obama, who has promised the world, will have to come through with his "change". If he follows through on his campaign promises and with this liberal congress, he will end up like a Carter ... smart, but not a good president.

It's ridiculous to say he was "unlucky." No one blames him for creating Hurricane Katrina, they blame him for his mishandling of the situation, that's not "unlucky." Very few people blame him for 9/11. In a twisted way 9/11 could have been "lucky" for him, in that it gave him tremendous power and support. But he abused that power and made some terrible decisions. There is no luck involved there, give me a break Professor Kellerman.

How about focused only on big business? Or just plain "bad"?

IN defense of the dog Barney......

you do NOT stick your hand in a dog's face like that !! Most especially if it's a little ankle-biter-type dog!!

THANK GOODNESS THIS LOSER'S REIN HAS COME TO AN END. IT WAS 8 OF THE WORST YEARS I'VE EVER LIVED THROUGH. THANK GOD WE NOW HAVE A PRESIDENT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST THE CHOSEN RICH. GOOD RIDDENS TO BAD RUBBISH. LET CAWFORD, TX HAVE YOU. YOUR PRESIDENCY WAS A COMPLETE DISASTER. YOU ARE A LIAR AND WAR MONGER.

To be honest, George Bush has not changed. He is the same person and candidate he was 8 years ago. The American people voted this president in 2 times and the writing was on the wall after his 1st term. Now everybody wants to complain about George Bush, well in a way we reaping what we sowed and that is being unwilling to vote for a president that was competent. The American people wanted a president they felt they could sit down with and have a beer, yeah right, like that was ever going to happen anyway. George Bush was put into the White House by the American people, now that says alot about the American people????????

INCOMPETENT ??? UNLUCKY???
Are U kidding US. THESE two thieves and his 40 accomplices stole and decimated this Country. THey arte not incompetent...THEY ARE CRIMINALS
and as such they deserve CAPITAL PUNISHMENT!!! Give our citizenry
a break PUT BUSH-CHENNEY and his 40 THIEVES IN JAIL!!!!

To be honest, George Bush has not changed. He is the same person and candidate he was 8 years ago. The American people voted this president in 2 times and the writing was on the wall after his 1st term. Now everybody wants to complain about George Bush, well in a way we reaping what we sowed and that is being unwilling to vote for a president that was competent. The American people wanted a president they felt they could sit down with and have a beer, yeah right, like that was ever going to happen anyway. George Bush was put into the White House by the American people, now that says alot about the American people????????

These are very stupid comments about President Bush at this point.

Ten or more years back later, you will say President Bush is one of the great presidents in American history and these so-called historians are simple and pure trashes.

While I can accept it was unlucky that the terrorists attacked during Bush's presidency, his REACTION was not a question of luck.
IN fact, if people remember, at the time it was felt that 9-11 was the making of his presidency.

Before that his policies had no purpose except to remove us from international agreements. And I remember in his first month we had a major incursion into Chinese airspace, and he behaved with beligerence. There was no hope or challenge to his agenda.

At least today we have hope again. There is always the chance of Obama getting very unlucky. The test will be how he manages at that time.

To Kick the Dems out,

Half of the conservatives blame the Democrats in Congress the last two years for the economic crisis. The other half blame Clinton which was about ten years ago. The intervening six years being perfect?Apparently logic and rational thought plays no part in your conclusions

Do you people really think about issues or go around mindlessly justifying discreditied conservative policies and blame everybody else for your failures?

For those of you who think that Bush has kept the homeland safe in his 8 yrs .... You are wrong. He created 'economic' terror. Even though you may not equate 'economic' and 'physical' terror, they both have consequences on everyday human life. 'Economic' terror causes loss of hope, dignity, and creates utter frustration .... Adults and children go hungry .... it is "slower painful death" and desparation compared to 'instant death'.

The luck of the draw?! How can robbing American citizens of their civil liberties be viewed as "the luck of the draw"? How does suspending habeas corpus, a basic human right that's been around since the Magna Carta, count as "the luck of the draw"?

Make no mistake: Bush's legacy will be seen as not only incompetent, but malicious, dangerous and horribly destructive.

For those of you who think that Bush has kept the homeland safe in his 8 yrs .... You are wrong. He created 'economic' terror. Even though you may not equate 'economic' and 'physical' terror, they both have consequences on everyday human life. 'Economic' terror causes loss of hope, dignity, and creates utter frustration .... Adults and children go hungry .... it is "slower painful death" and desparation compared to 'instant death'.

