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The Bush Report Card

David Ellis over at Wunderkinder offers up a great summary of Bush's performance so far: The Bush Report Card.

In 1984 the Reagan campaign speciously asked voters to judge his first term by the standard: are you better off now than you were 4 years ago. I contend that a more appropriate standard should be how effective a president was in solving the problems that he inherited, and how significent the problems are that he will hand off to the next presidency - whether that be Bush's 2nd term or Dean. As such these were the 14 most important problems that Bush inherited from Clinton in '01, along with an evaluatation of how successful he was at solving them.

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James (http://www.ordinary-life.net) wrote:

Wow, that's the most delusional thing I've read in a long time. I actually laughed out loud... twice. Thanks!

∴ James | 20-Nov-2003 9:01pm est | http://www.ordinary-life.net | #3318

Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:

Uh, ok.

Keith | 20-Nov-2003 9:44pm est | http://keithdevens.com/ | #3319

James (http://www.ordinary-life.net) wrote:

Well I mean each point was so delibertally slanted and phrased I couldn't take any of it seriously. Well okay, I agreed with a thing here and there but in general we are talking silliness on a scale to dwarf large continents.

"Problem 12: The American presidency had been disgustingly diminished by Clinton affairs, lying, and chicanery.
Solution: Bush has conducted an honorable personal life.
Grade: A"

Wait... the former coke addict, <a href="http://www.talion.com/georgebush.html">service dodging</a> Bush? C+ at best, with Clinton being an C-

"Problem 15: Bush inherited an American military that, due to organizational inertia, was better suited to fight the Soviets in Germany than the likely threats we will face in the 21st century.
Solution: Bush picked defense secretary who has steadfastly encouraged the the Pentagon to pick appropriate weapons systems and focus on tactical and strategic measures that are more focused on future threats.
Grade: A-"

Like lasers that shoot down missles? When pretty much everyone acknoledges that the biggest threat is by small carry/shippable dirty bombs and nukes? C

I mean you could rip the "gradebook" to shreds. It doesn't even make an attempt at being realistic. It's like a little boys version of reality, where Bush is a white knight on a horse instead of a politician.

∴ James | 20-Nov-2003 10:50pm est | http://www.ordinary-life.net | #3321

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