Name 3 things Bush has actually done right

[kris10ep]

Was having this discussion on another message board and just interested in the opinions over here as well.....

[Pacifist Patriot]

1. In the context of his job?

[txaslftist]

2. election 2000, election 2004...(oops. That's only 2)n/t

[McCamy Taylor]

3. Colin Powell....

[smoogatz]

9. Hiring him, you mean? Yeah, but in the wrong job.

Should have been Defense Sec. Then Bushco hung him out to dry at the UN because he wasn't sufficiently a team player. So much for Powell's political prospects.

[Clark2008]

44. He couldn't be Def Sec for the same reason Wes Clark

couldn't.

One has to be out of the military for at least 10 years before he (or she) can hold the position of Secretary of Defense.

[longship]

4. Uhhhhh.... Uhhhhhh.... Uhhhhhhh... I'm thinking! Uhhhhh!

:shrug:

[expatriot]

5. I think he can wipe his own ass but I don't know how well.

I am sure that he has done it right at least once in his life, though.
I **think** he ties his own laces. He probably has even learned to tie them in a double knot when he goes out running. And he can breathe although I don't know if that is a "plus" for society as a whole.

Is that three?

[lanlady]

He signed the Do Not Call bill.

That's really all I can think of.

[Yupster]

34. The 10 % income tax bracket

is # 2.

Thinking of a number three.

[LoZoccolo]

38. #3: Proposed manned mission to Mars. n/t

[Rosco T.]

40. more properly, revitalizing the Space Program.

I strongly support the Space Program, it does sicken me that Shrub had to be the one to give it some sense of direction, but I'll give him that one.

[Yupster]

45. How's about

increasing the size of IRA deductions from $ 2,000 to $ 5,000 per year?

Reduced the marriage penalty too.

Small things but so is the do not call list.

[_Loki_]

47. Small and useful things..

...those are good examples.

However, I think we're giving any President too much credit, when we assign it for legislation signed. It takes far more to get such a thing through the Congress, than it does to get it across a President's desk.










Especially when the President in question does not know how to spell or properly use the word "VETO".

[asthmaticeog]

6. I can only name one.

Signing the National Do Not Call Registry law.

A good thing, but pretty damn trivial, considering...

[bunkerbuster1]

17. Ok, two more (honest, on the level.)

2. Hiring Christie Whitman as EPA chief. Forgetting his motives ("Ah've gotta have a woman in mah cab-nitt...") I think she was a good choice.

3. Before 9/11, he floated the Dems in Congress a deal to raise CAFE standards in "light trucks" to parity with passenger vehicles, in exchange for ANWR exploration. I think that was actually a reasonable deal. I'm not thrilled with "drilling the caribou" but it showed a willingness to push conservation--and going from 19.8 to 27.5mpg would've prompted some serious techological innovation from Detroit by now.

Of course the deal didn't pan out, but it was a good move, I think.

That's really about it.

[Solon]

57. Your choices are sort of...

Well, BS, while Christie Whitman isn't nearly as bad as she could have been, she wasn't any better than any previous EPA chief, and worse than many others.

On the ANWR deal, all ANWR will ever be is a big assed subsidy for big oil, no more, no less. There isn't even enough oil there to justify the cost of drilling there, inhospitable, melting permafrost and all. That deal was BS as well.

[bunkerbuster1]

61. They are indeed sort of BS. It's the best I could do.

I was asked what he did that was "right." As a "conservative" Republican Preznit, Bush managed to do those things I mentioned with some degree of competency.

I'm not saying they were terrific, or even that he was doing a "heckuva job." But they were Presidential. Well, sorta.

yeah, I'm reaching.

[bigbrother05]

7. Hell, name one! (and just showing up doesn't count) n/t

[SledDriver]

8. Executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch...

if you're a repug, that is.

[Fovea]

10. I believe he was holding

the book "My Pet Goat" right-side up.

[Connie_Corleone]

11. destroyed the middle class,

Made the rich richer.

United the world's people against the U.S.

He did a good job following the neocon plan.

[smoogatz]

12. From whose perspective?

The oil/energy industry loves him. So do the fundie nutjobs--sort of.

[calico1]

13. The only one I can think of is signing

the do-not-call bill. I can't think of two other things he has done that have benefitted me.

[Carolab]

14. Lied, cheated and stole. n/t

[tandot]

15. tumbled off bike & off an idiot-proof Segway, almost chocked on pretzel

:evilgrin:

[whatever4]

16. Just 3?

Brought us to a war for no reason, which I certainly didn't think he was going to be able to do, because it looked drummed up and fake WMD from the beginning. 's how it looked to my simple mind anyway, the carefully spun reasons always looked pathetic, but, they worked.

