Name Just 1 Thing This President Has Done For You!!

[dogday]

Last week on CNN Lou Dobbs asked John Fund the exact same question and Mr Fundie answered."Tort Reform". I kid you not, Tort Reform are the exact words and I just laughed out loud.. How does Tort Reform help me? It doesn't, the fact the John Fundie could not name one thing proves my point...

I can't think of a single thing this President has done for me or mine, Can You????

[Joe Fields]

1. Sorry, can't think of one.

I can think of many things he's done to me, but nothing he has done for me.

[Chomp]

2. Reminded

me of the importance of voting.

[dogday]

8. Very Good Answer!

It is true that he stimulates us all to get out and vote as often as possible.....

[OldLeftieLawyer]

3. Pissed me off

in ways heretofore unknown to me.

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Elevated my blood pressure and made my vocabulary much more obscene.

[Midlodemocrat]

10. Ya beat me to it.

:thumbsup:

[gizmo1979]

46. I was going to say that also.

You beat me to it.

[Inland]

64. Bush/Tourette's Syndrome. nt

[terrya]

82. Yep.. I've used the word "fuck" a lot more in the past 5 years.

Otherwise, he hasn't done a single fucking thing for me.

[saltpoint]

5. Tort reform. Well, I hadn't considered tort reform, no. Not at all, in

fact.

What Dubya's done for me is remind me of how damaging it is to place power in the hands of someone who is not spiritually great.

I'm ripping off Stanley Kunitz there. Sorry, Stanley.

[converted_democrat]

6. He's raised my blood pressure, and given me ulcers.... n/t

[BOSSHOG]

7. Inspired me

to defeat every republican in every election on every ballot. Inspired me to show my Vet card at every opportunity to every worthless flag waving chickenhawk I happen across. Inspired me to laugh in the face of every "christian" whining that they have been persecuted.

[hootinholler]

50. I'm down with that

He awoke in me an outrage so vast I cannot comprehend it.

-Hoot

[sproutster]

9. If I was a CEO I could give you a bullet list and a smile

[boobooday]

11. He has awakened many people who think like me

I am thankful that his evil is equally balanced by incompetence, which has exposed him. Not even the power of the corporate media can save him now.

[Warpy]

12. His tax cuts to the rich helped investors

like my pop survive on their stocks. I'm glad my pop went out thinking all would continue to be fine economically. Stupid didn't get his vote in 2004, though.

Tax cuts for the rich did nothing for us directly, but they did support the stock market, something that helped the WWII generation.

[austengirl]

13. I can't think of a single thing

that this President has done that makes my life better on a personal level. All I see is him using his office to consolidate power and divide people.

[tnlefty]

Welcome to DU austengirl!

:hi:

[madokie]

14. Showed me I have the capacity to hate

[Joe Fields]

69. and that's a good thing?

the question was "what has Bush done for you?", not "to you."

[Yupster]

15. The 10 %

income tax rate hits just about everyone.

Also, my wife and I just put 4k each in our Roth IRA's. Limit used to be 2k each.

Also switched my 401(k) contributions to a Roth 401(k) this year which is brand new.

Not big deals, but you asked.

[salin]

16. one certain, another possible future:

1) turned some long-term GOP friends/acquaintences off from the GOP - and towards independent and *gasp* democrats

2) given the numbers for bush and "Ditch Mitch" - perhaps will yet turn Indiana purple, if not fully Blue.

I would say those are both good things.

[leftofthedial]

17. I've lost everything

literally everything. After 30 years of working hard, playing by the rules, doing the "right thing," I'm now back to zero, thanks directly to the policies of these thieves.

they have done less than nothing for me.

[dogday]

20. I am so sorry to hear that

It has been tough for my family as well. Hang in there :hi:

[leftofthedial]

70. you too!

:hi:

[saltpoint]

21. leftofthedial, you have lost much and therefor suffered much as you

have explained on these boards.

But you have not lost the intellect, the patient ability to cull diamonds from dust, and the nobility of personhood.

Most members of the Bush administration didn't even bring those gifts into office with them. It may even have been a prerequisite for signing on to the team.

You emerge with your dignity and significant attributes entact. The Bush administration, all-powerful and unquestioned for so long, is in shards.

