George Bush - Great President Or Greatest President Ever?
Please read this post first before commenting. This was a 1 hour case study on political link bait.
I watched the state of the union last night and wow… amazing. Even Nancy Pelosi could not contain her admiration for the most powerful man in the world. Every time she stood up and clapped (as I think all Americans were doing) as he talked about his plans for Iraq, health care, social security reform and of course the deficit it was pretty amazing.
George Bush has come such a long way. From rebuilding our country post-9/11 to making Iraq the 51st state (unofficially). Its just too bad he only has 2 years of leadership left. I only hope Rudy Giuliani when he is elected by the people in 2008 will continue the amazing legacy set forth by George Bush.
Curious as to your thoughts on our president. Is he just a great president? Or is he the greatest man ever elected to hold the highest office by the American people?
- 211 Comments. What say you?
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Its unreal the leadership george bush has displayed under such duress . A weaker man would have surely crumbled.
You need another option: Worst President Ever.
I love when Shoe tells people he never intentionally linkbaits.
Just to piss off everyone who is political equally, you should put up another post about how Bill Clinton is the best president ever.
oh man the links should come pouring in on this one. ha ha
Bush is a poohead! Hope thats not to on-the-fence!
Do hear that? That is the sound of inbound links…
Good thing my sarcasm detector was turned on.
dude are you stupid thats not even a option. That is like saying the american people are the worst. We elected the man
Good god man this is the worst, yet best, piece of link debate you have ever posted.
is this a joke?
http://shoutfile.com/v/gSfSsCpR/Why_People_Believe_Americans_Are_Stupid
please man. maybe not true for all but come on.. just watch that video
Great linkbait, what’s it for?
dude go to shoutfile and search “why american people” and click on the 1st video.
Ditto on another option, Worst President Ever. It’ll take decades to fix the ill will he’s caused throughout the world towards Americans.
“That is like saying the american people are the worst.”
Not all … but the ones who elected him
all respect for shoemoney now lost…
I thought that Mexico was the 51st state followed by China as the 52nd and Iraq as the 53rd. Sorry I just lost count seeing as all of these places seem to own more of America than the American people.
I can’t believe what a faux pax it has become to admit publicly that one supports George W. It seems that the online world is even worse than that of the “real” world in its hatred of the man. Though I do not agree with every decision he has made (supporting the sale of our ports to the UAE) I still admire the man and his tenacity. It’s refreshing to see that there are others in the online community that do also.
I voted against him both times so speak for yourself I had no hand in electing him.
Linkbait. Here linky, linky, linky…
Jeremy,
How can you be contacted privately? I know you’re busy, but I sent you a message on myspace, as I thought this to be the only private message i could send you.
and yet somehow only 28% of Americans approve of the job he’s doing…
Shoe, u been watching too much Colbert Report…lol I get it, very funny!
Diebold is the worst. They elected that man.
Shoe - that’s your worst post ever. I feel the complete opposite - he IS and will go down a one of the worst President’s ever.
Lol, Jeremy… Smart link bait, seen that, been there etc
It’s very obvious, especially the part where you force people to either think hes great or the greatest. You must love Colbert. ^^
What? The man is a blundering idiot and a danger to world peace. An idiot, voted in by (dare I say it?) idiots.
Warmonger + Danger = Bush
Money + Oil = Reasons for war
Bin Laden, framed.
911, inside job.
Bush and Blair should be tried for War Crimes. They have the blood of 800,000 people on their hands.
This is Vietnam II - Wake up.
Wow! Jeremey’s now testing one-sided, inflammatory, political linkbait!
That said, I like Bush, he gets a bad wrap.
George bush is the worst president the US has ever seen and the fact that 50% of the US population voted for him is even more discouraging…
You need another option for bad president and leader. He has one of the worst approval ratings ever and has divided us more than united. He had such a wonderful opportunity after 9/11 to lead, but his poor policy has most of the world, even the UK, laughing at us and wondering what happened. Spend some time outside the USA to see what the world thinks of Bush.