I blame Bush and everybody who voted for him(at least the second time if not the first).

Daddy's little boy lived up to his reputation.

Incompetent, bumbling, ignorant. . .

Why the heck can't we have someone with a few brains. Like Lugar.

I would have voted for him and I know he wouldn't have put Palin next to the Oval Office.

The US electorate are equally to blame for giving Bush/Cheney a second term inspite of overwhelming evidence of their incompetence and arrogance 4 years ago. You get what you asked for. So any label attached to Bush should be attached to all who voted for him.

Bush and his administration have had every opportunity to explain the deaths of 4000 Americans in Iraq. Evidently they cannot tell the truth or dare not. Regardless of why this war was executed and irrespective of the process, someone will have to state the actual reason. Bush's administration is over. No one will seriously consider impeachment at this point. Couldn't they muster the courage to finally speak the truth about this? I think the American people deserve that and I certainly hold that those who have sacrificed themselves deserve it. Let us have the truth finally. Why was this done?

uh....add 'evil'? For those of us who think Bush/Cheney had something (everything?) to do with 9/11......we don't think he was merely 'unlucky'. But I'll give Bush 'incompetent"'. Cheney ran everything.

They forgot to mention:
1. Racists...
2. Neocons...
3. Evangelical elitists and...
4. War criminals.

Incompetent, arrogant, stubborn, 911 wouldn't have happened on anybody else's watch, remember the long vacation choping wood. I still believe that could have been prevented had he listened along with Cheney. The war we know could have been prevented, it was all about oil, greed for his cronies. I will never believe otherwise.

George W Bush has had a long history of alcohol abuse, a priviledged upbriging and a pattern of always 'jumping to the head of the line" so to speak with the help of his daddy. He even managed to run more than one company to the ground back in the days. A person who has always been allowed to behave like a spoiled, self serving brat without any accountability will likely govern as one. The last eight years are a testimony to that.

Incompetent, unlucky and best of all, almost OVER!

History will tell later on.
Right now many disapprove what Bush has done for this country so far however our children's generations will examine and re-read.

He was the president in the most difficult time including 9/11 attack. Yes he caused this economic mess however don't forget. This economic mess and greed started from Carter and it boomed under Clinton's administration. It burst into horrible disaster under Bush. So one person cannot be blamed.

Truman is one of 20 respected USA presidents ever according to the poll. At that time of his rule, he had the lowest approval rating.
So history will tell later how Bush did.

The incomplete and simplistic thinking of many here on this board is astounding. If you ever get some information beyond what CNN, MSNBC, et. al feed you, you'd realize how well Bush has done. Great? probably not, but the jury is still out. Mistakes? sure.

Incompetent? disastrous? Criminal? Ummmm, just wait for the BHO adminstration. Crap is already starting. Russian missiles on the move, more rockets in Gaza, President for life Putin.

God help us. (and boy do i hope to be wrong about BHO)

Incompetent and Unlucky, what a double whammy. But don't excuse the American electorate from responsibility. After all, they should have recognized competence or lack thereof after four years not eight.

Bush was an ideological stooge and let himself be led by ideological people like Cheney and Rumsfield.

These folks thought that what they believed was the right course was actually the right course. They discounted evidence that didn't agree with what they believed – and the US is paying for it now.

I hated when Bush used the term "The facts on the ground", because he always chose to ignore the facts on the ground that didn't agree with his beliefs. In the economy, the war, science, education – you name it – it was ideological blinders he wore.

Criminal president and administration...hope they will be punished.,

INcompetant? Unlucky?? Puleeeze. How about inept, corrupt, war criminal, treasonist, UN-American? Hmm? The simple fact is this: President bush's legacy will fit somewhere between the economic ineptitude of Herbert Hoover and the criminality of Richard Nixon. Mr. bush should fully understand the damage which he has subjected our country to. It could be decades before the damage is repaired, and generations until the bill is paid off..

Time to get out the handcuffs and orange jumpsuits.

Bush as worst President in history is too generous. He deliberately lied to the American people about WMD ,thus fulfilling Cheney's control over him. Thousands of innocent people died and suffered pain beyond our comprehension and like all fascists, Cheney still gloats. Hail to all those Americans that stood up to him.

