Trump vs. W Bush

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here. I want to add, OP, that I find this question extremely troubling. It normalizes Trump by comparing him to other presidents. We have never had a dictator before.

Bingo came here to say this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually liked G Dub. He was funny, kinda dumb, but he was a decent person. I lived near his home in Preston Hollow in Dallas and he was very kind and hung out about the area. He was not a mean-spirited person but could be influenced by friend Cheney, who was mean but not crazy. No. This orange ulcer is not only evil, but dangerous. And he has a huge following and the backing of the 1%.

Agree 100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but in order to be the president of the United States, you have to commit horrible atrocities abroad as part of the job.

Maybe Trump is more evil than Bush, but under the latter's presidency, infinitely more war crimes and civilian casualties took place all under the pretext of weapons of mass destruction.

Trump is in his own category-the felon rapist category. This presidency was to stay out of prison let't be real honest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but in order to be the president of the United States, you have to commit horrible atrocities abroad as part of the job.

Maybe Trump is more evil than Bush, but under the latter's presidency, infinitely more war crimes and civilian casualties took place all under the pretext of weapons of mass destruction.

Trump is in his own category-the felon rapist category. This presidency was to stay out of prison let't be real honest.

Seems the question is which is worse, being a rapist are killing some million brown people?

[Anonymous]

Trump escalated the genocide of Gaza in 2025. (It's unclear if Biden or Harris or a Democrat would have done the same or similar, or de-escalated.)

Thats as bad as Bush's pretextual wars for oil/defense contractor profiteering.

Trump also is wrecking the economy like Trump did.

Trump mishandled COVID, killing hundred of thousands.

Trump is shredding the Constitution and the Federal government, running a bank robbery on a scale never imagined before, while destroying the basic components of civilization that we took for granted because no one on any side was stupid enough to blow up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bush is a genius compared to trump

Their intelligence is comparable, but W was raised better, better educated, and made an effort. W hired mostly (not all) competent people who may have been corrupt, but at least weren’t as nakedly corrupt as this administration. The biggest difference of all is that W didn’t have dementia when he was president.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you d kept up with politics for a while, do you think the current reaction to Trump is on par with sentiments towards George W Bush?

Every time a new Republican comes along.
"This guy is evil and dumb."
"This guy is so much worse than that guy. The last guy was actually reasonable. He was pretty bright and sophisticated."

They went from saying Romney isn't one of us(literally a campaign ad) to wishing he were the President.

There will be another guy that comes along and liberals will be saying Trump was actually a good guy.

No, we won’t. Who are you planning to run next, the devil himself?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I always felt that Bush — with Cheney— was a terrible president, but he wasn’t a completely terrible human being. I could imagine having an enjoyable dinner with him and Laura — as long as we stayed away from most political topics. I think he quite often meant well — but couldn’t really understand or anticipate some of the huge problems that could be expected to accompany what I view as terrible policies. No Child Left Behind is one example.

Trump, though, was long seen in NY as a racist, a dishonest and bullying businessman, and as someone you would not want to get stuck in an elevator with. Some people adore that. It’s a very different vibe. I don’t think people ever used words like “malignant narcissist “ and progressive “dementia “ about Bush, for all his highly problematic decisions.

I guess you need to go back to that time. Seems you have forgotten what was said about GWB by the left, again and again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you d kept up with politics for a while, do you think the current reaction to Trump is on par with sentiments towards George W Bush?

Every time a new Republican comes along.
"This guy is evil and dumb."
"This guy is so much worse than that guy. The last guy was actually reasonable. He was pretty bright and sophisticated."

They went from saying Romney isn't one of us(literally a campaign ad) to wishing he were the President.

There will be another guy that comes along and liberals will be saying Trump was actually a good guy.

No, we won’t. Who are you planning to run next, the devil himself?!

Running who? You told us there would be no other elections after Trump?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bush is a genius compared to trump

Their intelligence is comparable, but W was raised better, better educated, and made an effort. W hired mostly (not all) competent people who may have been corrupt, but at least weren’t as nakedly corrupt as this administration. The biggest difference of all is that W didn’t have dementia when he was president.

I'd put W, Biden and Trump in the same category of intelligence. Reasonably smart but not elite presidential smart like Obama and Clinton were. We need more Obamas and Clintons and less of lower IQ folks.

[Anonymous]

There are plenty of Republicans who supported and voted for Bush, but hate Trump. Trump is in a class of his own. It is not the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you d kept up with politics for a while, do you think the current reaction to Trump is on par with sentiments towards George W Bush?

No, Trump= Peace Maker vs Bush =War Maker

Didn't 1 million plus civilians die because of Bush and companies wars?

On the other hand: PEPFAR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but in order to be the president of the United States, you have to commit horrible atrocities abroad as part of the job.

Maybe Trump is more evil than Bush, but under the latter's presidency, infinitely more war crimes and civilian casualties took place all under the pretext of weapons of mass destruction.

LOL, thanks for jinxing the country.

[Anonymous]

Bush's legacy of fighting a war for Israel, the toll it took on our economy, and the mass slaughter under his presidency will probably never be matched going forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bush is a genius compared to trump

Bush was a lackey fooled by cheney