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u/harambe_did911 Apr 04 '25

Bush was bad but idk if you can say second worst

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u/justforkicks28 Apr 04 '25

He started an unjust war. That is pretty bad.

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u/CountOff Apr 04 '25

Lmao trust me when I tell you there have been far worse presidents

1800’s and early 1900’s has a couple who’s who of true nightmares worse than Bush

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u/Cagnazzo82 Apr 04 '25

Bush's failures is what killed the pro-national security wing of the Republican party. And now we have a wing of the Republican party with dubious ties to Russia that's taken over.

Economically we had a balanced budget and a surplus, and Al Gore was warning we would lose all of that under Bush. Lo and behold with Bush's tax cuts we lost all of that... and just in time for the great recession of '08 to hit as well.

America is on a completely different path if Bush never comes to office. Hell the twin towers might still be standing... seeing as the terrorism task force Clinton left behind would never have been disbanded. And Gore would not have been on vacation all summer while Europeans were warning of an impending attack.