I remember 2001. In a matter of months the USA backed of signed treaties and its words in many 'unsafe for our economy' business acording to his words. Then came 9/11.
And the whole world... OK, not exactly the whole world but the vast and absurd majority of it, stood at the side of the Americans. Do you remember the French president (or prime-minister) saying 'We're all Americans'? And then...
'Either you're with US or against US'...
And less than an year later the world started to see the USA through a new light. But it didn't mattered to him as long as he kept his flood of fear and misinformation to the US citizens. Torture? Acceptable. Waterboarding? Acceptable. Freedom of Speech? Acceptable, as long as it's used to agree with me otherwise...
And what about trying to force his personal beliefs about everything upon everybody? Has he ever considered that he might be wrong or that at least a conference or a discussion, or a private chit-chat for that matter, would be interesting to even reinforce his reasonings?
As for the Katrina mess, of course he did not created the hurricane and YES both the city and the state administrations are also to blame for what happened afterwards. Also, because the FEDERAL AGENCY that should have done something to help the AMERICAN CITIZENS in that AMERICAN CITY... took too long to start doing its job.
And about the economy, yes he did not created the failed mecanisms that made the economy so big and fragile, but he made them even more unwise through his sheer inaction.
So just 'incompetent' and 'unlucky' are too little for him...

Tell me about it

How many of you have a MBA from Harvard? Zero, that's what I thought. Say what you want...which you will, but Bush has been more of a Democrate...spend, spend, spend....trying to bring both sides together, but it was never enough for the Democrates. For the last two years, we've had a Democratic Congress that's got nothing done....why don't we blame them. Bush never vetoed one spending bill....look where it got him. The stupid Democrates still hate him.

Obama better watch out.....before long the give me, give me, give me Democrates will be on him too.

You people are stupid....remember. Bush did better in school and scored high on entrance exams than Kerry..... and now Kerry could end up being the Sec. of State. Democrates are the ones that look stupid.

Don't worry folks...I expect after four years of Obama and Biden, we would wish that Bush had a forth term.

As for the headline, I don't care how unlucky he's been. We don't get to choose the times we live or serve in, and anybody seeking the Presidency MUST be ready to tackle whatever comes his way. Bad luck or no, "Incompetent" is the part that will and should be remembered.

George W. is the worst president in the history of the US.His biggest downfall was surrounding himself with incompetent and arrogant buffoons.He was a puppet president that was led by his VP,Cheney.

He did not listen to the American people.He had failed policies and corruption(Rove&Libby)in his white house administration.

It is imperative that Obama surrounds himself with good competent people.He must also try to lead this country in the middle,not to the left or right.He must also listen to the people of the US.

Hopefully, he will appoint people from both sides of the aisle in an attempt to unite this country.

The era of divide and conquer politics hopefully is over.United we stand,divided we fall.

GOOD, I have one we should add to this "THIEF".

Absolutely, Pres Bush has been a great president. The times are controlling much of what happens in our country now and things are getting worse world-wide. Many Americans, unbelievably, don't like the policies of putting America first, which is what Pres Bush has done, as we will soon experience such a nasty shift with the pres-elect.

Where are the nut balls that talk about Obama and socialism. You need to start blogging about the WORST presdient in history who is a REPUBLICAN. I have yet to hear about the WORST democratic president in history. It makes me laugh that you far right looney tunes keep bashing Obama but yet were in hell right now because of the sitting lame duck BUSH. That is what makes me puke the most ignorant racist president we have had.

GOOD RIDENS AND DON"T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU OR THE FIRST LADY IN THE A$$!

Hey JP (11:18)
What inside scoop do you have? Maybe you need to be reported and investigated by the FBI! How are you able to make such predictions??? How are you so confident? Who are your relations with? Is anybody else seeing this? Is this cause for him to be reported to the moderator of this blog?

Historians? Try ONE historian from a very liberal university. Only about 1/3 of the things he's blamed for are actually his fault.

Last time I checked Bush didn't conjure up hurricane Katrina; and he warned New Orleans residents BEFORE the hurricane that they needed evacuate. Instead, the mayor and the governor sat on their hands and allowed a worst-case scenario to happen. Also, it wasn't Bush who spent federal money that was supposed to be used on the levees on riverboat casinos instead.

