Here I’ll bring us back on topic, not as conclusive as an earlier post but I tried the first few or so.
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Attacked and took over two countries
They are being ratified for acceptance as new states, Afganistate and Iraqiana.
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Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury
He did spend the surplus from a balanced budget. He spends too much, there’s another bone. But the treasury is not bankrupt that’s just asinine. If we ever bankrupt the treasury we are totally ****ed. Stoplights will stop working and all the republican gun nuts are going to come out of the woods and enslave us all.
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Presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.
Your right, we should attack OPEC since THEY set the prices in order to curb demand and control production based on their formulas for market outlook and volatility. The price index looks like the stock market with highs and lows but always ever climbing up. Presidents have never used the natural reserves outside of gross emergencies, they are there to support tragedies and sustain attacks against the country. Using them up would only delay the price change and destroy our reserves. Gasoline prices have actually spiked a few times in the past. Around the early 80s gas prices went to 2 bucks a gallon in some places. Not sure how many follow world trade but I don’t see how Bush is doing anything but trying to keep the cost down. Gas prices are setting records everyday these past few weeks. During Bush Sr. term I remember gas prices being super low, did he have any real effect on that? Nope… they were even cheaper than back in the 1800s . lol Petroleum is a commodity, some attempt to track it very closely . Well it wasn't quite as cheap as the 1800s, those prices were for 5 gallons but gas was well below a dollar in the late 80s.
Love that word “presided”
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Shattered Record for biggest annual defficit in history
Yep spends too much. Without 911 I would hope the budget achievements of Clinton would have held. There is no reason to believe otherwise. Of course those cuts in defense spending could have been a factor. Who knows its all hind sight.
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Set record for most bankruptcies
Including the treasury? See Stock Market comments earlier. Credit is too easy to get and companies almost willingly place people into a position of failure. It's also and easy way out of debt. Clinton's act of 1994 also made it faster to file. The 80s and 90s saw record bankruptcies during cyclic economy downturns in each decade. Whether or not there was more in Bushy's term is inconclusive. I have to list a reference since they post a notice and I read their entire site. http://www.bankruptcydata.com/Research/15_Largest.htm Even though I didn't quote anything.
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Failed to fulfill my pledge to get Osama Bin Laden 'dead or alive.
It’s funny how NO ONE support his efforts to do so.
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First president in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record
To be honest I didn’t do much on this one, I admit defeat. I am assuming this is his 1976 DUI convictions? I don’t know anything about it other than my best friend had a DUI and I don’t judge too harshly for it. Of course I am not a member of MADD or anything like that. I am throwing another bone. It's a misdeamener but OK, he's a hardened criminal.
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First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in U.S. history.
Party animal – I highly doubt this comment but I am bored. I was always under the assumption that Air Force one is always parked in the driveway and the president never gets a day off. I could be wrong. Ok I glanced through history and other presidents have taken some long holidays. President Johnson was famous for his frequent Texas BBQs, what’s with those Texans and their ranches? Who was the president who spent the most time vacationing? Bushy Fish? Nope from what I can see it’s Truman. He spent more than 6 months during his 7 years as president at his ranch. Of course if GW get re-elected he may actually live up to that, he would need another few months.
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After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history
Yep those Arab guys y’all love did it. They fooled him and his advisors and congress and Kerry and Ted Kennedy who cut intelligence budgets for decades, and Clinton who failed to secure the ring leader. Not blaming him like others want to blame but wouldn’t it have been nice?
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Cut unemployment benefits for more out of work Americans than any president in U.S. history.
Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
Appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in U.S. history.
Term I like to use: Crack Smoker
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Set the record for the least amount of press conferences than any president since the advent of television
So he’s not stuck on his own bloated ego. Not even sure of this is true, don’t care.