2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Who has been the WORST President of YOUR lifetime? And Why? [View all]Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)except I wasn't born yet when he was Pres. He arguably did the most out of any of our most recent presidents to undo the New Deal by popularizing trickle-down, he drastically lowered top taxes from Carter while raising taxes on the poor, he escalated the Cold War, and he exploited white conservatives' resentment of blacks (Welfare Queens) in order to further his agenda.
However, I have to admit--Bush ll is easily a close second. I'll never forget how frightened I was on the morning of 9/11, as my Dad was driving me to school and we heard about the WTC attacks on the radio. I genuinely wanted him to succeed, but he did a horrible job as president keeping the country safe, and as we all know--his policies cost us jobs.
Bush ll and the GOP in general ironically are the main reason why I became interested in politics in the first place, and why I'll stay involved until the day I die.
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