And blaming or congratulating any president on the economy is absolutely ridiculous. Just like former president Clinton didn't force people to buy overpriced dot-com stocks which crashed, Bush didn't force anybody to buy houses they can't afford with subprime mortgages (coincidentally, it was Clinton, and before him Carter, who encouraged banks to lower their lending standards).

Bush will be remembered for early mismanagement and miscalculations about probable success in Iraq regardless of what happens. Victory or failure will determine whether the war is remembered as a campaign to install a democracy in the middle east or a catastrophe that created a power vacuum in the region.

Hey JP (11:18)
What inside scoop do you have? Maybe you need to be reported and invested by the FBI! How are you able to make such predictions??? How are you so confident? Who are your relations with? Is anybody else seeing this?

Let's see.., what's first ? Drive large U-Haul truck to the back door of the White House. Help George W. and Laura Bush pack. Put George W. in back of truck. Invite Laura and Barney (hope he doesn't bite) to ride up front on the way to Crawford, Texas. Job done. Oh, almost forgot.., put Sarah on plane to Alaska. Job, done. Mike in Montana

It is difficult to be sympathetic toward an individual who has caused so much pain and suffering throughout the world. His entire life has been one failure after another, but this time his incompentence and negligence has crippled a nation for generations to come. Like Osama Bin Laden he has never had to account for his crimes against humanity so it is difficult to imagine Bush's place in history being something else than the disaster that it was.

Time will not matter to this mains legacy:

Just like water can magically turn into wine–failed leadership cannot magically be transformed into successful leadership.

Sadly, ulike his esteemed father, Bush 43 will rise to the hall of shame and replace Hoover in the minds of Americans as the worst example of a President in U.S. history.

Congratulations George...despite your failings (to numerous to count) you will still get your name on a plaque–and of course you get all of the other beneifts from the thankful taxpayers earned by other surviving ex-Presidents. What you will not get form us–is the respect that your craved–but did not earn.

Does anybody else see the coincidence that the economy was great under Bush for the 1st 6 years and when the Democrats took control of Congress the economy went down the toilet?

Bush, incompetent? You don't say! The last eight years have seen our Constitution eroded and half of this country wants to thank Bush for "keeping us safe"! Give me a break! It's his administration that scared the crap out of everyone but fortunately some woke up and realized they were being lied to. 9-11 was an inside job (search online for "Northwoods Project" – the gov wanted to cook up an attack then but didn't due to their concern the public would find out the truth) and gave the Bushies every bit of power to do what they wanted at the expense of this nation and others. What makes you think they wouldn't pull it off in 2001? It will take years to repair the ruin left behind by this disastrous presidency, but hopefully Americans will take off the blinders and quit being scared under the cloak of "terrorism". I don't think that it was Bush so much, but Cheney who was running the show. But good riddance to Bush – an no, unlike the signs on our state borders that proclaim "Welcome to Texas – Proud Home of Pres. Bush" – I am certainly NOT PROUD! Go to hell Bush!!!!

I do not understand. You voted for him....TWICE!!

ANDY you have got to be kidding me. "Great leaders inspire greatness in others," and Bush is the antithesis of this statement. Good leadership starts from the top down. BUSH WAS VERY MUCH SO INCOMPITANT.

No one is asking for hand outs. Rather, we would just like to see our tax dollars at work, either helping fellow citizens down on their luck, or rebuilding infrastructure.

IM SICK OF THE TASTELESS COMMENTS LEFT BY THE LUNATIC RIGHT WING FRINGE ON THE CNN BLOG. YOU PEOPLE DISGUST ME.

ITS TIME TO COME TOGETHER AS A NATION AND HEAL.

PEACE AND LOVE,

TJ

I agree that Bush's legacy will no doubt improve as time goes on. I can't recall any president being so viciously attacked. I don't agree with all his policies, and I certainly agree he's made some big mistakes, but he will not go down in history as "one of the worst presidents of all time". I mean, come on, 9/11, Katrina, and the financial crisis is all his fault?? One guy? I think people have been so blinded by their irrational hatred for this guy that they can't think realistically anymore. Bush was not perfect, but after 9/11 he's kept this country safe for seven years, with Bush-haters trying to sabotage his efforts the whole time, no less. He's got a remarkably thick skin, and I respect him for that. Mark my words, history will put him and Truman in similar brackets.

he will go down in history as the WORST PERSON EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Give me a break. I hope your poor soul can lay off the MSNBC sauce for a while and return to reality eventually. Bush's Presidency will be viewed out of the 43 as somewhere in the 15-20 range eventually.

