Bush was born into a wealthy, powerful, influential family. Would he be prez if he came from Clinton's family?
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No he wouldn't. Unlike old Bush, Bill Clinton is not an idiot who would break the law for his son. Also, he wouldn't have had Jeb to help him with cheating in Florida. His father's friends were also the ones that got him into good schools, the Texas Air National Guard (where he received a Dishonorable Discharge), aand who got him his multiple oil companies he ran into the ground. Also, HE DID NOT GET THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE IN 2000. THE SUPREME COURT WAS IN HIS POCKET, AND HE CHEATED IN FLORIDA. ONE MORE THING, GORE HAD THE POPULAR VOTE, MEANING THAT GORE HAD THE MAJORITY! So, no, Bush would have failed miserably in life and would have hopefully been in prison, as one answer said. But yes, it's still possible!
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Bush has a business degree. Kerry has a law degree. You're comparing apples and oranges. Kerry was serving his country while Bush hid in Texas thanks to his daddy's influence.\n\nThat being said, yes, they're both idiots. Their IQs combined still would not equal that of Bill Clinton. Love him or hate him, he was the most intelligent president in the last 40 years.
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Historians will ultimately see Clinton as a slightly better than average president.  While almost no one on Main Street remembers anything about his presidency other than his affair, some of us do recall more about his eight years in office.  Among his accomplishments -- taking a huge federal deficit and turning it into a huge federal surplus (which Bush has again made into a huge federal deficit); presiding over the best post-World War II economy; putting 100,000 police on the streets through federal funding, aiding in the sharp drop in crime rates during his presidency; and above all in sharp contrast to some other president we know, presiding over a period in which America and its president were admired and respected.  Whenever I tell my conservative friends all this, all they want to talk about is Monica.  I suspect they need to adjust their priorities.  On the other hand, Clinton's affair was a shocking dereliction of duty and betrayal of trust (he should have been censured, not impeached) and his handling of health care was pretty ham-handed.  Rest assured, however, that regardless of what historians think of him, the crowd that answers these questions -- which is much more representative of mainstream American thought than I am -- will continue to smear him and talk about Monica.
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I'm curious - explain what you mean by "daddy issues".\n...\n\nOk, now I understand.  Yes, there is a political theory that says that hardline conservatives result from a family who had a domineering father, and democrats tend to emerge from a family that had some kind of balance between educated, loving and tolerant parents.  Tough question - I don't what the correlation factor is.\n\nBut, the answer is yes, Bush supporters need to be more progressive and identify corruption when they see it.
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Unfortunately that seems to be his and Bill Clintons pass time.They both enjoy going to foreign countries and bash the USA and President Bush.Used to that an ex-president repected the office enough not to bad mouth the current president,but when have Clinton and Carter respected anything,they are legends in their own minds.
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YES. Bush became president. If he can do it, anyone can.
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sure as hell wouldnt be a bush i tell ya that  its time a democrat gets in office dont matter who it is! Hilary Clinton!!!
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False, but VERY close...\n\nThe real Bush legacy:  "Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what you and your country can do for me and my rich buddies."
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George Bush he was Governor of Texas son of Former President George Bush
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Absolutely.  It has nothing to do with anything Clinton did or didn't do.  Bush is by far the worst leader in the history of Earth.
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the president bush was a very rich man before his political work his ranch in Texas at least worth millions of dollars so you can think after a long work and his family assests that he is avery wealthy man but to answer your question for sure it might be morethan 1 billion  grand at least.lol\nnow his salary as a prisedent is in the range of a one million dollar a month .accomodation free plus electricity telephone and food gas ,you name it.lol
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I would get out of Iraq and take back the tax cuts for the wealthy; move that money towards welfare and education. I would also limit the powers of president as I think it can easily be abused by Bush types, especially if they can actually speak, like Ronald Reagan. If we had a neo-con president who had Bush's views but Clinton's speaking skills I would be afraid for our country. I would also just give up trying to tell lies to the people because they voted for me and it always comes back to haunt you later.
