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Bush 43 is the Worst President of the Last 50 Years

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Was Bush 43 the worst president of the last 50 years? Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal. Carter lost the battle against stagflation. Bush took us to war in Iraq over weapons of mass destruction that didn’t exist, but he kept the nation safe after 9/11. Will history look upon his presidency favorably?

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For: GW Bush is the Worst President
It's All Up to History Now
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Kevin Libin
George W. Bush and Pop Culture's Perception
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Stephen Humphries
A Question of Competence
Monday, April 2, 2007
Richard Lowry
He's the Worst Ever
Sunday, December 3, 2006
Eric Foner
The Worst President in History?
Friday, April 21, 2006
Sean Wilentz
Bush Scrambles for Higher Ground
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Alexis Simendinger
Is this the Real President of the United States?
Monday, July 23, 2007
Ed Pilkington
Against: GW Bush is Not the Worst President
Bush Worst US President Ever? Think Again
Monday, November 10, 2008
William Choong
An Election Day Note: Thanks, President Bush
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Andrew Breitbart: Washington Times November 3
'My Heart and My Values Didn't Change'
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Dan Eggen
A Truman for Our Times
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Edward Luttwak
Why Iraq was Inevitable
Friday, August 1, 2008
Arthur Herman
The President Has Kept Us Safe
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thane Rosenbaum
Not All Bad
What Bush Got Right
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Fareed Zakaria
India: The Forgotten Triumph of Bush's Foreign Policy
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Bill Emmott
U.S. Historians Rate Their President
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Michael Lind
Obama
The Transition: What Change Will Look Like
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Karen Tumulty
Obama's Lincoln
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Evan Thomas
The New Liberal Order
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Peter Beinart
Bush, Out of Office, Could Oppose Inquiries
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Charlie Savage
Challenges Facing Barack Obama: Obama's World
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Economist November 8
Election '08: The New Landscape
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Gerald S. Seib
Rejoin the World
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Nicholas D. Kristof
Obama's Course is Proving Hard to Map
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Ronald Brownstein
Here We Go Again – Maybe
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Julian E. Zelizer
Historical Look at Presidencies
The Presidents Ranked and Graded
Friday, October 31, 2008
Annika Mengisen
Putting the Bush Presidency into Historical Perspective
Thursday, January 5, 2006
NPR
President Carter
Jimmy Carter's Energy Ideas Deserve a Second Chance
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Cynthia Tucker
Iran: Carter's Habitat for Inhumanity
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Investor’s Business Daily May 25
Our Worst Ex-President
Monday, February 1, 2016
Joshua Muravchik
Cheap Meet the Worst Ex-President
Sunday, September 3, 2006
Jack Kelly
Malaise Forever
Monday, May 23, 2005
Jonathan V. Last
The Meaning of Jimmy Carter
Friday, October 18, 2002
Eleanor Clift
Enjoying the Ex-Presidency? Never Been Better.
Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Sara Rimer
Time Heals Old Wounds
Wednesday, December 25, 1991
Otis White
Carter Redux
Sunday, December 10, 1989
Wayne King
New President, Old Dilemmas
Thursday, August 3, 1989
Mary McGrory
Carter: Iran-Contra Affair Worse Than Watergate
Sunday, March 1, 1987
Houston Chronicle November 29
Reaganomics – An Utter Failure
Sunday, October 7, 1984
Berkley Bedel
Jimmy Carter: Why He Failed
Friday, January 21, 2000
Stephen Hess
Economy
Why Unemployment Could Be Worse this Time
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Stephen Gandel
The Blame for the Bloated Economy
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Jeff Jacoby
The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Economic Showdown
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Brian S. Wesbury
President Nixon
The Flaws That Are Often Inseparable from the Talent
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Michael Gove
Nixon's Final Campaign
Friday, July 20, 2007
Michael Nelson
Why Watergate Matters
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Elizabeth Drew
Nixon Lawyer: Censure Bush
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal March 31
Watergate's Impact is Fading, Poll finds
Sunday, June 15, 1997
Calvin Woodward
Nixon's Other Secret Plan
Sunday, May 1, 1994
Michael R. Beschloss
Miller Center Essays
George W. Bush
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Bill Clinton
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
George H.W. Bush
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Jimmy Carter
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Richard Milhous Nixon
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Dwight David Eisenhower
Wednesday, December 31, 1969
Polls
Presidential Approval Ratings: Bush
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
History News Network Poll: 61% of Historians Rate the Bush Presidency Worst
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Robert S. McElvaine April 1
President Bush – Overall Job Rating
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
PollingReport.com January
Poll: Bush Inspires Least Confidence Out of Top World Leaders
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Jim Lobe
Bush Job Approval Highest in Gallup History
Monday, September 24, 2001
David W. Moore