Bush should be convicted for his crimes against Americans, war crimes and the crimes he has committed that we don't even know about yet. His cumulative actions have resulted in treason against our nation.

Why is this now coming to the headlines? It has been obvious for 8 years, beginning with his theft of the 2000 election. His accomplices should be held accountable as well.

And for those of you who have voted for him, turned your head, not reported the truth or purposefully profited from his lies: THERE IS BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS AND YOU WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.

It was President Bush's incompetency that led my husband and I to vote Democrat this year. Hey, NO ONE in America could do worse than Bush. McCain would have been more the same and Palin wasn't qualified.
We voted for INTELLIGENCE! Plain and simple.

It's sad to see a United States of America President go out in such a
dismal way. He cheated his way in with the help of his brother and now
he's cheating his way out. Just a sad story for America. There's only
one way to go now and that's up. Let's keep hope alive !!!

Sounds like the whole rethuglican party to me.

Sounds like the while rethuglican party to me.

No...I am still very angry at Bush and will glad when he is gone.

He was an example that anyone can become the President of the United States......in his case, it is the Village Idiot!

Can Barack Obama start early???? Can't wait until January 20th.

"Every administration has an event that defines who they are as a President. It all depends on how well the President leads and makes decisions."

This is exactly why history will see Bush kindly. 9/11 is his defining moment and President Bush was an extraordinary leader during this time. His decisions have prevented another terrorist attack. And if you think the economy is bad now, think of how bad things could have been if a weak leader was in control of the economy after September 11. Bush doesn't belong on Mount Rushmore, but he is a good man and history will not view him with disdain.

??????

unlucky?

Listen, when you steal an election from the American people, then lie to us about a war and go do it anyway, when you create a "Patriot Act" , Homeland Security, and you illegally invade citizens privacy in the name of an absolutely illegal war, Guantanamo, Valerie Plame, Abu Grahb.........Tens of thousands left dead in this admins wake.....

This admin's reaction to Katrina is NOT unlucky, its indicative of a rotten apple, a whole batch of them doing rotten things.

and no single entity in our government has the courage to demand accountability from Bush or Cheney....

They have shown us and the world that, that admin IS above the law...

It is us , Sir......the American people, our laws, and our principals that are "UNLUCKY"

What has happened here will not go away with the election of a new president.......it is a cancer of vigilantiism that will continue to effect and erode and destroy what is right, this wound is infected and it will only spread throughout the body of this nation in the days, months and years to come........unless we bring these men to trial, reveal the truth.........then, and only then shall we be able to move on.....

The truth shall set you free......still

Is there anyone home at the Justice Dept?

See Truman...

Nuf Said...

WORST PRESIDENT EVER!!!!

Our prediction is that history will remember Dick Cheney and George Bush as a modern day version of Laurel and Hardy. Cheney and Bush will in no way be historically analagous to Truman.

I wouldn't say "unlucky" ... You can't run a country solely on 'luck'.

sorry pressident Bush! I see your dog is trying to be a tough guy since u were not tough enough. Barney is pissed and taking matters into his own hands. Well, after Jan 20th you will go down in history as America's ex-pressident regardless of what people say. Like you always say, "Its a tough job" people just don;t get it. All the best as you move on, but i think most of us will miss your jokes and the lame comments or best of all, the speaches and the mistakes that come with each of them like "Fool me once, shame on .... ehhhhh, shame on me, (a brief silence) a Fool can't get Fool again" LOL!

WORST PRESIDENT EVER!!!

Besides incompetent, he didn't give a darn about average americans or the envirnment or this country. His sole aim was to further the agenda of the rich which he did quite well on the backs of average americans.

Incompetent and unlucky are actually generous words! Historians came to that conclusion but McCain and Bush die-hards will still have a hard time admitting that fact! Good thing Obama already had the drapes measured...one less thing for him to do when he moves in!!

First of all, ANDY (11:12) YOU ARE A SHAME TO ALL REPUBLICANS!
Second, JP, DO YOU REALLY WISH THAT THERE ARE MORE FOREIGN TERRORIST IN US SOIL IN THE NEXT YEARS JUST TO BE ABLE TO SAY 'I TOLD YOU...'? PATHETIC SORE LOSER...

