Possible for Bush to be regarded as a great president?
When Turman left office he was widely hated, at least as badly as Bush. It took a better understanding of the cold war and how Truman positioned us to win it to appreciate his greatness. Does Bush have a shot at being regarded a great president? I see two possiblities.
One, maybe historians will come to better understand the financial crisis as not of his or Republicans' making (I don't know), and give his administration credit for staving off a great depression with the Treasury's quick action (again, I don't know). Second, if the Middle East moderates, becomes secularized like Turkey, he may get credit for addressing a problem head on rather than responding with isolationism and pacifism (I don't know; but I kind of doubt it). |
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A large portion of the financial crisis will be linked to Clinton, i.e., the Sub Prime Market fiasco, but Bush and both parties did nothing correctly in this matter. I cannot foresee historians rethinking him to be a great president, the only hope is for some to find him mediocre or average, if some of the eventualities come to be realized. |
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Likely 50 years from now he'll be viewed as a very average president. |
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Yes.
During Bush's first term, Congress passed and Bush supported and signed one of the greatest pieces of legislation in modern American history. Bush can make a lot of hay out of this one. His legacy is secure. [In all seriousness, this is a great law.] |
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Then again, in view of the nuttiness of current Big Education, maybe they will after all. |
No.
GREATEST President. |
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