I think history will show W was right about a lot of things and the haters will continue to hate no matter who is president.
Now THAT’s some link bait. SEO Black Hat, eat your heart out.
Dude? Are you deleting comments that call this out as linkbait? I just watched mine and another vanish!
it’s pretty obvious huh
too few options to vote correctly
It is, but I just watch two comments wiped.
Me thinks ole Shoemoney is up to something here. I smell lots of sarcasm.
LOL… I agree… You should add more choices or admit this is just a joke.
Is this linkbait?
No, Shoe up to something? C’mon man, put some though into into it!
what.the.fuck.
Linkbait, linkbait, linkbait, linkbait.
Heck, Shoe, if you’re going to delete my comments calling this linkibait, I may as well go all out.
Is show a Master(link)baiter or a Link Ninja?
You have to be kidding? I hope this is a joke?
Worst president ever, he has made the state of the world and country far far worse than I thought possible. He lied to the american people and he has let down all the soldiers in Iraq with his stupidity.
Now I get it. The real linkbait is the deleting of the comments. You’re daring me to blog that you’re deleting comments on this post that mention linkbait.
So I guess I wasn’t the only one who caught that…
I can honestly say, that I have never felt more betrayed by a single person in my entire life. Not once, not even after 9/11, have I ever felt this president has fought for the best interest of the American People. I feel he has sold his soul to lining the pockets of his friends and allies while the majority of America is forced to side with him or face allegations of hatred towards our country. As someone who is not an affluent, white, republican, I truly feel betrayed on all accounts. Our schools, the deficit, the general belief that it is possible to trust those in power, have all crumbled under his leadership, and I truly believe that we are fighting a war not for justice or freedom, but for monetary gain amongst the richest in the world. And it makes me sad that you support him shoemoney.
I consider myself as a libertarian & supported most of Bush’s polices (except abortion & stem cell) but for some reason it remains an unfashionable thing to do (atleast among the techies).
BTB, i scary to imagine what would have happened if Al Gore won in 2000 (most probably we would still be in a recession)
worst president ever
haha… nice shoe.
What if Kerry won in ‘04? While I can’t say I support Bush 100%, Kerry didn’t seem to have much of a spine.
worst president ever…………
only idiots support Bush
Nice linkbait.
somebody takes tv a little to seriously……
It is great to see such an online “guru” who isn’t a left wing extremist.
Dr. LOL to come hit you with the lolstick! Wake up simpletons, it’s a joke.
More importantly, can you really trademark the phrase “skills to pay the bills?”
Seems to be a lot of anti-americans here. Give me a break “911 inside job” you might want to put down your peace pipe for a second and catch a whiff of the real world
It’s amazing how someone who seems so smart could make a post like this.
Wake up! There is no difference between the republicans and the democrats besides rhetoric. Actions speak louder than words.
Bush is working hard trying to create a North American Union with Canada and Mexico, creating national ID cards, and has been caught lying more times than I can count.
I don’t want a dem in there either…they’re both corrupt and unless we admit that, this country will continue down the drain.
Besides, Bush didn’t win in ‘04, the electronic voting machines owned by his insiders did.
The Repubs almost took the Dems during the midterms too because of these machines but they are only in like 35% of the country so they can only steal close ones with them. And when you’re party’s approval rating is hovering around 20% in (non-Foxnews)polls, it’s hard to explain how you won.
Yes, Gore would have been a disaster, so would Kerry (Bush’s distant cousin- yes, Google it), and Bush is. These people vacation together- wake up!
Fox news bashes Hillary all day long and now Rupert Murdoch is having “planning” sessions with her and taking her out to lunch. I guess if Fox news starts promoting her the repubs will start loving her as well.
George Bush could get on TV in a devil suit and horns and people would still love this guy because they associate their power with him.
During his speech he was citing terror claims that were debunked by the freaking FBI themselves over a year ago as hoaxes and he cites them as real threats just to keep you scared.
But no one notices because they are busy watching football and eating fast food and hey, American Idol’s on so I can only think so much in one day.