"Unlucky"? Luck had nothing to do with it. He was intentionally reckless and purposely lied to the American people to create a false pretext for war. The only thing he did effectively was lie.

The Bush, Cheney and Wolfowitz Presidency will be felt for many years for its failure to safeguard the interests of the very people they swore to serve.

Worst president in history.

Our prediction is that history will remember Dick Cheney and George Bush as a modern version of Laurel and Hardy.

Historians are just armchair experts – he has been misunderestimated by them, obviously.

Bush has been and is being judged by what we think we know. Yesterday OB received his first presidential security briefing, and is now burdened with that knowledge, things that we, the population, will never know. BO will now begin to make decisions with that knowledge and we will not understand his motives. One hundred days into his presidency, BO will appear arrogant and incompetent.

Luck of the draw??!!??? No flippin' way. He created the mess we are in by the huge tax cut he gave the wealthy right after he got into office (with a surplus on his plate, no less) and then insisting on the war with Iraq, which was unnecessary and a personal vendetta to show his father that he was a "big boy now." Everything this man has touched has turn sour – think Texas Rangers years ago and the savings and loan debacle years ago.

He created this mess and his legacy will be to have weakened this nation nearly to the point of disaster. He deserves every negative label we can come up with.

Here's hoping Mr. Obama, a non partisan congress, and the will of the American people can save us and rebuild the nation to the great power it used to be.

In every measurable way this country is worse off today than it was the day he took office.
The biggest bit of good that has happened in America in these past 8 years, the election of Obama, happened in spite of Bush's plans.
This man has always been a rich, selfish, ignorant, arrogant, and thus, dangerously incompetent man.
He lost the election of 2000, but cheated to secure the White House, but governed for his supporters, ignoring the majority of the country who voted against him.

I don't think this was "the luck of the draw", Bush put his agenda above that of the people. I believe he came into office with the intention of "finishing" the war with Iraq and would have pursued it even if 9/11 hadn't happened. I think it was personal, to do with how his father handled Iraq. He abandoned parts of the Constitution and took this country in a direction it didn't want to go. If Congress hadn't deregulated Wall Street, this economic crisis might have been averted. Bush and the Republican Congress didn't pay attention to the cause/effect of the agenda they were pursuing and the crisis the country now finds itself is a direct result of bad policy decisions.

Folks, you need some therapy. Unlike all you knee-jerk Obamabots, history takes time and refelection to render judgement.

BUSH SR.GOT ELECTED BY FEAR & HATE.

HE TRASHED OUR ECONOMY.

BUSH JR. GOT ELECTED WITH MORE HATE & FEAR.

AND HE DID MUCH MORE OF THE SAME.

WE GOT WHAT WE VOTED FOR.

Why is this guy still getting media coverage? And now Obama has to worry about stalker papparazzi type media and he isn't in office yet.

I still think that the entire Bush administration needs to be tried for crimes against humanity.....

He won't to do what, to who!!! The devil is alive..

I understand what the reader is trying to say with this article, however I think it would take an even worse president in the future (not near future as I'm exuberant about the Obama/Biden win) to put Bush in a different light.

Example: Many Americans hated Ronald Reagan...however after a few years of George W. Bush, Reagan didn't seem that bad to us anymore in comparison.

Given that example I'd be shocked, appalled, scared and moving to Canada if we had a president that made us feel nostalgic about the Bush administration, unless it was on a joking level.

This was like the biggest soap opera in America's history...
We elected a man who was arrested for coke; who's wife was in a deadly automobile accident that took the life of her boyfriend; a vice president who LITERALLY shot a man in the face and later had the same man apologize TO HIM!; a cabinet that overtly lies to the American public; forged a war based on lies; kept America in harms way by sending the majority of our troops overseas leaving us sitting ducks when it comes to our borders. I'm not even going to get into FEMA and New Orleans; the economy; housing; and the bail out... OR to mention the record amount of MONTHS he spent on a virtual vacation when he initially got into office...

YEAH, I"M SURE GOING TO BE NOSTALGIC and MISSING BUSH?

The only way the above sentence would be possible is if we elected someone on par with Hitler in the next 60 years.

Hold it folks.....he handed 911 properly. We went into Afghanistan and kicked AQ around. They have not had operational competency since.

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – M.L.King Jr.

'incompetent' and 'unlucky'

STOP WITH THE COMPLIMENTS!

JP's planning something, (11:18 am)

Watch him.

