Macfistowannabe said:Kind of ironic - a lot of left-leaning posters on here have made comments about their dislike for the term limit in the past.
timothius said:* He was an intellgent man who had a grasp of the issues.
* He knew the value of planning with allies & working within the framework of a global society.
* He was an experienced diplomat who knew how to resolve situations involving many parties successfully.
* He was reasonable.
* He was not a true neo-con.
melon said:
Compared to his son, yes, Bush, Sr. is all of these things. Compared to everyone else, I say this:
He lived in denial of an economic recession throughout his term. He, like most Republicans, construct a large foreign policy to deflect from their massive domestic policy failures. Honestly, looking at our Republican presidents, if we remove all foreign policy from consideration, what would we remember them by?
Melon