Broken, smashed and in some cases forever ruined our reputation with the rest of the world, while I thought that he'd at least cover up our atrocities and lies, he's instead used them to further another goal; multi-tasked and separated us from anyone that would help us or care. I didn't even see that one coming until it was a done deal.

Allowed who knows how many thousands of Americans to their deaths on our own soil, and did it with a natural disaster. Even I didn't think they'd do what they did in the wake of that storm. An impressive victory for oppression. And made us hate each other in the process, divided us with racism, class-ism. Oh wait, that's four now.

[soleft]

18. Made Clinton's deal with North Korea

because he had to

[enid602]

19. vices

Jim Beam, cocaine and draft dodging.

[unpossibles]

20. hmm

not sure. he almost got the following right:

- eating a pretzel
- riding a bike
- riding a Segway

[Mass]

21. right for whom?

For his friends, he has done a lot of things right. For the middle class and low-income people, not that many.

[ashling]

22. Pretzle, Pretzle, Pretzle

[MellowOne]

23. A good friend of mine's who a multi-millionare

Get a hugh tax cut. The rich are singing his praises.

[bmbmd]

24. Tee Ball on the White House Lawn

was darn cute.

[leveymg]

25. The Trifecta: 9/11; Iraq War; Oil Price Shock

and convincing Amercuns that he's just too damn dumb to have planned it.

[driver8]

26. He can ride a bike!!!

Oh wait...he can't do that.

I can't think of an effin' thing.

[Initech]

33. He can also ride a segway and use an umbrella!

Oh wait, he cant do those things either!

[meti57b]

27. I sort of like the striped upholstery on two of the chairs in oval office

... and signing the "do not call" bill.

[HereComesTrouble]

28. Dude we need more time!

This is hard work, man...

[Dawgs]

29. Well...

1) There is still no proof that we won't win the Iraq war.

2) He nominated Roberts.

3) Cut Taxes which helped to improve the economy. If it wasn't for 9/11 and Katrina, every American would be doing as well as they did in the nineties.

[Poiuyt]

31. Thank you, Jeb Bush

:)

[OneTwentyoNine]

42. Bawhahahah.....so funny!

[RaleighNCDUer]

30. He's real good at fixing elections.

Does that count?

[Uncle Joe]

32. 1 He has went a long way in bringing back the glory years of

feudalism or the Dark Ages if you prefer.2 We are not there yet but he is strenuously working to build us a bridge to the 1930s. 3 He is working overtime to make Warren G. Harding and Richard Nixon look like great Presidents. This is all the product of "hard work".

P.S. The next time we have an opportunity, we might seek a President that believes in smart work.

[Nederland]

35. I liked the tax cut

I just wish it had been coupled with spending cuts.

[quaoar]

36. He married well

She got him to quit drinking.

Other than that, not a damn thing.

[NNadir]

37. He completely destroyed the American ability to impose our will.

Now if we're inspired to do evil, we're totally powerless to do much damage because of it.

1) Our military is severly weakened and demoralized.

2) Our economic power can be completely cut off by cutting off our credit cards.

3) Our nation has lost all of its scientific prowess.

When Bush took office there was one super power. Now there are none.

[Awsi Dooger]

39. The only thing I give him credit for

is agreeing to and participating in all three debates with Kerry. DUers were insisting he would dodge the debates, or do only one. Those bebates finally exposed Bush out from behind the closed pep rallies and mega-controlled media Q & As, and Kerry predictably dominated all three.

[Ferret Annica]

41. He hold Saudi hands well,

made sure the bin Laden family could fly home dispite the rest of us being unable to fly, and he bought the twins as many Rolling Stnes tickets as they asked for. Is Amerika a great place, or what? ;-)

[verse18]

43. Well he...

...Increased the wealth of the top tax bracket consistently.

...Increased the profits of the oil companies exponentially.

...Sent us into a war based on lies.

-Says the Right-wing, neocon, radical, elitist, classist, GOP.

[MichiganVote]

46. Why bother. He's made a thousand and one wrong choices that matter

[sepia_steel]

48. *crickets chirp*

Do Not Call is all I can come up with.

[LynnTheDem]

49. From OBL's viewpoint?

1. Gave OBL total street cred.

2. Did/is doing more for al Qaeda enlistment than OBL could have dreamt of.

3. Saves OBL from having to actually DO any acts of terrorism; all bush & Cartel do is bellow "TERRA TERRA TERRA" and type up fake "intercepted letters" to scare stupid Americans.

