Bush's Legacy

[BillUCF]

To honestly look at a president's legacy you need to wait 10-20 years and see what people remember. Some Examples:

JFK: Facing down the Soviets in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the challenge to go to the moon

Nixon: A crook.

Ford: Too short to remember anything important

Carter: He sat on his ass while Americans were held hostage for over a year.

Reagan: The hostages were released before his oath into office was complete. Didn't take any crap from the soviets and demanded to tear down the Berlin wall; which happened shortly after.

Bush41, Clinton, and Bush43 are yet to be detemined...

[Cyrus]

Let me add a li'l to your input:

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To honestly look at a president's legacy you need to wait 10-20 years and see what people remember. Some Examples:
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JFK: Facing down the Soviets in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the challenge to go to the moon. Made America popular again.
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Nixon: A crook. Instigated wage and price controls!
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Ford: Too short to remember anything important. Bumped head a lot on airplane doors.
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Carter: He sat on his ass while Americans were held hostage for over a year. American military tried to rescue hostages but failed miserably.
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Reagan: The hostages were released before his oath into office was complete. Didn't take any crap from the soviets and demanded to tear down the Berlin wall; which happened shortly after. It is highly debatable whether or not the Russkies tore down the wall because the Gipper asked 'em to. Nice pomade, though.
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Bush41, Clinton, and Bush43 are yet to be detemined... But Clinton economy boomed - those numbers are already in.

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[Beer and Pizza]

As I said in a previous post:

Truman &gt; Bush41 = the cold war presidents

Clinton = the gap president (lets call him the Neville Chamberlain of US Presidents)

Bush43 &gt; several future presidents = the new cold war (against terror) line of presidents

Like Truman, Bush43 will be more appreciated from a historical view, in his role as first of a line of Presidents who eventually defeated terrorism.

[Jdanz]

just a thought, do you think most people remember truman for much other than dropping the bomb?

[Exsubmariner]

Only thing that I would add to Clinton: Inherited upswing in economic cycle from Reagan policies.

[Cyrus]

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Only thing that I would add to Clinton: Inherited upswing in economic cycle from Reagan policies.

[/ QUOTE ] If I recall correctly, Bush Senior labeled Reagan's economic policies as "voodoo economics". So, he did not continue all of Reagan's policies (particularly sado-monetarism).



Then he handed over the presidency to Bill Clinton.

[Exsubmariner]

I looked up the term sado-monetarism on google and found this:

What a can of worms!

[tylerdurden]

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Ford: Too short to remember anything important. Bumped head a lot on airplane doors.

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Best president ever?

[Exsubmariner]

No Aircraft Carriers have been named for Clinton, yet. Only that library/massage parlor in Arkansas. There may be a cigar shop somewhere, too. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]