Thread: Bush's Good Ideas

President Bush's term is mercifully coming to an end in a few months. Although his handler's mistakes were numerous and the painful consequences will be felt by all for years to come I was wondering if he did anything wise or even semi-competent during his tenure? Sure, it would be easy (and lengthy) to list his foibles but what did he and his administrators get right?


The only thing that springs to mind is his attempt to create a temporary work permit program for the illegals (read: Mexicans) in the U.S. I think it was a great idea but the more radical elements of his party shot it down fairly quickly.

Can anyone else think of anything he did/supported over the past 7 years that was beneficial to America?

Supported waterboarding despite the pussy critics. WTG Dubya.

Originally Posted by Texpat

Supported waterboarding despite the pussy critics. WTG Dubya.

Fair enough, Tex. Waterboarding.


What else?


No offense intended.

Originally Posted by Agent_Smith

The only thing that springs to mind is his attempt to create a temporary work permit program

but the inherent divisive nature of rovian strategy left him with no allies on either side of the aisle...so this too failed.

bush accomplished little more than bankrupting the country and destroying what was left of its reputation.

Originally Posted by raycarey

Originally Posted by Agent_Smith

The only thing that springs to mind is his attempt to create a temporary work permit program

but the inherent divisive nature of rovian strategy left him with no allies on either side of the aisle...so this too failed.

bush accomplished little more than bankrupting the country and destroying what was left of its reputation.

god bless america

He made people who can't speak English very well feel more accepted, knowing that their president couldn't string a coherent sentence together.

he gave more aid money to africa than bj bill.

He renamed French fries, Freedom fries.

Originally Posted by Agent_Smith

Bush's Good Ideas

How refreshing. Finally an OP with no ambition to achieve century status.

Originally Posted by Agent_Smith

Can anyone else think of anything he did/supported over the past 7 years that was beneficial to America?

he ultimately destroyed the NeoCon and Republicans future legacy,

a job well done, I might add

He killed Saddam which wasn't an entirely bad thing,

Originally Posted by Butterfly

he ultimately destroyed the NeoCon and Republicans future legacy

good point.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

He killed Saddam which wasn't an entirely bad thing,

yeah, but they messed that up too with the release of the cell phone video.

^ the phone video was there to amuse the gallery, so not a big deal

He shaved 10 years off your pathetic, miserable lives by winning a glorious second term.

Originally Posted by Texpat

off your pathetic, miserable lives

says the angriest poster on TD, living in the middle of nowhere in a country he loathes.

have another drink tex.....it'll help numb the sad reality of your existence.

Here's to two term GOPs!

The 7.8 billion dollar, 68 projects, 2.4 million acres restoration of the Everglades. It's been years since I read about it. I'm sure someone can find a way to condemn it or point out it is in fact a selfish land grab. I'm sure there are compromisees within the agreement.

Another Step Forward for Everglades Restoration

Creation of the world's largest marine sanctuary (84 million acres) at the tip of the Hawaiian Islands.

Hawaii Islands Named World's Largest Marine Sanctuary

According to a NPR report Bush has proposed an additional 650,000 acres of marine sanctuary in the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico waters around the US.

He sent his father and Bill Clinton over to Southeast Asia after the tsunami hit to raise aid for the disaster victims.

Originally Posted by sabang

he gave more aid money to africa than bj bill.

Yes, but has it helped that continent to any measurable degree? It seemed to me that was a way to buy off the leaders for oil companies to plunder resources, and terror cell info (not entirely a bad idea but poor precedent).

His comment about Osama...

Two weeks ago he was in charge of a country, now he's in charge of a cave.


Was amusing at the time. Just a starter for many more amusing quips that would follow. A president and an entertainer. (not everyone in the world's laughing though).

The book of 'Bush's Good Ideas' has to be right up there with 'Italian War Heroes' and 'Biafran Cookbook".

Originally Posted by Texpat

He shaved 10 years off your pathetic, miserable lives by winning a glorious second term.

He shaved a lot more years off the lives of over 4,000 brave, young, patriotic American soldiers by misleading his country into an Iraqi war for the benefit of Israel and oil companies.

-Idea to spread democracy to the middle east, work in progress with Iraq and Afghanistan.

-Ease dropping/surveillance program against baddies
-Got Libya to give up WMD programs
-Brought the fight to the terrorists, no attacks to yankland since 911
-GITMO, through baddies in jail for undetermined time

Sure Boon/Tex can think of many more.

Originally Posted by britmaveric

Idea to spread democracy to the middle east

this was his 'idea'?
no, his idea was to do it by force.....with a bribed and extorted 'coalition'.

Originally Posted by britmaveric

Ease dropping/surveillance program against baddies

who really knows what your trying to say here, but let's assume you mean that he increased telecom surveillance.
the supreme court has repeatedly found that he over stepped.

Originally Posted by britmaveric

Got Libya to give up WMD programs

he 'got' libya to do that, eh?
interesting perspective.

Originally Posted by britmaveric

Brought the fight to the terrorists, no attacks to yankland since 911

when was the last attack before 9/11?

Originally Posted by britmaveric

GITMO, through baddies in jail for undetermined time

along with the 'baddies', untold innocents as well.

Originally Posted by britmaveric

Sure Boon/Tex can think of many more

of the same quality of your examples?
i'm sure they can.

Originally Posted by raycarey

when was the last attack before 9/11?

1993 - World Trade Center Bombings

1995 - Oklahoma City (although this was domestic)

I'm sure there are many MANY terrorist attacks that were attempted but were never carried out because Homeland Security/NSA/CIA/FBI thwarted them. We just never hear about it.