Which Event Most Damaged Bush Presidency?

The invasion of IRAQ is the biggest screw up of all time!

In my oppenion the combination of all the things leading up to the end of his Administration has been overwhelming to the people. He took from the middleclass and gave to the very wealthy, all through his Administration. then all the afore mentioned events has added up by, us, the people as a very hard hearted man than can vacation in luxery while the people are dying and being swepted away by a natural disaster. Wealthy people are like that, they have to have their party, sex, and gluttonery, regardless of what happens to the less fortunate. Remember Ecclesiastes9-10. everyons honest wealth came by being in the right place at the right time and by chance. The same with George W. Bush. He was born in wealth. It's much easier to add to that wealth when you have wealth to begin with.

Vietnam , was the War we never should have gotten involved in thanks to the French , we lost 50,000 of our men. France got us involved and than left us holding the bag.

Believe me, a life without a war is a world without
people. There will also be wars somewhere at any given time. It's been this way from the begining of time. As far as the United States goes it is a choice
by our goverment to choose if we want to get involved.
Saddam, was a very dangeous man almost like a hilter
killing his own people, trying to take over Kuwait,
Fighting with Iran. These are not normal people it's a matter of east hates the west they hold the reigns on the oil and United States are the Greedy. This is a Cat and Mouse game thanks, to our greedy politicans,lobbyist,etc. The Average american person just goes about their daily routine working their butts off trying to provide for their family's. Just look at the mess we are in now and things are not going to get better over night it has taken 20 years to get to this point and will take the next 20 before we see any light beyond the tunnel. Democrats and Republicans need to re-unite without the bickering and put this country back together again and do what is right for all the hard working american taxpayers. SEND A MESSAGE TO CONGRESS AND THE HOUSE TELLING THEM TO GET OFF THEIR BUTTS AND STOP ENJOYING THE THE GREAT LIFE THAT WE HAVE GIVEN THEM. WITHOUT YOUR COMMENTS IT WILL BUSINESS AS USUAL
ON THE HOMEFRONT.

Question : Hmmm, let's see the thing that most damaged Bush's Presidency.

Answer : I would say everything he has done for the past 8 years.

The Cheyney - Bush white house ( Ha Ha Ha ) was a disaster from the start. They will both go down in history as the most bumbling and screwed up couple we have seen in at least the past 50 or 60 years.

Not aggressively addressing the influx of illegal Immigration. The blinders that he was wearing have had a great impact on the economy since our taxes were spent on their education, medical and housing, having a huge impct on the economy. He was, in fact, the most clueless president that the US has ever had to endure. Sandi

The hidden Neo-Con agenda to invade Iraq grafted on to 9-11 was the event that revealed the Bush Administration's cynical side. Rather that directly addressing the real enemy, they used the bully pulpit to lie, cheat and steal: they lied to us about the "clear intel" linking Saddam to Al Quaida, they cheated the country by installing an ideological filter on all aspects of government-to-citizenry communications, and they stole elections, pilfered cash by handing over government functions to profit-making corporations to profit from our tragedies. After they are impeached, these politicians should be tried for treason.

The thing that most damaged the Bush presidency? George Bush.Now wasn`t that easy?

George Bush will be remembered as the idiot president. A complete bafoon... OMG I watched some videos of his dumb @$$ in action on You Tube and they were hilarious. It's so embarrassing... I'm glad it's almost over and now Obama can show all these crackers how to really do it !

To Mama Mia: reread your history books, the Us should have learned from defeat of France in Vietnam and should not gotten involved. Same in Iraq the French lost Algeria which is a Muslim country. When is the US going to learn to stay out of other countries' business. The last successful war the US was involved in was WWTT

If this is what Bush's aides REALLY think, then, it appears his aides are what did him in!!!! To claim that Katrina was his "Waterloo" s obsurd. There is a significant minority of people who see the Katrina response as the big failure (just look at the results of the poll in the story above), but, they are idiots. Want evidence? Who understands what happened in LA better than the people of LA? They replaced their Democratic governor with a Republicn and 60% voted for McCain! I think the "experts of teh issue understand all too well!
BTW - in 1995, 1500 people died in Chicago during a heat wave. How come no one blamed FEMA or Clinton for THAT fiasco?

The event that most damaged Bush's presidency was his "election" to the office.

Responding to Jutta who wrote: "the Us should have learned from defeat of France in Vietnam ... French lost Algeria ... When is the US going to learn to stay out of other countries' business.?"
(1) The French did not always lose while assisting others. I for one am glad the French did not "stay out of our business" during the American Revolution!
(2) You have the wisdom and courage of wart! Whenever genocide and oppression are occuring, the whole world has a responsibility to step in. It is a shame that the UN (conceived for this very purpose) has become completely impotent and corrupt. Just answer one question: If someone attacks YOU, will you call for help? Will you not summon aide, asking them to intervene in "YOUR business"? You are a hypocrite!
(3) When the conflict/fight occurs on the other side of a geo-political boundary, there are some pragmatic concerns, but, we still have a moral responsibility to stop the bloodshed.
(4) BTW - the Vietnamese did not "stay of someone else's fight" when THEY invaded Cambodia and stopped the genocide at the hands of the Khmer Rouge!

One more post: While Bush's approval rating was dismal, it was not as bad as Congress' approval rating! I am curious as to what event (if there is ONE event) that was the "tipping point" for the American public!

