Do you really think Bush sucks?

[Civlord]

That' true! Anyway, I think Afghanistan is rich in gas...

 

[cgannon64]

As for FDR, well, he did a great job extending the depression longer than necessary.

Besides being a socialist, he seems like a bit of an egotist. Who runs for four terms? Because he thinks the country needs him so damn much?

I feel bad making fun of him, though, cuz he does seem like a nice man.

 

[The Yankee]

Afghanistan is useful for a pipeline to Pakistan.

Though I remember Republicans bashing a weak Clinton response to the embassy bombings because it was a war for Monica Lewinsky.

 

[cgannon64]

Gore wouldn't invade Afghanistan? It didn't take a genius to figure out the Taliban and bin Laden were behind it.

I'm not saying Gore wouldn't have invaded Afgahnistan. I'm just skeptical about what kind of wartime leadership he would have provided.

 

[metalhead]

Saying "Bush sucks" and "Bush should be compared to FDR" are pretty much the same thing.

 

[Civlord]

I'm not saying Gore wouldn't have invaded Afgahnistan. I'm just skeptical about what kind of wartime leadership he would have provided.

He would be better than Bush.

 

[The Yankee]

I'm not saying Gore wouldn't have invaded Afgahnistan. I'm just skeptical about what kind of wartime leadership he would have provided.

Meh, who knows? But I don't think he'd "hide under a desk" as people love to say. Bush has provided good then bad leadership...so we know what we have, but I'm waiting for a change...

 

[GenMarshall]

Saying "Bush sucks" and "Bush should be compared to FDR" are pretty much the same thing.

The only difference with FDR is that he was a Democrat and did brought the United States out of the Great Depression with his New Deal. FDR is a good president IMO.

 

[Godwynn]

Why the hell would the
Bush should be comparied to FDR
option even exists?

Because their grasp on economics are about the same.

EDIT: Credits to newfangle

 

[Nobody]

he had so much oppertunity to be great, amiegn if he had of invade afganistan and then sudan and smashed al quida and caught osama while saving the economy. He could of ran the next election campaign on "we had our largest economic bulidings bombed, we caught them and saved the economy" he would of got 60% And then worked the nation through this hurricane thing. They would of given him a place on rushmore. But he screwed it up.

 

[Portuguese]

One of the best presidents? I sure hope not. Or else others were really really bad...

 

[Verbose]

Exactamundo, bro. This particular President does exactly one of them (the I-word pops up here), and the whole world is suddenly up in arms. When a previous President invaded Panama (and let's be clear on something--Panama was NO threat to the U.S. at all) the rest of the world DIDN'T CARE. Maybe because other nations didn't feel their oil supply was in danger.

That's because the US poking its Bick Stick into Panama doesn't represent a hazard to international politics.
The US poking it into Iraq, like any other part of the hornet's nest that is the Mid East, does.
Fail to realize the difference and naturally world politics will blow up in your face.

 

[Rhye]

Why do you blame Roosevelt? What's exactly wrong with him?

 

[frekk]

That's an economic fallacy typically perpetuated by high school students with little grasp of macroeconomics. Rest assured, the economic boom in the United States was due to a particular event taking place in 1941.

The US was in recovery a long time before '41.

 

[stormbind]

No president in recent history can even compare to the disaster that is George W. Bush.

I am starting to feel sorry for the bemused President, and highly doubt he is able to see his own faults. The rest of his administration deserves to share in his humiliation; Rumsfeld is no better at planning, Cheney avoids work, and stubborn imperialist Rice generates incredible resentment.

 

[CurtSibling]

Do you really think Bush sucks?

Bush is a puppet and a face. He does not matter either way.
It is the unvoted-for people behind the scenes who make the choices.

Always beware the 3rd in command. They are the real leaders.

.

 

[Xen]

he sucks. anyone who belives in supply side economics sucks. that sheit just dont work.

 

[stormbind]

Why do you blame Roosevelt? What's exactly wrong with him?

1. Made no effort to rally his people early in WW2, and allowed US business to support Hitler.
2. Plotted to destroy the British & Soviet empires, by encouraging them to exhaust themselves while the USA observed.
3. Allowed breach of contract resulting in theft of British technology.
4. Joined war following Japanese efforts (not British efforts).
5. Positively thwarted Churchill's plans to liberate eastern Europe and prevent Soviet tyranny.
6. Appeased Stalin: chose not to oppose Soviet occupation of 'liberated Europe', and setup the Cold War.
7. Nuked the Japanese. Twice!
8. Shares in the allies' failure to suppress fundamentalist Islamic terrorists (Hitler's allies), a price for which the American people are now paying.

FDR really adds substance to, and emphasises the popular quote, "Americans can be counted on to do the right thing - after they have tried everything else."

I understand that the American people did not want war, but FDR made no effort to change their mind. How is that leadership?

President Bush would probably have carpet-bombed Hitler in 1939, and made Britain look bad.

 

[Rhye]

7. Nuked the Japanese. Twice!

That was Truman

 

[CurtSibling]

1. Made no effort to rally his people early in WW2, and allowed US business to support Hitler.
2. Plotted to destroy the British & Soviet empires, by encouraging them to exhaust themselves while the USA observed.
3. Allowed breach of contract resulting in theft of British technology.
4. Joined war following Japanese efforts (not British efforts).
5. Positively thwarted Churchill's plans to liberate eastern Europe and prevent Soviet tyranny.
6. Appeased Stalin: chose not to oppose Soviet occupation of 'liberated Europe', and setup the Cold War.
7. Nuked the Japanese. Twice!
8. Shares in the allies' failure to suppress fundamentalist Islamic terrorists (Hitler's allies), a price for which the American people are now paying.

FDR really adds substance to, and emphasises the popular quote, "Americans can be counted on to do the right thing - after they have tried everything else."

I understand that the American people did not want war, but FDR made no effort to change their mind. How is that leadership?

President Bush would probably have carpet-bombed Hitler in 1939, and made Britain look bad.

Hindsight is always 20-20, eh?

Easy for you to make criticisms, from your comfortable 21st century armchair.

And how FDR managed to nuke Japan from beyond the grave is beyond me.

In finality, he was a far greater man than the lowly mafia that pass for US leaders nowadays.

'Think' what you want.

Give me FDR over Bush or Bubba any day.