The funny thing is... Bush really wasn't a bad President.
The first Bush that is... and he probably wouldn't of lost if it wasn't for Perot. (My dad voted for Perot... Perot seemed... ok.)
I'd rather of had him then Bush JR or Obama.
I mean, lets see what he did that pissed people off.
1) Raised taxes after saying he wouldn't. Why did he do this? He didn't want to run up a big deficit. Sure he went against his word, but he had a real good reason to do it... and it was an unforseen issue. Unlike the current "make promises then break them even though nothing has changed" model... like with Obama suddenly turning his back on naming the Armenian genocide... well a genocide.
2) Let a small recession happen rather then pay trouble foward leading to a big recession.
3) Pulled out of Iraq because he thought toppling Saddam Hussein was a fools errand because they didn't have the tools to occupy Iraq without huge cost and loss of life.
