Yes, President Bush, America does miss you

[JamesL]

Quote from Ricter:

To no one in particular: It's the economy, stupid.

"Pass this massive spending bill loaded with political favors passing as shovel-ready stimulus programs and unemployment will top out at 8%."

 

[bigarrow]

Quote from Tsing Tao:

no, because the GOP doing better without him.

I agree.

 

[murray t turtle]

Quote from JamesL:

Several months ago a huge billboard appeared near Wyoming, Minnesota, with a beaming photo of George W. Bush with the caption “Miss me yet?” The answer to that question is clearly yes, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research poll, which shows the former president staging a remarkable political recovery despite having largely disappeared from public life since leaving office:

By 47 to 45 percent, Americans say Obama is a better president than George W. Bush. But that two point margin is down from a 23 point advantage one year ago.

“Democrats may want to think twice about bringing up former President George W. Bush’s name while campaigning this year,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

This has to be one of the most extraordinary political comebacks in decades. And as this week’s Washington Post/ABC News poll showed, nearly 25 percent of Democrats now believe “a return to Bush’s policies would be good,” a staggeringly high figure. As The Post reports:

Obama and the Democrats have argued that if Republicans were to gain control of Congress, they would return to the policies of President George W. Bush. Two-thirds of Democrats share that view and say it would be bad for the country. But almost a quarter of Democrats say a GOP-led Congress would take the country in a new and better direction or say a return to Bush’s policies would be good.

The CNN poll is of course deeply humiliating for the White House, especially coming just three and a half weeks before the November mid-terms. George W. Bush’s resurgence is in large part due to mounting opposition to the Obama’s presidency’s left-wing agenda, but it is also spurred by Obama’s image as an out of touch, aloof and elitist president, divorced from economic and political reality on the ground.

A lot of Americans frankly miss the down-to-earth and significantly warmer leadership style promoted by President Bush, as well as his unfailing sense of optimism and heart-felt pride in America on the world stage. You certainly won’t ever find Bush apologising for his country or extending the hand of friendship to her enemies.

And when Bush’s memoir “Decision Points” is published on November 9th, I’m in no doubt it will storm The New York Times’ bestseller list riding a new wave of nostalgia for his time in office. George W. Bush is back in fashion with a vengeance, in marked contrast to his increasingly unpopular successor in the White House.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100058215/yes-president-bush-america-does-miss-you/

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If only literacy were a voting requirement Sounds like many voters do miss him;
but VA,MASS,NJ,KY & tea party ... arent necessarly the same as whole USA.

But in this election those states are probably a forcast of things to come.Perhaps Mr Emmanuel leaving early was also.LOL

 

[BSAM]

Little George Bush: The worst President in the history of the country. Undoubtedly the dumbest too.

 

[Arnie]

Quote from BSAM:

Little George Bush: The worst President in the history of the country. Undoubtedly the dumbest too.

Barak Obama is the 8th president I've lived under as an adult. As bad a GWB was, Carter was 10 times worse. I think deep down, Bush is a decent guy, he was just in over his head. I feel the same about Obama. Carter is the worse kind of person to have as president because he really does think he's superior. Not superior intellectually, but superior morally.

 

[Larson]

Quote from Arnie:

Barak Obama is the 8th president I've lived under as an adult. As bad a GWB was, Carter was 10 times worse. I think deep down, Bush is a decent guy, he was just in over his head. I feel the same about Obama. Carter is the worse kind of person to have as president because he really does think he's superior. Not superior intellectually, but superior morally.

Bush inherited a fairly good economy and wrecked it with neglect (just like his old man, HW did). As bad as Carter was, Bush is not half the man he is. And I witnessed both, same as you.

 

[zdreg]

Quote from JamesL:

"Pass this massive spending bill loaded with political favors passing as shovel-ready stimulus programs and unemployment will top out at 8%."

include those receiving unemployment checks as government workers who just happen to stay at home and the unemployment number drops even further.