Positives of Bush

[Maine-iac]

I am having a hard time coming up with things that Bush has done that are positives. As far as I can tell our economy has gotten worse, the environment isn't doing too well, and not many people outside of the U.S. like us. If you voted for him, what are some reasons, and in general any positives? Please enlighten me.

[Frikadeller]

The Army is no longer in "training mode"....

[No. 13 Baby]

His daughters raised awareness of underage drinking issues.

[akhalteke]

...and he is enacting midnight legisslation that would...wait! that is really bad for the environment. Nevermind.

[tomtom]

http://www.fightingmalaria.gov/

[Bug]

I spoke to an east Indian who said Bush had done a lot for India.

Basically, he gave them a bunch of money to build centers to develope job training programs.

Too bad he refused to do that for his own country.

But at least he is not a socialist.

[jiaofu aba]

Those job training programs were for our outsourced jobs, unfortunately. We're from the government...we're here to help you

 

 

[Bug]

Those job training programs were for our outsourced jobs, unfortunately. We're from the government...we're here to help you

 

My point exactly.

[Doug]

The Positives of Bush: Whats that saying....your purpose in life may be to serve as a warning for others....

[empire]

It took decades, but we finally won #3! We could just walk right into any of the other top 5 now!

We has the oil now!

[tvashtarkatena]

Unfortunately, he's still in the building....

 

Bush is still at it for 77 more days

[empire]

Bush Announces Iraq Exit Strategy: 'We'll Go Through Iran'

[G-spotter]

Bush has destroyed American economic power, leading to a more multilateral world as his legacy.

 

Positive?

[General Zod]

W. is fairly popular in Africa for funding AIDS relief efforts.

[Phil K]

Maybe he will have driven a stake through the heart (Oh wait, does this monster have one?) of the so called NeoCon ChristoFascist Republican Party. I'd be happy to see the GOP disappear after the screw-job they have done to this country, but I'd settle for having them go back to the good old fiscal conservative, stay out of people's personal lives, and not engage in unjustified wars kind of Republican.

[rob]

I would like to see the republican party reform, but not go away. The dems need opposition.

 

Hopefully this clusterfuck of a presidency will hasten the reformation of the republican party along more traditional conservative principles, but I doubt it. I think the republican party has abandoned that era alltogether, and is embracing the Palin-esque political demagoguery based purely on enforcing christian ideology upon society.

 

Sad

[tvashtarkatena]

The GOP is more like an amorphous mass of puss at this point, so driving a stake into it would just get the stake all gooey. Hopefully, it will reconstitute into the fiscally conservative, socially laze faire form you mentioned, but, like any wounded beast, it is currently shrinking further and becoming even more dementedly rabid....which is good for the side of modernity, I suppose, but the Dems definitely need a counter to their bullshit on occasion.

[DirtyHarry]

W. is fairly popular in Africa for funding AIDS relief efforts.

 

By funding religious groups that promote abstinance only maybe.

[prole]

The Democratic Party needs effective opposition from the left! Most of their "bullshit" over the last 30 years has stemmed from their complete lack of courage, conviction, and program in the face of the conservative "revolution" rather than any "abuses of power" that need balance from the right-wing. Looking around at the scorched earth the GOP has left the Dems to govern, I wouldn't say that now's the time for consensus-building with the Reich that's just had its ass handed to them. The GOP has done quite well in governing as if it's had a mandate, it's time for the Dems to sack up and govern when they really do. It's about "change" remember? Grow a pair.

[pc313]

He out spent Raegan and his dad put together in 8 years to their 12! Raegan and Bush $4.1 trillion, GW $5.1+ trillion!! Get er done!!

[hafilax]

He's made the US so anti bush that it's all but disappeared from the porn industry.

[tomtom]

W. is fairly popular in Africa for funding AIDS relief efforts.

By funding religious groups that promote abstinance only maybe.

Or you're a moron, maybe.

 

President Bush Signs Bipartisan Legislation To Reauthorize PEPFAR To Combat Global HIV/AIDS

 

Today, President Bush signed into law H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act. This legislation responds to the President's call last year to expand our commitment to this successful program for five additional years. In 2003, President Bush launched the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to combat global HIV/AIDS – the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in human history. Today's legislation will dramatically increase the financial commitment to this fight – authorizing up to $48 billion to combat global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

 

PEPFAR is the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in human history. When the President launched this initiative in 2003, about 50,000 people in all of Sub-Saharan Africa were receiving anti-retroviral treatment. Today, PEPFAR supports lifesaving anti-retroviral treatment for nearly 1.7 million people in the region – and tens of thousands more around the world, from Asia to Eastern Europe.

[pc313]

W. is fairly popular in Africa for funding AIDS relief efforts.

By funding religious groups that promote abstinance only maybe.

Or you're a moron, maybe.

 

President Bush Signs Bipartisan Legislation To Reauthorize PEPFAR To Combat Global HIV/AIDS

 

Today, President Bush signed into law H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act. This legislation responds to the President's call last year to expand our commitment to this successful program for five additional years. In 2003, President Bush launched the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to combat global HIV/AIDS – the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in human history. Today's legislation will dramatically increase the financial commitment to this fight – authorizing up to $48 billion to combat global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

 

PEPFAR is the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease in human history. When the President launched this initiative in 2003, about 50,000 people in all of Sub-Saharan Africa were receiving anti-retroviral treatment. Today, PEPFAR supports lifesaving anti-retroviral treatment for nearly 1.7 million people in the region – and tens of thousands more around the world, from Asia to Eastern Europe.

Drityharry is some what right it was late 2006 that they change from abstinance only and started handing out condoms,the aids count was going up and the abstinance only was a waste of time and money as it is in the USA,like people are going to stop fucking?? WTF? And for people with HIV thay got the drug co. to reduce the price.

[rob]

He's made the US so anti bush that it's all but disappeared from the porn industry.

 

[akhalteke]

1) Increasing aid to Africa

 

2) Preventing wars in India/Pakistan

 

3) Dealing with N. Korea/ Libya re: Nuclear programs

 

4) Taking out many of Al Queda's top leadership and driving them underground.

 

5) Reduced Farm subsidies.

 

6) Ousted Saddam, a tyranical dictator.

 

7) No attacks since 9/11/01

 

I think that though forever the clown, history will be far more forgiving of GWB than the ranks of this website, or even the public, are today.