Comments on: George W. Bush: The GOP’s forgotten man http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/11/22/george-w-bush-the-gops-forgotten-man/ Tue, 21 May 2013 09:53:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: M.C.McBride http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/11/22/george-w-bush-the-gops-forgotten-man/comment-page-1/#comment-39773 M.C.McBride Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:48:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/?p=11105#comment-39773 History will remember Bush as sinking the titanic. As for immigration, the US is not immigration friendly anymore. Many people in the US do not trust either political party, and want a new system of government that is based on principles of direct democracy and jury-based justice. History will remember Bush as sinking the titanic. As for immigration, the US is not immigration friendly anymore. Many people in the US do not trust either political party, and want a new system of government that is based on principles of direct democracy and jury-based justice.

]]> By: borisjimski http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/11/22/george-w-bush-the-gops-forgotten-man/comment-page-1/#comment-39766 borisjimski Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:48:21 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/?p=11105#comment-39766 Poor Dubbie, abandoned by all his former friends in the Republican wing of Congress who pretty much just rubber-stamped whatever hare-brained idea he sent them. Poor Dubbie, abandoned by all his former friends in the Republican wing of Congress who pretty much just rubber-stamped whatever hare-brained idea he sent them.

]]> By: redwood509 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/11/22/george-w-bush-the-gops-forgotten-man/comment-page-1/#comment-39754 redwood509 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:58:20 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/?p=11105#comment-39754 Sadly, he was "Unready"! (Æthelred the Unready, http://www.answers.com/topic/ethelred-ii-of-england, he was way over his head to assume that he was the best choice to become president, instead of helping a more worthy candidate become president (Not the brain dead John McCain, he thought he could wing it, and his lack of experience showed right away with the economy, his hostility to his treasuray man ONeil, aCEO of Aloca, was the first sign that he was out of his depth. He continued with endless failed fiscal policies, and the less we hear from him the better. Sadly, he was “Unready”! (Æthelred the Unready, http://www.answers.com/topic/ethelred-ii -of-england, he was way over his head to assume that he was the best choice to become president, instead of helping a more worthy candidate become president (Not the brain dead John McCain, he thought he could wing it, and his lack of experience showed right away with the economy, his hostility to his treasuray man ONeil, aCEO of Aloca, was the first sign that he was out of his depth. He continued with endless failed fiscal policies, and the less we hear from him the better.

]]> By: edgemaster http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/11/22/george-w-bush-the-gops-forgotten-man/comment-page-1/#comment-39753 edgemaster Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:44:51 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/?p=11105#comment-39753 SInce all candidates seem to agree that Mr. Bush's policies were bad for the country, why are they so hesitant to rescind his tax cuts or cut back the bloated war machine? Why have they insisted that Guantanamo be kept open and that his - illegal - policies of interrogation not be prosecuted? Which of these candidates stood up against these failed policies when they had the chance? Do they not have any responsibility for the state of the nation themselves? SInce all candidates seem to agree that Mr. Bush’s policies were bad for the country, why are they so hesitant to rescind his tax cuts or cut back the bloated war machine? Why have they insisted that Guantanamo be kept open and that his – illegal – policies of interrogation not be prosecuted?

Which of these candidates stood up against these failed policies when they had the chance? Do they not have any responsibility for the state of the nation themselves?

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