Grade George W. Bush's Presidency thus far

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Overall, I'd probably give him a D+.

Iraq, the federal marriage amendment, supporting the renewal of the Assault Weapons Ban, PATRIOT ACT and wiretaps, NCLB, Harriet Miers, and CAFTA are no good.

I have mixed feelings about John Roberts.

Samuel Alito, social security reform, the Partial Birth Abortion Ban (meaningless as it is), and setting a good example in his recent personal life (i.e. no adultery, that we know of) are good.

Not a good president at all, really, but history will probably be kinder to him than we are.

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Samuel Alito, social security reform, the Partial Birth Abortion Ban (meaningless as it is),

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You ridiculous prude!  I'd much rather have a fellow who ed donkeys on the White House lawn if he would implement real liberal policies.

1. Why?
2. No comment.

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A++

That implies that he's done nothing wrong at all.  Surely you can name at least one bad thing he's done and knock that down to an A+.

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A++

That implies that he's done nothing wrong at all.  Surely you can name at least one bad thing he's done and knock that down to an A+.

I'd be hard-pressed to think of one thing he has done wrong.

Federal Marriage Amendment?  PATRIOT Act?

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Federal Marriage Amendment?  PATRIOT Act?

I don't have a problem with either, since neither affect me, so (in my view) those would not be wrong.  (Again, we're dealing with opinions of individuals which might not be the same as yours.)

I know.  But Don has stated in the past that he opposes both; that's why I mentioned them.

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Keep in mind that President Bush held off on supporting the FMA for a very long time.  I remember reading articles by people like Bob Novak who were criticizing the President for not jumping on board the bandwagon.  From a political standpoint, he had no choice.  If he opposed the FMA, its not like people like you would jump to his defense and make up for the lost support.

What do you mean, he had no choice?  Is the President supposed to form his policy over whatever the opinion polls say?  We can't defend President Bush's support of the amendment because he had "no choice" to support it; obviously, he had a choice, and chose to support it.  That being said, had he come out against the FMA, he certainly would have my respect over that issue, though not enough that I would support him.  It's not as if either of the two major candidates in 2004 supported gay marriage, anyway.

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F.  His only positive achievement has been his unwillingness to deport illegal immigrants.

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F.  His only positive achievement has been his unwillingness to deport illegal immigrants.

Even if you agree with it, can you at least acknowledge it's for all the wrong reasons?

Of course.  I'm pro-immigration for humanitarian reasons, he is for corporate reasons.