1. George W. Bush accomplishments:
Corporate tax breaks
Tax breaks for the rich
Higher taxes for the poor
High unemployment rate
Major job OutSourcing
No healthcare reform
Neglected public education
Depleting Social Security
Higher interest rates
Poor housing market
Low minimum wage
Billions paid for unnecessary war
Poor handling of hurricane Katrina
Passed bankruptcy bill geared towards billion dollar credit card companies
Extremely high gas prices
Depreciation of middle class
Non capture of Osama Bin Laden
Causing dissaray in a Foreign country
Higher college tuition
No immigration reform
SHOULD I GO ON?

So Sad at 5:59PM on Jun 25th 2007

2. No need to go on, So Sad. You've got all of his accomplishments (actually failures) in one neat little package.

Christopher Kidwell at 6:36PM on Jun 25th 2007

3. It does not surprise me that this administraton believes that the government belongs to them instead of to the people. That is how they have been acting since taking office. For four years, his first term, assisted by a "rubber stamp" House and Senate, it has pretty much been run as such in both foreign and domestic policy. That however, does not disturb me as much as the servile mentality of so many in this country. While they may pay lip service to such things as freedom, liberty and rights, the trut is that they don't know what those terms mean. To most people, it is not those values that they are really talking about or "love" when they use them, it is the benefits they derive from them, otherwise they simply do not care. Truly, we have become a society of egocentric materialists, "educated" to take our place on the factory floor where we can fulfill our objective of living only for the sake of others. It is sad now. It is nothing but a prelude to disaster.

RLaitres at 7:40PM on Jun 25th 2007

4. Bush thinks it's HIS government, well considering this person can't even pronounce nuclear properly, I am not really all that surprised. I mean this person, I find it difficult even to type his name, was the one who said 'Heck, who needs a subpoena to tap someones phone'. He is in dire need of Psyciatric help, psychtropic meds and every other psych word , because he is indeed a psycho.
I am indeed not an intellectual, although I am well read and do care deeply about what is happening to this country that I used to be so proud of. It's as if I was in coma for awhile, 6 years, let's say and I woke up to all of this crazy Orwellien, 1984, thing that's occured.
Troops in Iraq being murdered daily, paranoia over terroists, like , again with the Orwell, Animal Farm. How do we so easily forget what we had that over such a short period of time we do not even remember we had it. Things like, when being a Democrat or a liberal was a decent thing to be. It meant you cared about all human beings regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual preference or their bank account.
I am so sick of my youngest daughter, Turkish American, whose choice of religion is being a Muslim, and people of all ages calling her a Terrorist. She is not an Islamic Fundamentalist. Why are people so frightened of Muslim's? How stupid are they that they do not understand the difference between Fundamentalist's of any religion? Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and every other religion in this world of ours.
MY daughter is 17, was chosen by someone, I know who but they are not allowed to name the one, to be an Ambassador representing the United States, to go to Third World countries and aid them in any way they required help the most. She attended a prep school, a Friend's prep school, where anyone regardless of everything I previously mentioned, is welcomed. George is the most diverse prep school in the country. By George, all of you Blog fiends out there, I don't mean Bush. Friend's = Quaker, K? Ergo George School, George, mind is gone, cannot remember hist last name, I think it's Fox. Now, thanks to Bush and HIS government, she is threatened on a regular basis because she is Muslim.
My 30 yr old daughter, Cuban American, when she was younger was tormented daily because of her Ethnicity, of course, she's a woman now and men , especially the white ones, love her to death. Go figure.
When people comment on what he has done for this economy I can only chortle. Stock market crashes, gas prices out of this world, every law that has ever been created to protect human rights has been ignored.
Why are we in Iraq? There is absolutely not one single reason our kids should be murdered on an hourly basis. Sunni vs Shi'i and both hate the Kurds. Enough already, bring our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan NOW.

rhodalee at 10:32PM on Jun 25th 2007

5. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

I don't see a "I George W Bush" in the preamble, constiution, the articles of confederation and the Bill of Rights. I can't wait until 2008.

seanpdizzle at 4:38AM on Jun 26th 2007

6. SoSad, you actually DID miss one. He's also responsible for supporting the huge increase in hate-mongering in this country. "Let's hate all that aren't exactly like US" should be his motto, because if you're brown, gay, non-christian, or even the slightest bit non-conservative, YOU are NOT like him and his. The discrimination is sickening, and it's all "in the name of" their book. We need to turn the page, or better yet, get someone that can actually read the book.

dragongirl at 6:00AM on Jun 26th 2007

7. At one point I was even a fan of Bush. I can't even believe I gave him credit at one point.

The more he refers to "his" anything it just terrifies me more and more everyday. I thought he was put in the office to be the voice of America? I thought he was in office of the President of The United States of America to represent the people of America. I can tell one thing, I don't think he is speaking for America "us" now or anytime he's been in office. Maybe now he's finally becoming transparent to all of "US".