So just wave your “made in China” walmart flags and love George Bush… /puke
haha, hows the tin foil hat?
Wow, are you serious???!!! I was a HUGE fan of this site until I saw this. This isn’t April 1st. The fact that you didn’t even offer a dissenting option for the poll indicates what a far-right-centric person you are. That is what is wrong with this country. I have nothing against Republicans, just GWB. And I guarantee N. Pelosi was NOT clapping in admiration! Unreal Jeremy! I had such admiration for you!
Al Gore did win in 2000. And it couldn’t be worse then Bush. He is the worst president ever.
I wish you could see the actual internal clock going on in the heads of people as they read this post.
Which clock runs out first? The enraged bush clock or the is this a linkbait post clock?
By the time realization rolls around they’ve already submitted their rant filled post.
love it.
Spine? I’m pretty sure he had a spine, he is a vet and he is smart. Bush… hmmm, well he watched a good movie once with a war and ummm well he… is dumb.
I love how anti bush comments are getting deleted as well…
OK, I get it. It’s some wild SEO contest and this is your link bait idea. Right? Please say yes?
ha! It seems some people actually bought that fahrenheit 911 was a true “documentary”.
fahrenheit 911 = reefer madness
wow, someone behind the scenes is being *very* selective with which comments get though.
while editing an ongoing conversation on your site to support your worldview is your right, I don’t think it’s going to do much to pull Bush out of a low 30s/high 20s approval rating slump.
Could cost the blog some subscribers, though. What’s going on here exactly?
This is some kind of experiment, right?
You know, I read a great post the other day. Mind you, it was before the State of the Union Adress. But both the questions it asks that image that accompanies it really really put the current state of the US into context. You should really check it out.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=51591787&blogID=220282237&MyToken=2d40eb20-c048-4a21-aed4-df807331b09f
lots of immature comments here. dont hate the man, hate his policies and what he’s done.
Hmmm…this smells a bit like link (or in this case stink) bait. Nicely done, Shoe;-)
Option number three missing! Something like the worst president? or US president who killed the most innocent people etc etc
Nice link bait by the way!
Glad to see the comments back.
The best part about the speech was all his commitments were to be accomplished long after he is out of office. He might as well have said “we” would cure AIDS and Cancer and Global Warming.
Great linkbait Shoe!
Isn’t Canada the 51st state, btw?
Regards,
Richard.
lol Brilliant!
Watch out - he deleted a similar comment from me earlier… apparently we aren’t allowed to cal him out for linkbaiting.
Hehe… the blind leading the naked.
As the bumbersticker says: Somewhere in Texas a village is missing its idiot.
: )
On first reading your post I thought you were joking, ignoring the politics for a moment, I don’t think Bush is a particularly good speaker. The idea that he would suddenly improve struck me as odd. My solution was to pop across to the whitehouse site and to take a look.
Apart from lacking any real substance (not really the point of such a speech) there wasn’t that much to criticise. I found the talk about climate change to be interesting and overall nice to see. Though you’ll (as a country) will need to be careful about the whole biofuel issue. I was reading a research paper a couple of weeks ago that suggested the advantage over oil is slim at best.
Talking about the war, terror and peace there was a lot of good news from 2005 and then bad news all the way for 2006. Does anyone have any idea what the status of this ‘voluntary reserve’ would be under the Geneva convention. I can easily envision some of these turning up in some country being held as ‘enemy combatants’.
He actually got me suspicious right at the start when he was talking about spending. In my book any politician who claims to be able to improve services, increase the size of the army, cut the deficit and keep taxes the same is deeply suspect.
now this is some nice linkbait, pretty obvious, but the 70 people above me that commented didnt seem to notice
Shoe, I never knew so many of your followers were on the left until now. What ever happened to free speech? Oh yea, the left is trying to squelch that unless your a registered Democrat.
While I think most of what Bush has said is all good. I don’t like the way he’s handling the illegal alien and border situation. There are some other things I don’t like as well. I can’t stand the fact that people get jumped on for supporting the troops. That is just insane.
