The most popular and least popular U.S. President

[Keystone Phil]

Bush certainly hasn't been an excellent President. His second term has been a complete mess and a real let down. However, I do believe history will look back on this President as a good President - not great, not horrible.

[Keystone Phil]

I still don't get why a President who let what happened happen could have such a high approval rating right after.

Wtf?  Are you a conspiracy theorist?

Nope.

But why would you approve of a President who let a bunch of planes fly uinto important buildings and kill a bunch of people? I don't understand the reasoning behind that.

"Let a bunch of plans fly into important buildings..."

Yeah, ok. You're intelligent.

[Keystone Phil]

I still don't get why a President who let what happened happen could have such a high approval rating right after.

Wtf?  Are you a conspiracy theorist?

Nope.

But why would you approve of a President who let a bunch of planes fly uinto important buildings and kill a bunch of people? I don't understand the reasoning behind that.

"Let a bunch of plans fly into important buildings..."

Yeah, ok. You're intelligent.

You know, you could in fact answer my question instead of being dismissive.

Uh, the very nature of the question is very, very flawed. That's why I don't answer.

[Keystone Phil]

I still don't get why a President who let what happened happen could have such a high approval rating right after.

Wtf?  Are you a conspiracy theorist?

Nope.

But why would you approve of a President who let a bunch of planes fly uinto important buildings and kill a bunch of people? I don't understand the reasoning behind that.

"Let a bunch of plans fly into important buildings..."

Yeah, ok. You're intelligent.

You know, you could in fact answer my question instead of being dismissive.

Uh, the very nature of the question is very, very flawed. That's why I don't answer.

Explain.

I don't believe the President "allowed" those things to happen.

[Keystone Phil]

What I mean is that if a disaster like that happened under somebody's watch, it would not cause me to support the person in charge if I had not supported him (or her) before.

The country rallies around its leaders at a time like that.

[Keystone Phil]

Is there anyone here who preffered Bush 2004-2008 vs Bush 2000-2004. The way I think about it Bush laid all the horrible plans (in terms of failures and just overall bad ideas) during his second term and for the most part they all came to a head during his second term. Basically I was amazed during the first term Bush was able to do so much damage but do so with the backing of a good portion of the public. Then in his second term he at least tries to rectify some of his mistakes and he has actually taken on some of his more moderate issues such as immigration and the israeli-palestinean conflict (though that is a lost cause started much too late in his presidency). Also there is the fact that Bush really was a lame duck from early 2006 and on.

I definitley prefer the first term over the second though he did bring us Roberts and Alito after he was re-elected.