How will Dubya be viewed by future historians?

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Before you start a narrative response, put him in the appropriate quartile.

I'd put him in the bottom quartile (big surprise, eh?). Between Iraq, irresponsible tax cuts, the Great Recession, and assaults on constitutional freedoms, he'll rank down there with Garfield, Polk, Buchanan and Wilson, I bet. Maybe worse.

A middle of the pack President. Half the nation was already pissed off at him after the election. That, together with the dot com bubble bursting and 911, ended what could have been a good presidency. I would also place considerable blame on Clinton for our weakened intelligence agencies. Bush dealt effectively with an array of problems. Sure he didn't make all the best choices, but in a lot of cases, he did what was necessary. For all the vile hate that Obama supporters tossed at Bush, their savior, Obama, now seems to agree with quite a number of Bush policies.