@LB
“Besides, Bush didn’t win in ‘04, the electronic voting machines owned by his insiders did.”
This is the most ignorant and asinine thing I have ever read in my life. People need to get over the fact that Bush won and STOP WHINING!
And I want to nominate Hu Jintao as the greatest ever person to jointly hold the positions of President of the People’s Republic of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. One person doing three jobs is an indication of great abilities. A true ally of the United States!
Yes, Canada is the 51st state according to Latisha at Footlocker.
I think I am in the wrong place … and yes I think americans are stupid and yes Bush is the worst . 30% decline of $ value - his fault . Next president will have “some” work to do to fix things .
Do I win a prize if I guess Jeremy is testing his thumbs up thumbs down feature?
Look at most recent post.. sorry I had to reply to someone with my name too
You people are disgraceful, leaving comments like that. A sound sense of patriotism is a sign of a healthy American.
- amd.
shoemoney rules .. that was a badass post. * respect given *
Shoe my man leave it to you. Wait till Bush pisses off everyone including his supporters and then pull this. Now tell the truth did you vote for him? I did, twice!
I bet this thing is going to get dug hard!
Hey Shoemoney - what you gonna linkbait next? Pedophilia is cool? The holocaust never happened? Dickhead.
He just got an invitation to White House. Congratulations!!!
Could not agree more. Nice view of the SOTU, and an even better poll you have there. I’m in a MoonBat FREE ZONE!!!!
This is the dumbest and worst president ever elected in American History.
Wow, I just saw the vote count. Looks like most people think he’s the greatest president ever. Isn’t democracy great?
If we still exist and are not suffering from nuclear fallout in two years, the Worst Dictator - I mean Worst President can go back to Mexico - I mean Texico - I mean Texas.
linkbait
When I see a post as beautiful as this one, my heart swells and I get all choked up and teary eyed.
Bravo shoe, bravo.
I preferred his reading of “My Pet Goat”
As a Swedish person with some sort of a neutral view on it all, he’s the worst president ever. For gods sake, how blind could the American people be?
I’m really not a political person but I am staggered that you have this post on your blog. I am in the UK. Do you Americans realise that the world laughs at this man. He is a complete idiot. It is beyond belief that so many Americans voted him in. As they say in the States. Wake Up and Smell the Coffee. Your president is a total numpty!
>>I love when Shoe tells people he never intentionally linkbaits.
totally agree; this is hilarious.
I can’t put Bush over Reagan, but he’s definitely a great president.
dude, I know all of those and I am american.
Looks like they picked the dumb ones out of us
HE’S NOWHERE NEAR GREAT!
He lost me when he found no weapons of mass destruction.
Transparent link baiting. You should have gone with the tack “Is this the most useless person on earth?�
I love you shoe. You are the king.
EWWW!!!!!
hahaha
Imagine my surprise… after all this time I’ve been reading your blog, I had no idea you were such an ass. Go figure.
Bushy is even “greater” than Nixon was.
Nice linkbait by the way, political blindsiding always creates a stir.
Bush is the best president we have had in 6 years.
Well now we know why your name is shoemoney.
GWB. Dummiest President
Shoemoney when did you take up comedy writing?
The thing I like about you Shoemoney is even when you lose you still act like your a winner!
LOL, how are those mid-terms and the wholesale rejection of Bush and Cheney sitting with you Mid West Republicans Shoe ???
PS: You’re the only Republican in America that I like Shoemoney!
Are you smoking crack? Bush should die!! He hasnt done shit for this country
Thank you for posting this- finally somebody sees the truth. The liberal media is making our president out to be a crook, but we know that he is the greatest president ever. If only a president could have three terms…
LOL, you should join Shoemoney writing comedy!
We should have outlawed the Republican party after Nixon got busted in Watergate!
Republican tactic # 1, blame the “Liberal Media” instead of the criminals that commited the crimes against America and it’s citizens.
Do you think Libby is on trial because Cheney is a good guy man?
haha… ok, i get the joke.
very good man, you rock! ;o)
Yes, I agree he is a great president!
