Who was a better President: George Bush or Bill Clinton?

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The Ghost of RubangB said:

If Bush handled 9/11 well, we'd have Bin Laden. We're in 2 wars at once, and capturing Bin Laden is not our goal in either war.

And why the random Gore hate? We don't know what he would've done about 9/11. But I have a hunch he wouldn't be reading The Pet Goat and sitting still while the 2nd plane hit. And I'm pretty sure he cares more about alternative energy than to blow trillions of dollars in Iraq, which was never a threat to the U.S.

If Gore was president, we'd all have hydrogen hovermobiles by now, and the oil crisis wouldn't be ruining the entire economy.

How is not getting Osama Bin Laden mean failing in responding to 9/11? We took out the group who did it. And their leader will be in hiding for the rest of his life, if he is even still alive. And if you havent paid attention, we have had many of our troops in Afghanistan whose entire goal is to find Bin Laden. Bush even has upped the search to try and help his legacy, but he wont find him because he wont go into Pakistan.

And you criticize Bush for taking asecond to sit back and contemplate what is the best action to do once the news hit? I am sure the entire US population stopped for a second to think what will happen now. I can understand the criticism for Katrina, that is unacceptable, but that is just stupid to criticize Bush because he took a few minutes to finish what he was doing for the kids so he wouldn't freak them out.

And on to Mr. Gore. He might have been a pretty good president, but not the kind we needed to handle 9/11. Im sorry but I want a strong, militaristic President to handle those kinds of issues, which is the reason why Bush had a pretty high approval rating and was re-elected. No matter how much you might hate him now, and how much UnKool-Aid you are drinking, Bush handled 9/11 very well, and I am grateful for that.

Now, Iraq is a different situation and there is many faults to it which causes Bush to go below Clinton. I'm not doubting that, but I merely stated that Bush's first term went pretty well, and if he stopped there, he might be competing with Clinton in this debate, but since his second term, its not close at all. Clinton was a better president.