As George W. Bush moves closer to January 20, 2009, his attention and the attention of historians will focus on the legacy of Bush. For the most part that legacy has been set in stone and I can only see it becoming more negative depending on the Iraq War over the next 18 months.
Conservatives will lament the huge increase in the size of government, the increased debt and the new entitlement from the Prescription Drug Plan that was not funded. They will not be happy with his Immigration policy and the mismanagement of the Iraq War. Most of all they will blame Bush for the loss in the control of Congress and the White House in 2008. Democrats will most likely detest just about everything Bush did or failed to do during his eight years in office. The next generation will real for the financial Burden GWB added to our country. I can not imagine what George H.W. Bush must think when he looks at the disaster his son has created in almost every facet of our government.
Below is my take on the Legacy of George W. Bush:
George W. Bush has harmed more Americans then any other president in our history. He has added immensely to the debt we must deal with. He has embroiled our brave military in a Civil War with NO good alternative. He has failed to suggest a SOLUTION for Social Security, Increased the problem for Medicare with the Prescription Drug Plan that has no funding sorce, failed to deal with Education and Energy which will make dealing with these issues far more difficult. He does not enforce our laws and has not protected our borders or ports even after 9/11. His appointees were incompetent and or corrupt. He has usurped the power of Congress and sperms the courts. He has abused our military and alienated hundreds of Millions of people around the world. He stated a war that has made America less safe and killed almost 3,700 troops, injured 26,000 more and has cost America 1/2 Trillion Dollars. He will leave the next President with a mountain of problems that he has either made WORSE or has created during his eight yeas in office. He has divided our country to the greatest extent since our Civil War. It is hard to believe George W. Bush could have done so much in so short of a time!