I’m in Canada - my thoughts exactly.
I think it is sad how so many people in the united states are blind to the fact that Iran, Russia, Cuba, China etc.. are all buddies and want to wipe isreal and the united states off the map infact Iran has even publicly stated this Bush is the only person that wants to keep them from doing so. These people dont hate us because we are in Iraq they hate us because we are Americans and they hate Isreal because they are Jews so realize this when a nuke goes off and kills millions of people in America it will kill as many clueless anti American liberals as conservatives
Very Very GOOOOOOOOOD Monkedent
in the galaxy
I think so too
i support my President at all times and i say all who do not support the war on terror support terror and need to be locked away forever in gitmo!!!
Wow! mine too. I thought I was at the Pat Robertson site for a minute there… Great joke.
I think Carter was the worst!
Our President Is A Failure
Nice one, Shoe……!!!
The very WORST President EVER was JIMMY CARTER!!! His legacy speaks for itself!
As for Dave and his conspiracy theories………wow……..leave the LSD alone, will ya??
In WW 2 we as Americans were concerned with one thing…….winning the war and destroying our enemies. Who cares what other people think of us? Put it this way, how many times have WE had to rescue them (those that you would worry so much about how they think or feel) Too many!! Brush up on your history, man!
Enough of the political games. That is what got us into WW 3…………
I am a Patriot. I may not always agree with President Bush on everything, but at least he has the balls to identify and KILL our enemies, instead of the super-liberals policies of taking long showers into the middle of the night with our enemies.
Again, CARTER the placation king = the WORST President ever!!!
By the way, it is uncool to call those with which you disagree “idiots”………..we are not!
Dude, how about the Terrorists being the danger to World Peace!
Bin Laden framed? He CONFESSED to doing it! Have you not seen Bins own tapes and words………
911 Inside job…………wow! For what purpose? Oil……….come on, doesn’t even pass the logic test. We got caught with our pants down and Bin gave it to us good!
War crimes? Now that is just plain silly.
Vietnam 2? Really………..now that is interesting. Not sure how you drew that conclusion………..wow, again.
You are entitled to your opinion. Thank God, your opinion is NOT shared by the CLEAR thinker or most of America.
I don’t know if the above mentioned poll is a serious endorsement of Bush, or just a link bait scheme as some have mentioned here. Be it link bait or not, the spirit of it is refreshing nonetheless.
I get really tired of Bush Derangement Syndrome, that seems to afflict most people with just the mention of this name. Most of the anger toward the administration is unjustified, unfounded, and without any real substance, and mostly idealogical in nature.
I have never seen a man more vilified than Bush. Even Nixon caught a little slack, despite his very personal and criminal failings. Calling him (Bush) dumb is also very funny to me. I realize he is not the most articulate person on the world, but speaking well is not the only indicator of intelligence.
Slick Willie, with his Road Scholar status, was probably one of the most morally bankrupt Presidents we ever had. He has done more to destroy the Democratic party than any other President of memory.
He lost more house seats because of Hilliary care, and, despite hanging chads, voter disenfranchisement (no solid evidence was ever formulated that people were prevented from voting - or that certain votes were not counted - despite several investigations) it is one of the reasons that Gore lost the Presidency.
He (Gore) did not run on the Clinton record, and Slick Willie was more interested in helping Hillary get into the Senate, then helping Gore get the Presidency. Yet, even though he is a thin skinned narcissist, some in the Democratic Party think he is some sort of political rock star based on the fact he has decent oratory skills, and the ability to be a charming lier.
Whatever you think about the war in Iraq, Bush has done a good job taking the fight to extremists. Six years without an attack is a pretty good track record. A third of Al Queda leadership eliminated from the planet.
Don’t care about the argument that we have created more terrorists “dribble”. Seems they were pretty mad at us before the occupation. They declared war on us in the 90’s when they tried to destroy the towers the first time. I never saw much being done about terrorism under Clinton’s reign.