Elitist??? I guess I will just learn to live with this title.

Kim at 6:30AM on Jun 26th 2007

8. Ben Mankiewicz is a leftist kook and a liar. How pathetic is it that this tool can find nothing more to critisize than Dubya's dialect and a phrase, "my government," used by heads of state of every nation on the planet since governments have existed. One more example of liberal dishonesty.

And for "So Sad," your list is laughable and two items in particular highlight your ignorance and demostrate the blatant dishonesty of liberals:

"higher taxes for the poor" - the poor don't pay taxes, clown.

"higher unemployment rates" - unemployment rates have been at record lows throughout both of President Bush's terms.

Robert Byngham at 6:47AM on Jun 26th 2007

9. Since when do the poor not pay taxes? To be poor, and to be unemployed, are two completely different things. I've paid taxes since I was 16 years old, and made $5.25/hr at K-Mart. Unemployment is on the rise, but the amount of people receiving unemployment benefits is at an all time low. As for those who do receive the benefits, considering you only get a percentage of what you would have made if still employed, and a lot of those people were working for minimum wage, - wouldn't they be considered poor? Or would you actually mean to say less fortunate, since wording doesn't matter to you when it comes to something as important as our government. Even those people pay taxes, which needs to be claimed to the irs. Also, if words, and phrases don't mean anything, should we interpret the constitution another way? The right to bear arms, maybe it's misspelled or in the wrong context. Who's to say people really wanted bare arms? Or instead of hunters hanging animal heads on their walls, maybe they really just wanted a few bear arms to use as towel hooks? You're a joke.

Heather at 7:22AM on Jun 26th 2007

10. I am not a Bush supporter by far, but I think it is extremely tacky that people keep bashing him for his mispronunciations and speech. When people focus on that, they immediately lack any substance to their arguments. Just looking at these posts; I spotted tons of syntactic and grammatical errors. Shall we judge you by your crappy spelling as well? Some examples:

'psyciatric'
'the trut is that they don't know what those terms mean'
'let's say and I woke up to all of this crazy Orwellien, 1984, thing that's occured'
'in the preamble, constiution, the articles of'


Liberal Elitism is just as bad.

grace at 7:41AM on Jun 26th 2007

11. To think I spent 31 yrs of my life in service of this great nation so this mental retard could be President and tear down what those who held the office before him, did to make it great. What a waste.

Al

A.R. Hinds at 7:49AM on Jun 26th 2007

12. This is for #8. Nice try, shit-for-brains. When one's unemployment benefits run out, even if they haven't yet found a job, the system considers them EMPLOYED? The unemployment numbers do not reflect the TRUE status of the employed/unemployed because of this flaw in the system. oh, and just for the record, Einstein, I happen to be what you would consider poor...and guess what? I pay taxes. You are an idiot. I'm done now. You can stick your head back up your ass now.

dottie at 7:48AM on Jun 26th 2007

13. Um....not to put too fine a point on this...but the unemployment rate is low...extremely so....Just over 4% ...High would be the double digits of Jimmy Carter's era.... Apparently Bush, who had a higher grade point average than either Gore or Kerry, is also brighter than some of the people above when it comes to economic literacy....

jeff at 7:51AM on Jun 26th 2007

14. For those of you who voted for an embecile for president, I have one thing to say. You're getting exactly what you deserve. (The REST of us don't, but, ah, 'tis the nature of the beast)When you base your decision on who to vote for, on which candidate would be the most fun to invite to a barbeque, this is what you get. Dumbasses all. I hope you've all learned a valuable lesson.

dottie at 7:59AM on Jul 7th 2007

15. LOOK! Another dumb ass! #13, Jeff, thinks unemployment is down. I'll repeat this one more time for the slow learners on this board....when a person's unemployment benefits run out, they are considered EMPLOYED whether they have found another job or not. The numbers are false because of this flaw in the system. You guys sure are stupid. No wonder you voted for Bush.

dottie at 7:58AM on Jun 26th 2007