How has George W. Bush affected our society, good or bad?
459391
George Bush and the Republican party have been busy dismantling America.  They have cut the budgets of countless agencies that provide useful services to America, and removed  or muzzled experienced staff, replacing them with political hacks, and outright enemies of the agencies missions.  FEMA, EPA, USDA, CDC, CIA, FBI...\nThey have cut taxes and spent America into dangerous levels of debt, so that a future administration will be forced to cut social programs and guarantees of a safety net for the elderly and weak of our society.  \nThe Bush administration has also destroyed the ideals that America stood for.  The ones that we all learned as children, for honor, justice and freedom.  All reduced to meaningless slogans to taunt our secret prisoners and disappeared suspects with.
615924
Clinton didn't accomplish anything as far as I could tell,\nhe was too busy with his sorted affairs. He couldn't even help Al Gore. He probably hurt him more than helped him. It really doesn't matter about his sex life; people were training over here to fly airplanes into buildings on Clinton's watch. Bush has taken the blame for all his shortcomings.
110041
Bush has stretched the resources of the Army almost to the breaking point. He ordered the invasion of a country on a fictional pretense. Thousands of people have died and the\nU.S. is now hundreds of billions of dollars in debt. Other\nworld leaders deride him and wonder how he ever got re-elected,not to mention elected in the first place. The U.S.\nhas been embarassed in front of the world,even if Bush supporters lack the wit to realize it.\n\n NO. He's not a good President.
465650
Bush has already done a lot of good things to US and to the world.  If he controls Mafia and terrorist activities in US definitely he can be remembered by Americans for ever.  Surely next President's actions will make Mr. Bush as the better one.  Sure his party will win back power in this election.
241879
right, George W. Bush is one of the worst presidents the United States of America has ever had. But as they always say, people get what they deserve.
103156
Yes, Bush is a very bad president, and what he is doing is hurting the image of America in others eyes.
22937
George Bush is just one person. Alone he is not dangerous. It has potential danger status when the other branches no longer represent the ideas of the people. Yes he has executive privileges that are very dangerous if used improperly but to this point I don't think he has used any of them. He has dealt with many controversial issues that make some people happy and others upset. That just comes with the territory. As American citizens we elect or officials to best serve us and I think that he has done a good job. If you want to point fingers than you don't know how to solve the proble or how our goverment works. Just remember that we are all human and with that comes the ability to make mistakes. I think most people exaggerate his dangerousness in order to advance their personal agenda.
11581
I don't think people hate President Bush, but I do think they strongly disagree with his policies because those policies hurt America. On his watch, the budget surplus was given away as tax cuts to the rich instead of used to fortify Social Security or increase national defense.  Because he ignored Osama Bin Laden during the first 8 months of his term and ignored the memos about terrorists learning to fly airplanes, we were not prepared for the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11. President Bush's policies ignore the advice of scientists, putting our health at risk and putting our environment at risk. Because of the systemic torture committed in Abu Gharib and across the world in our name, President Bush has damaged America's moral standing in the world. Because his administration really did not learn the lessons of 9/11, President Bush lost us an entire city, New Orleans. And while New Orleans was drowning, President Bush was literally playing guitar with a country rock star. The buck stops with the President. His behavior is confusing, and his policies have helped make us look weak and have left us open for disaster.
532014
Bush has a low approval rating. Very low. Bush and his type of people have caused the United States to be looked upon by the world as a terrible nation.
721635
Yes, History will show Bush to have been the ruination of our nation, the masturbatory greed and egotism will end up being the final blows to conservativism, and people everywhere will realize that corporations and big money tricked them and fooled them. Bush will be known as the president who was so bad he forced the population to realize that America had become at least an oligarchy instead of a democracy.\nBush will be known as the most evil president ever to get into office. He will go down in history as a prime example of what evil is, and what mistakes not to make, and how to identify such decay cycles. The Bush admin will be added to the decaying Roman civilization and other such civilizations as examples of how religion and politics and nationalism and propaganda and greed can cement the doom of a civilization, and, hopefully, we can prevent that doom for ourselves by backtracking against all of the evil things the Bush admin has done, once wwe impeach the lot of them.
306577
I DON'T BLAME GEORGE BUSH FOR THE PROBLEMS OF THE WAR OR OUR ECONOMY.   HE HAS PROVEN OVER AND OVER HE IS NOT SMART ENOUGH TO BE THE MAN IN CHARGE.  I ALMOST FEEL SORRY FOR HIM, HE IS PATHETIC WHEN HE SPEAKS,  NO MAN THAT IGNORANT COULD BE DOING THIS.  OUR GOVERNMENT USES HIM AS A PUPPET.
564272
It means that when the President speaks on any subject, people listen. I have no respect for George W. Bush, but a decent President could affect American society by speaking out intelligently on many issues over which he or she has no direct authority.
229189
No. I think he has done a pretty good job. He has made one big mistake. Supporting Bush in the Iraq war. Everything else has been ok.
753489
George W Bush....look at the current situations, he has caused the most damage, the most money to be spent and the most laws broken by any president in history.
964236
The economy speaks for itself. George Bush has done a remarkable job under tough cercumstances and his morals are excellent.
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President George W. Bush
204315
I don't think that he is necessarily a bad president he just makes bad choices. His decision making skills are not good. I think the media personifies everything and makes everyone look bad. I guess its like with anything Else there are pros and cons. We just need to pick a president with more cons than pros and one that has a balance when it comes to the issues.