For a supposedly dumb guy, he has managed to score a number of legislative victories despite the hostile congressional environment he has to live with. From tax cuts, to dodging the daily slings and arrows of congressional threats, resolutions, schemes, and all manner of protest, he is sticking to his guns about the war, and does not seem to be rattled by much of what people have to say.
For a “miserable faiure” he has also performed admirably leading a sustained, growing economy, while contributing to a lower Federal deficit. But, I am sure that war spending does not help to do much to bring it lower still. Lower taxes, despite the conflict in the middle east is bringing in more revenue.
According to CBS, no conservative organization mind you..
Federal Budget Deficit Lowest In 5 Years
Politicians Debate Presidential Tax Cuts’ Role In Red Ink Reduction
CBS News - WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2007
“The deficit for the 2007 budget year that ended Sept. 30 was 34.4 percent lower than the $248.2 billion deficit recorded in 2006, reflecting faster growth in revenues than in government spending.”
While spending in Washington, and Bush not employing the Veto pen often enough is still way out of hand, I would be willing to bet that not many people will give any credit to the Bush for making strides to lower the nations financial burden.
On the other side of the financial coin, the stock market hovers around 14,000, up eleven percent as of this month, Oct 07. The unemployment rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for Sept of 07, is at 4.7. Considering we have a war going on, both of those statistical revelations are astounding. Clinton at his best, with no war, was 5.2.
However, not every President can take all of the credit, or all of the blame for favorable economic numbers. But, lowering taxes, improves the business climate, investment, employment rates, and will bring in more revenue to the Federal coffers. It worked under Reagan, and it is working under Bush.
Lower taxes also helps small businesses expand their business operations, product lines, and the ability to hire more people. More people hired, more consumer spending, better economy. Simplistic reasoning you might say?
Consider the fact that Small Business does most of the hiring in this country. They are the first to be hit the hardest when economic conditions are in a downturn. If small business goes, so goes the economy. Tax increases and schemes will hurt them the most.
Personally, I don’t want to go back to 1979 when the top tax rate was seventy percent, and the prime lending rate in 1980 was 21.5. Around the same time period, inflation was at 10%, and unemployment reached 8%.
If you think things are bad in 2007 just wait till the Democrats take the reigns of Government. Free everything for everybody. Tax everything, and everyone to pay for it.
Charles Rangel, Chairman of The House Ways And Means Committee is gearing up for the “mother of all tax increases” if Madame Hillary stays the front runner, and ultimately wins the Presidency.
What he can’t get now through the Senate, will once again be brought to the legislative forefront if the Dem’s finally wind up controlling everything.
So, the bottom line is, I will take a dumb, inarticulate President, who is willing to do the heavy lifting when it comes to defending the nation, lowering taxes, and showing some form of leadership.
I don’t agree with everything Bush has done, but he has done more then people give him credit for.
I hope those who want the Government to be all Democrat, all the time, get what they wish for. I hope that you are not a small business owner, a sole proprietor, or an affiliate marketer, self-employed, or just work for a living. For those of you who want Hilliary Clinton for President, just remember, this is what is in store for you..
While addressing a Democratic fund-raiser Madame Clinton said this…
“Many of you are well enough off that … the tax cuts may have helped you,” Clinton said, according to the Associated Press. “We’re saying that for America to get back on track, we’re probably going to cut that short and not give it to you.
“We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”
Lovely.. And this woman is the front runner? Can you say Karl Marx? If she does not have a divided government, and the Democrats are in charge, together with Rangel, they will reak havoc and release the tax dogs of war. Be careful what you wish for..
As far as Presiden Bush is concerned, is he the greatest President ever, no, I don’t think so. Good for this moment in history, and for this economy. You bet. Better than any Democrat on the ticket today..
Thats my rant..
Robert..
History will show that bush was one or the worst presidents ever even worse than the neo-fascist ronald reagan. All of his servile minions on this comment section must be living in an alternate universe. This “man” has squandered all the moral capital the united states gained in ww2 in 6 short years!! Hell of a way to start the 21st century!!!