Unlucky seems pretty generous. Most Presidents have to deal with unexpectant situations. Bush won't be viewed because of what happened on his watch. He will be viewed by how he responded. Nine eleven, Katrina, the wars, these are all things that could have been handled differently. Would he be considered unlucky if he had handled them in a more competent manner. No, he would have been considered competent. The other main issue that he will be viewed on is the economy. Tell me one thing he did that didn't push us to where we are now. Even after 9/11 he sould have recinded the stupid tax cuts he put into place. Now we have insurmountable debt when we need the government the most. This guy was a disaster and what he has done to this country will take generations to fix.

History has no clutter, therefore Bush will be juged as detached, living in the world of the imaginary and incompetent. The security provided under his leadership will be moot due to the failure in economic, social and diplomatic policies.

WE WERE THE UNLUCKY ONES.

BUSH WAS AN EGOTISTICAL VIOLENT & IGNORANT MORON.

EVERYTHING HE DID, HE DID PURPOSELY & WITH FORETHOUGHT.

THE FAULT LIES WITH THE VOTERS OF THIS NATION.

BUSH HAD A HISTORY OF FAILURE, ARROGANCE & IGNORANCE.

OH???? You forgot ARROGANT and STUPID.

Bush (Shrub? Twig?) is the representative failure in a powerful political family. He was clearly in over his head and was destined to look successful only under ideal, non-demanding circumstances. As Ann Richards and others have said, "He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth," and "He was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple." The American prople were sold a bill of goods–my wife and I never voted for him, and my now-90-year-old mother said, in 2000, "He's a dummy!"

"Incompetent?" Definitely! "Unlucky?" Yeah, the American public was unlucky to have both him and his daddy as presidents. God Bless Obama and Good Luck in cleaning up the mess left behind by 'Mr. Incompetent.

He would have done much worse if Dick Chaney was not the president and making incompetent George take the blame.

Just think how close we came to another power hungry idiot name DIVA PALIN being in charge.

She was so greedy for power she didn't even want McCain to do his own concession speech.

Now if another republican is elected to the White House I hope it is not another power hungry idiot. Republicans need to look more towards a Regan

Nixon power hungry idiot
G.W. Bush power hungry idiot
Palin power hungry idiot

Incompetent is right and to think half of america picked him. What does that say. And half of america was trying to do it again with Mccain/Palin. Out of this world.

He was incompetent...

WE were unlucky!

Mission Accomplished!!! Send Bush back to Crawford!!

HISTORIANS WILL CALL THE BUSH PRESIDENCY

EVIL, DESTRUCTIVE, HEARTLESS & INCOMPETANT.

MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THOUSANDS

OF AMERICAN LIVES, MORE THAN A MILLION IRAQIS &

THE ATTEMPTED DESTRUCTION OF THIS NATION'S VERY FABRIC.

MAY HE & THOSE THAT SUPPORTED HIM REST IN HELL.

Much like Truman and Reagan, history will be far kinder to Bush than the liberal media has been, especially after the half dozen or so terror attacks that will occur during an Obama administration.

George W. Bush was and still is arrogant and stupid; and he was and will always be remembered as the WORST PRESIDENT in American history.

This analysis, sadly, ignores one crucial fact. Bush's incompetence and ideological blinders greatly contributed to his "bad luck." Katrina? New Orleans drowned in part because of incompetent cronies (Great job, Brownie) who Bush appointed. The war? He attacked the wrong country. The economy? Grossly overweighted tax cuts to the wealthy and lack of competent oversight. So I think history will, fairly, judge the Bush 43 presidency of one of bad luck exacerbated by unprecedented incompetence and failure to learn.

Every administration has an event that defines who they are as a President. It all depends on how well the President leads and makes decisions.

Abraham Lincoln was the leader during The Civil War and he's considered one of the best Presidents. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the leader during during WWII and getting the country out of the Great Depression. The American people liked him so much that they elected him four times.

Bush was not unlucky at all. He made very poor decisions and listened to the wrong people – traits consistent with poor leadership.

Incompentence is putting it lightly!! Bush was a stubborn, arrogant, big dummy!!

