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| SingleParkPassholder
Fri 5/2/2008 9:16a | "And pecos bill makes a telling statement. As poorly as Bush was perceived he still managed to do better than the best that the Democrats could come up with last time around. Wait until we see what happens this time around with McCain and Obama/Clinton."
If an election ever called for a do-over, it was 2004. I'd imagine Kerry would win in a landslide if people had the benefit of knowing what lied ahead (pun intended).
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| davewasbaloo
Fri 5/2/2008 9:52a | toony, are you sure you are not also my twin. I am so with you. I swear that toerag is the worst pres in the history of the USA. I had a bad feeling in 2000, and it keeps on getting worse. |
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| wahooskipper
Fri 5/2/2008 10:17a | In 2004 if Bush were so bad and Kerry were so great it shouldn't have even been close.
That is like the Miami fans arguing about the flag at the end of the National Championship game when Ohio State won. Forget the flag..there was NO WAY Ohio State should have even been IN that game at the end. |
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| ecdc
Fri 5/2/2008 11:07a | >>In 2004 if Bush were so bad and Kerry were so great it shouldn't have even been close.<<
Strawman. No one ever said Kerry was so great. |
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| ecdc
Fri 5/2/2008 11:08a | http://www.rollingstone.com/ne..._history
This is a great article from a historian's perspective on if Bush really is in the running for worst President. He does a great job and, accurately assesses other President's administrations. |
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| Dabob2
Fri 5/2/2008 11:10a | <but I'd suggest the country and Congress just didn't have the stomach for it after the circus that was the Clinton impeachment.>
Bingo. Don't forget the Republicans controlled Congress for the first 6 years of Bush, so there was no way the house was going to vote for impeachment. When the Democrats finally took over in 2007 there was a). no stomach for it; b). a feeling like Bush was already verging into lame duck irrelevance, and a fear that too many people would say "why are you impeaching him at this late date when he's already practically gone?" The fact that the 2008 presidential race geared up SO early only added to this.
I have no doubt a very good case could have been made for impeachment IF Congress could have gotten hold of certain documents that the white house would have held on to tooth and nail, stalled on delivering, claimed executive privilege or "national security" for, etc. They probably would have just run out the clock anyway even if the Dem. leadership HAD had the stomach for it. |
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| Dabob2
Fri 5/2/2008 11:22a | That was a good article, ecdc. And it was written in 2006; Bush's reputation has only declined since then.
It's hard comparing presidents from wildly different eras like Bush and Buchanan, but Bush is easily the worst president of my lifetime, and you really have to go all the way back to Hoover and Harding to even find a serious rival. |
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| DyGDisney
Fri 5/2/2008 11:37a | The title of this thread pretty much wraps up my feelings. |
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| jasmine7
Fri 5/2/2008 11:40a | Oh, geeze, he's back! |