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"There are unsubstantiated rumors concerning Prescott Bush's associations with the Nazi party. The Anti-Defamation League has stated, "Rumors about the alleged Nazi 'ties' of the late Prescott Bush, the grandfather of President George W. Bush, have circulated widely through the Internet in recent years. These charges are untenable and politically motivated." [1] The rumors began with extreme right-wing attacks on George H.W. Bush during his 1980 presidential run and were renewed during his 1988 run."
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I guess that depends if your last name is Bush,
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It's a trick question! No U.S. president has ever had a twin themselves, and George W. Bush is the first president to be the father of twins (Jenna and Barbara)
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Hilary is a bright, tough lady.  I think she would make a great President, almost as good as Bill was. (Lousy husband, GREAT President). She's very savvy politcally and maybe she can figure some way out of this morass the Bush Bunch got us into.  Man, he couldn't wait to invade Iraq, could he? First Cabinet meeting, he told them he wanted to find a way to do it. Congratulations, Bushy, ya done it!\n\nAnd how about that deficit? Wow!  You set a record there, George.  Highest in our history.  \n\nAnd, let's don't forget, you're our first (s)elected President.  YAY!!!!
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When he was in high school, he was inspired to enter politics when he met former President John F. Kennedy.  \n\nHe graduated from Georgetown University and won a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University which pretty much guarantees he had a higher GPA than Bush.\n\nA Rhodes scholarship is one of the most competitive and prestigious awards in higher education.\n\nHe was Arkansas Attorney General and of course governor for two terms before he defeated Bush Sr. for president which made him far more politically qualified to run the country than Bush Jr.\n\nClinton achieved all this without the help of having a father who was a former president (as a matter of fact Clinton's father was killed in a car accident 3 months before Clinton was born) or without the advantage of being born with a sliver spoon in his mouth.\n\nBush on the other hand was owner of Harkin Oil which was on the verge of collapse until the Gulf War suddenly brought the company out of ruin. Thanks Daddy.  He was governor of Texas for one term and while he was governor of Texas, our schools systems went belly up, poverty soared, and crime went to an all time high.  Dallas still has the highest violent crime rate in the country 8 years in a row.  \n\nYep, Clinton still gets my vote.\n\nThis what I could come up on short notice; I hate pop quizzes.\n\nFrom the day former President Clinton took the oath of office, he dedicated himself to making his campaign promises realities and constructing this country into what we became while he was president.  I’m not saying he completed these goals, I’m saying he did his best to complete them.  Instead of neglecting domestic issues, like Bush has done, such as health care, the elderly, education, child protection and crime, he addressed those issues head on.\n\nDuring those eight years he was in office, our country flourished; unemployment figures dropped to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare rolls. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination\n\nHe sent a strong message with the National Child Protection Act that American would not stand for our children to be abused; as child abuse rises and we watch horrible crimes been committed against our children, what has Bush done to protect the children of our country?\n\nCrime dropped with the passing of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and he supported hate crime legislation.  When Bush was governor of Texas he allowed hate crime legislation to lie on his desk until it expired and he repealed much of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act; violent crime has risen and is on the rise.\n\nEducation improved with the passing of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Vocational Education Act, and the Higher Education Act while passing a Comprehensive School Reform Program, a Reading Excellence Act, and Workforce Investment Act.  As we watch school districts going bankrupt and federal courts taking over school districts, ask yourself what has Bush done for America’s educational system? \n\nElderly were given the Long Term Care Security Act. What has Bush done for the elderly except offer a confusing prescription plan which has done nothing to help the elderly?\n\nIn 1995, Clinton attempted to pass anti-terrorism legislation, but the Republicans said the legislation would have taken away too many Constitutional Rights.  Again in1996, President Clinton urged Congress to come up with bi-partisan anti-terrorism legislation and once again, the Republicans refused to do so.  Think about these facts and the fact the Patriot Act is as strong as the legislation Clinton proposed.  Who is responsible for letting our guard down an