Anyone who blames Mr. Bush 100% for the economic mess is surely uninformed. Sure he shares blame here for not fixing what was broken. Mr. Clinton, Mr. Frank and Mr. Shumer pushed an initiative that everyone should be able to have a house and to help make this a reality they pushed fannie and freddie to guaranty very risky mortgages. Banks jumped on this because of the guaranties and things spun out of control – here we are 10 years or so from where this all started (time when some of these mortgage became due or kicked up th einterest rates and the s*&% has hit the fan). Before blaming Bush get the facts right – we also enjoyed 5 of the best years the economy has ever seen under Mr. Bush. Some people forget that we were on the verge of a recession before Bush started his first term.

Finaly we will have an intelligent president....not some guy I would want to have a beer with.

There is no doubt in my mind that G.W. will go down in history as the worse president in recorded history. He does not have one positive accomplishment and his disasters are too numerous to mention.
Goodbye and good riddance to a monumental disaster.

The last 8 years were pure hell. Bush ruined the country. He did absolutely nothing in terms of the economy, health care, environment and invaded a sovereign country with the result of millions of dead and injured. The man should have been impeached long ago.

Bush presidency has been a disaster from beginning to end. And saying he was incompetent is being nice. The man was and is criminal, and is lucky he does not live in Iraq.

There is the picture of a true and often blindly partisan advocate (ideologue) that has made America the mess it has become.

75 MORE DAYS AMERICA, 75 DAYS AND THE MOVING VAN PULLS UP TO THE WHITE HOUSE! CAN I GET A YAHOOO YAHHHH out with the Bush in with the Obamas OH HAPPY DAYS!!

I think unlucky is an extremely incompetent excuse. I'm sorry but he completely played his hand terrible since the start. He was a tool and still is. He never cared what the people of the country thought. He completely disregarded all options that fell outside of his own presidential agenda. His administration made incompetent some kind of excuse, and now people are trying to make him look better by saying he's unlucky? I'm sorry lying to the entire country to wage a completely senseless war is not unlucky, it's evil my friends. I don't care who you voted for or how you think, but George Bush is by far one of the worst things that could have ever happened to this great country. Unlucky or not, he should be in jail.

Yea, blame Bush for everything.. You people will blame bush when Obama starts messing up, which shouldn't take long. Biden has the brain of a rock. I get tired of Bush being blamed for Katrina. There were mistakes but the people of that lazy city and its mayor are the blame. They are still sitting in their front yards with their hands out waiting for the government to give them something. They should fit right into Obama's scheme of things.

Well duh, look around people, 2 wars. Alienating our European allies?

Maybe we can get back our Country and be a leader of the free world.

-what?? .....Unlucky???

going to kill people in other country has nothing to do With LUCK!

No amount of time will make me forget the horrible eight years that George W. Bush led. Incompetent is the right word. He is, and always will be, a disgrace to the title of "President of the United States".

Considering that this man should be in jail, being called an incompetent isn't that bad.

Please don't talk badly about Bush because the Obama naysayers are obviously happy with the status quo so you are rubbing salt in their raw wounds. Let him be, he has suffered enough from his self inflicted wounds! Now to those who are complaining about Sen. Obama's private life being public – please be aware that this is a TICKER – not the NY Times. Off the cuff tidbits will make news and you can ignore them and find other things to read. Don't waste your time on hatred and jealousy. His job which will be interspersed with raising a family is tougher than you can ever imagine. Help him!!!

Bush has trashed the Constitution, loaded the government with his political cronies, started an illegal war, lied to the US citizens, and should be impeached. Other than that, he was OK.....

You know, I didn't vote for Mr. Bush, but I will miss his funny faces and Texas sayings in serious speeches! Goodbye G-Dubya....

What "done him in" was his ARROGANT demeanor - sorta reminds me of the new one coming in.

Still - he kept our homeland safe for seven years.

Thank you for that, Mr. President - no small task in today's world !

This man took the meaning of idiot to another level.

No! No! No! he is will always be a HOT MESS! and i dont think the people who lost their homes or there jobs will be that forgiving! he will go down in history as the WORST PERSON EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a Texas Democrat!

What a way to call it.

I am just glad we will finally has a brain and knows how to use it!! Barack and Joe, America loves you!!

I think the comments are a bit premature. I suspect that after 4 years of the Obama/Pelosi/Reid Administration, Bush may be looked back on as being very good for the Country during this period of time. Let's just wait and see.

What are you kidding me? Unlucky? Geez – nice reframe. Virtually every decision he made, often guided by his outdated ideology, was disatrous. This man was incompetent, plain and simple.

Stupid too