[bluedawg12]

50. He didn't drop Barney today, he didn't wee on his shoes today,

and he hasn't vomited in public since taking office.

Phew, that was three, right?

[Mabus]

51. 1. Kept his drinking hidden for so long

2. played the country after 9/11 so he could attack Iraq and
3. kept the media at bay

[cassiepriam]

52. He stole two elections, and the US Treasury. Not bad for an idiot.

[KitchenWitch]

53. I can't name a fucking thing.

[ucmike]

54. afghanistan had some merit

i was behind attacking afghanistan. i think it was a legitimate response to 9/11. the way it was executed, and the follow-up were more typical of the way he does things, but the initial idea was solid.

i also thought that his "soon the people who knocked down these buildings" moment at ground zero was the highpoint of him being "presidential". i realize now that the whole thing was probably choreographed, but it was pretty strong and was probably what a good deal of americans were looking for at the time.

someone above mentioned appointing christy whitman as head of epa. i'm not a huge fan of hers, but i think she's basically honest and a reasonable person. the fact that she couldn't work within his admin also gives her some more credibiltiy.

that's it though. i will never speak of him positively again.

[volki]

55. Don't think so

Can't think of anything at the moment. is there anything?

[I Have A Dream]

60. Welcome to DU, volki! Glad to have your voice here!

:hi:

[bluedawg12]

56. He revealed how corrupt and evil the rightwing elite are

by his own stupid actions and choices.

[I Have A Dream]

58. Didn't make Scalia the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

I honestly can't think of anything else.

[Roland99]

59. Hmm...let me think....ok. I might have it:

1) Can tie his own shoes (I can only assume)
2) Spews propaganda like no other before him.
3) Can eat on his own (oh wait....pretzels....scratch that.)

[mrcheerful]

62. He made muslims angrier

he made evolution a dirty word and is getting the bible put in place of science.

He sold out america to China. He also set the working man back 50 years. Also he made a new class of american citizens, the working poor. He convinced the numb nuts that they too will be rich elitists. He made born agains believe they can buy their way into heaven. He also made Christs teachings irrelevant.

He proved that intelligence is a myth and only the best can make it to the top. He showed school kids that anyone can be president, if daddy has enough money and connections. He proved that he can run america like every business he ever was in charge of and run into the ground.

He proved that lying about everything was better then lying about your sex life. He managed to win a war yet ignore the fact wars end when the fighting ends. He proved that theres a lot of dumb people in america that can't see past voting on single issues. He saved marriage from the homos, now the Christen right wing won't be tempted to have gay sex.

Gee GW has done so much for america that when asked I say I'm Swiss.

[I Have A Dream]

64. Great post, mrcheerful! n/t

[newspeak]

63. for the PNAC

he's breaking down our infrastructure so that we can be the next third world country for the glorious New World Order.

giving all of his friends carte blanche to our treasury.

weakening our military so that they can privatize it to his friends like Dynacorp.

yep, I'm sure all of his buddies think he's doing things right.

Oh, here's some more--destroying the Constitution and Bill of Rights, making it obsolete.

giving his friends carte blanche to our resources, while poisoning the American people with contaminated air, food and water. I mean if you weaken controls and regulation, we will pay.

outsourcing our jobs overseas. destroying our manufacturing base. promoting fear and chaos so that his buddies can make profit while grabbing for more power. I guess I could go on and on........

[grannylib]

65. I can think of three times he made an honest statement, not sure if that's

the same thing...
1) He wondered why anyone would want him to run for office (before he was gov of tx) because he had never done anything and was basically a media creation. That was sure true then, and it's true now.
2) That thing about our enemies never stop looking for ways to harm our nation and our people, and neither do we....that was honest. Unintentionally so, but honest.
3) The statement that we would not have an all volunteer army...I mean, we WILL! we WILL have an all volunteer army....was honest the first time he said it.

there may be a couple more, but I can't think of any.
what a stupid fucker.

[Javaman]

66. Potty trained, tie his own shoes and wear big boy underwear...

[mrcheerful]

67. Are you sure?

Most drunks still aren't potty trained. They also don't wear under wear because it takes longer to dry their outside pants.. How many drunks you know that can tie their own shoes?

[HughBeaumont]

68. That help actual working/middle class people? Not a DAMNED thing.

Do Not Call even has loopholes.

[Scoots]

69. Hot daughter #1, hot daughter #2.....damn, I'm stumped