I realize that most people who comment here are fairly ignorant about history, economics and basic political matters. As the poet said " I am not so worried about what you don't know as I am worried about what you do know that isn't true." Basic political information, people, we live in a federal system of government. That means that the Presidential powers are not absolute. The governors of the several states and lesser officials in those states, such as mayors, are independent of Presidental authority. Thus when Mayor Ray Nagin and Governor Grasso failed to meet their reponsibilities as Katrina approached, the President was without authority to step in and take over their duties. Please note, people, that Mississippi also experienced Katrina but Mississippi's governor and the other state and local officials knew what they had to do and did it. The Democrats and their usefull idiots in the main stream media managed to put the blame for Nagin's and Grasso's command failures on President Bush, Michael Brown and FEMA. It was not Bush's job to see that the school buses in New Orleans had drivers and that local residents (including the sick, disabled and elderly) were evcuated. That was Nagin's responsibility. It was not Bush's job to insure that the LA National Guard was called out with enough time to move to their ready positions before the storm hit. That was Grasso's job. It was not Bush's job to see that state and local officials, including police, fire and emergency medical services, were on the job and had not deserted their posts. FEMA got a bad rap because very few people understood just what was FEMA's responsibilities. The Federal Emergency Management Administration is not a "first responder." Prior to Katrina, FEMA rules were that FEMA would be 100% operational seven days after a crisis. Under Michael Brown, the plan was revised so that FEMA would be 100% operational within 72 hours. Before Katrina came ashore, FEMA advance units were in position outside the storm track and ready to assist the state and local authorities. In Mississippi, the state and local authorities were on the job and FEMA provided them with the anticipated assistance. In Louisiana, the state and local authorities were conspicious by their absense. Also, because of Governor Grasso's dithering, the National Guard units were miles from their ready points. A FEMA truck, loaded with filled sandbags, would arrive at a pre-designted location to re-inforce a levee only to find that the National Guard troops that were to emplace the sandbags were not there. Most, if not all, of FEMA's supply truckers had simular stories. Including those "scare stories" of snipers and armed looters shooting people in New Orleans. Without police or National Guard assistance, the civilian truck drivers could not take their loads into New Orleans. Bush, because of his "New Tone" program, once again failed to defend himself or his administration and threw Michael Brown "under the bus." These are the facts not the myths about Katrina.

President Bush should have never diverted resources from finding Bin Laden into Iraq. We now have a mess in Iraq and Bin Laden who masterminded the 9/11 attack has gotten away. Bush should have gotten the man behind who attacked the United States.

longwalker has written the absolute truth. Bush took the hit because the Louisiana Democrats used the media to put the blame onto the Federal Government for their personal failures.

Bush administration was not able legally or otherwise to take charge of the local situations. The Governor herself must ask the Federal Government to come into the state, and Governors who are pure politicians know that the longer they wait, the less likely that the State will have to PAY for the resources of a disaster. The BIG issue is WHO PAYS, and the local mayor and the state governor have the call on that issue. When they see that ACTION must happen immediately, it is too late for logistics to get men and equipment into place. In fact, the Air Force had huge quantities of water and ice ready to bring into the city, but were not permitted to do so in New Orleans. The Katrina blame is on the state of Louisiana, the sorry Mayor and his police and firemen who deserted the city and the lack of planning by the city itself for evacuation of nursing homes and hospitals. Yet, the press let Bush take the bullet to promote the Democrat ticket. Notice that the voters threw the Governor out and elected a Republican Governor after the event. Billions of US tax dollars have been spent by the Bush administration on the rehabilitation and care of New Orleans, and still the people gripe and moan about their sorry status. This was a phoney blame game, and the people that hated Bush anyway are the only ones foolish enough to make all the blame on the Federal Government. Just look at Mississippi's recovery, and then contrast that with Louisiana, and you will understand the truth. FEMA was not the first responder, and cannot take that role. It is the local government that has to provide safety for its own citizens. If the local bunch are incompetent, then citizens that stay living there deserve whatever befalls them...they do not have to play the victim role unless that is just the way they get money for doing nothing for themselves....

Why don't aynone talk about the two most important government representatives of the state of Luisiana, The Mayor and the Govenor? They have to take responsibility for Katrina. The easiest way of getting away is to piont the finger at the President. In fact he declared a state of emergenccy 5 days before the hurricane struck for the people to evacuate. All they said was 'I ain't goin nowhere'. Please roll the cameras and show the American people exactly what happened. Aren't there Senators in this state and where were the congressmen? Katrina did not happen overnight. They knew it was coming days before. So DO NOT POINT THE FINGER AT THE PRESIDENT. The Mayor, The Govenor and the State Senators and all the big riggs MUST take responsibility. We know how corrupt this state is where a congressman had loads of cash hidden in his freezer.

In my opinion it was when W. picked Cheyney as his VP. Cheyney is a true @sshole!!! Number two was was when he took us into Iraq instead of keeping his promise to make those who attacked us pay the ultimate price. Finnally his administrations behind closed door politics and failure to release information that continues to this day.

Bush was elected and Bush made his own bed and he will have to live his nightmare right to his grave. How embarresing he has been to this country. Shame on you Mr. Bush. How could you actually ruin a well loved country such as America. I just hope that the people that voting for him feel the remorse even stronger than the rest of us. I still say the polls were fixed by the Republicans and the whole eight years was a setup to let the big time corps make their billions

The only people that like Bush are the people that have profitted by him and this is probably 20% of the population that still stand by him.