I attacked and took over 2 countries.
If you were against the war in Afghanistan, then you were part of a very small minority. History will be the judge of how successful Iraq is.
I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury.
The majority of the surplus evaporated with the recession he inherited from Clinton.
I shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not easy!).
As a % of GDP, this deficit is on the low end of deficits that follow a recession.
I set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any 12 month period.
Another legacy of the recession that began before he took office.
I set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
See above
I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
If you're philosophically against capital punishment, then no answer would help you there.
In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat my dad's, but I did)
Yet he managed to push through education reform, two major tax cuts, Medicare legislation, all while prosecuting the war on terrorism and the war in Iraq and helping the Republicans gain control of the Senate. Pretty high productivity if you ask me.
After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history.
That's like saying that FDR was responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor or Bush I was responsible for the northern CA earthquake.
I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history.
He didn't want to break the fundraising rules and actively raise money directly from the Whitehouse as his predecessor did!
In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.
Again, the recession. Man, how many times do I have to repeat myself?
I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history.
Completely unsubstantiated. Didn't he extend unemployment benefits twice in the aftermath of 9/11?
I set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a 12-month period.
The recession yet again. Why don't you fault Clinton for creating the Internet bubble in the first place?
I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.
Where's the proof? I've never heard of this claim before in the news.
I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president, since the advent of TV.
Some people would consider that a good thing.
I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other US president in history.
Nothing "amended" the Constitution. In fact, there have been no amendments to the Constitution since the 27th, which was first proposed in 1789 and received final ratification in 1992. You obviously consider such things as the Patriot Act as gross violations of the Constitution, which is entirely your own personal opinion.
I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.
I'll probably agree with you that Bush could've done more, though I think most would agree that the 1970's oil embargo was a far worse crisis in terms of economic impact.
I cut health care benefits for war veterans.
Just because Howard Dean said it doesn't make it true. The VA budget increased from $48B to $64B since Bush took office. The VA did recently established a new rule saying that veterans with no medical problems relating to their service and an income above a certain threshold are not eligible for VA care. The rule affects an estimated 164,000 people.
I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
Just like the people who held hands around the world to protest Reagan's decision to put intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe. Taking bold moves to deal with real threats tend to be controversial. It doesn't make it wrong.
I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
Um. Okay, there's the Kyoto Treaty, which not one country ratified and which was defeated by the US Senate 99-0. There's the ABM treaty, which was signed with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and whose removal has led to the mutual reduction of US/Russian missiles by two-thirds. The Biological Weapons Convention, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and Convention on the Prohibition of Landmines are all unverifiable.
I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.
Says you? How did you measure that?
Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.)
And if Kerry's elected, the first lady's $600M fortune will trump all of them put together.
I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.
Largely a result of (1) the inherited recession, and (2) the profligate behavior of local governments during the boom times. Do you want the federal government to bail out the states for growing their budgets by three times the rate of inflation?
I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world.
Most of the corporate malfeasance took place during the previous administration. It was the Bush administration that was left to clean up the mess.
I am the first president in US history to order a US attack AND military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the vast majority of the international community.
I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States, called the "Bureau of Homeland Security"(only one letter away from BS).
Reorganization of existing departments under a single umbrella for better efficiency and cross-communication doesn't equate to "creating" a completely new bureaucracy. Besides, wouldn't you agree that a major reorganization after 9/11 was necessary?
I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history (Ronnie was tough to beat, but I did it!!).
I'd agree with you on that one, mainly because I think that the war costs should've been offset by cuts in domestic programs.
I am the first president in US history to compel the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.
Having placed Libya at the head of that commission, I think the UN officially made it a farce.
I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.
I can't comment on that one, since I never read about it. But, considering the previous question, I'm not too shocked by what the UN does.
I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.
Certainly a strange statement. Not sure how you would objectively measure that in a historical context.
Anyway. I'm getting tired of responding to your outrageous claims, so I'll end here. Hopefully what I've addressed so far will expose the fact that most of your claims are simply what you've heard in the liberal echo chamber.
