Originally Posted by pedex
if your looking for some sort of pass for Bush, forget it, that dog wont hunt, he will undoubtedly be in the top three worst presidents the US has ever had
He's still got a long way to go to catch Johnson and Carter. And his old man was no prize, either. And don't forget scandal magnets like Grant, Harding, and Clinton.
You might also consider that in the nearly 5 1/2 years since the 9/11 attacks, the Islamofascists haven't laid a glove on the US. I don't think that's because Osama suddenly decided we were okay, after all. I rather suspect that chasing the Al-Qaeda leadership all over Afghanistan (and parts of Pakistan), and forcing them to divert resources to destabilizing Iraq may have had something to do with it. The increased surveillance and improved communication between domestic law enforcement and overseas intelligence agencies probably helped, too.