12.07.2005

Is George W. Bush the worst president....ever?

A story appearing in the Yahoo! News section asks the question, "Is George Bush the Worst President -- Ever?"

The worst President so far was listed as James Buchanan, the 15th President, but some historians are saying that the current commander-in-chief may be able to take that prize in history, edging Buchanan up a notch.

The historians look at Bush's record:

"He has taken the country into an unwinnable war and alienated friend and foe alike in the process;


"He is bankrupting the country with a combination of aggressive military spending and reduced taxation of the rich;


"He has deliberately and dangerously attacked separation of church and state;


"He has repeatedly "misled," to use a kind word, the American people on affairs domestic and foreign;


"He has proved to be incompetent in affairs domestic (New Orleans) and foreign ( Iraq and the battle against al-Qaida);


"He has sacrificed American employment (including the toleration of pension and benefit elimination) to increase overall productivity;


"He is ignorantly hostile to science and technological progress;


"He has tolerated or ignored one of the republic's oldest problems, corporate cheating in supplying the military in wartime."


Read the entire article here.

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