[leftofthedial]

28. thank you for the kind words

On the plus side, I am now debt free

I've written some great songs

I've found a community of kindred, supportive spirits and great friends here at DU

I've found a new commitment to my physical community via work with at-risk kids. I've lost much, but these kids have suffered beyond my comprehension.

[saltpoint]

34. I say the smart money's on you.

If you can navigate misfortune and emerge entact with a clear head and a good heart -- and you have -- you're on high, solid ground.

Look forward to your posts on DU, leftofthedial. We're with ya.

[acmejack]

38. Me too, don't get sick in *'s AmeriKa!

But I never wrote letters ot the Editor before, I never attended political rallies, I wasn't a member of the local Democratic Party, I never voted in the Primary, I never wore political t shirts. A lot of things he has done for me.

[leftofthedial]

72. don't get sick is right

don't have anything go wrong

don't lose your job

live in perpetual fear that you'll get sick, or that a family member will, or that you'll lose your job or that your SO will

this "ownership society" is no way for people to live.

[SOS]

68. You're not alone leftofthedial

Since January 2001 we've been ruined.

Wife lost job, was replaced by someone half her age at half her salary.
can't afford health insurance
retirement savings spent.
thousands in debt to credit cards
no raise for me in years
home business destroyed by monopolistic competitor

The 90s were good to us. With the Bush/Republican one-party state, we've gone from middle class and happy to poor and nervous.
The only plus is that we no longer participate in the system and are working daily towards "off the grid" independence.

Stay strong. They can take all the money for themselves, but they'll NEVER damage our spirit.

[leftofthedial]

73. at least I'm out of debt now

that's one good thing.

[brainshrub]

18. The "Do Not Call" list is kinda cool.

Credit given to where credit is due.

[Inland]

62. That's everyone's choice.

Gotta hand it to Bush, he didn't veto it.

[Chemical Bill]

94. It sure makes up for the illegal wars and ruined economy.

:sarcasm:

[Jack Rabbit]

19. He made me feel more charitable toward the memories of Nixon and Reagan

[Minnesota Libra]

22. What has idiot boy done for me?? Totally screwed up EVERYTHING nt

[Brigid]

23. *Thinks Hard*

Nothing. Nada. Niente. Nulla. Rien. Zilcho.

I saw that "tort reform" bit on Lou Dobbs. I sat there with my mouth hanging open for a moment, then burst out laughing. Tort reform? Give me a break! :banghead:

[dogday]

31. I laughed too, although it was not funny

at all, I laugh at the audacity of his statment... It was so freaked up...

[walldude]

24. He brought me to DU....

Beyond that his administration is FUBAR...

[dogday]

30. That's why I came here as well....

That is a great thing, is it not???

[onehandle]

25. He promised to catch Osama and succeeded. Wait...scratch that. nt

[mrcheerful]

26. Lets see, GW gave me the medicare prescription drug plan that I refuse to

use because its all smoke and mirrors. most of the plans they offered only covered a small part of the drugs I take, so I have to spend even more on prescripts so it cuts into my cost of living. He gave the oil companies a free ride to price gouge gas prices and allowed them to make record profits at my expense, then turned around and reduced their taxes by 15%. So I'm spending more on gas and heat then I do on food. He gave people on SS a 2% cost of living raise, though the cost of living raised 75% since the raise. Yep old Georgie boy, the kid dragon slayer has set up a system that enables the rich to get richer at the expense of everyone else. By the way he also made it popular to be christen, as long as you don't believe in the wussy christ of the main stream religions. Yep GW did alot of nothing for me or amerika.

[BlueEyedSon]

27. Radicalized me.... I mean who even CARED about politics during Clit'n?

[ashling]

40. I am glad that he did that for you, BUT

a LOT of us cared about politics during previous administrations. I take offense at that remark

[BlueEyedSon]

45. (tongue in cheek... also consider how much "better" things were!)

:)

[kurth]

29. Bush's greatest accomplishment:

Adding color to the $10 bill.

Made it ugly, too.

[bmxeroftruth]

32. well

a bad thing he has done is changed my future forever, ruined my country, ummm too many i cant go on it would take me forever

[Siyahamba]

33. Increased my chances of being a hate-crime victim

by thousands of percent.

[gardenista]

35. Got me to stop watching TV

We unplugged from cable (no other reception) after he stole the election in 2000. Never looked back.

We can download some of our faves from iTunes, or watch on DVD, and screw the rest.

[scubadude]

36. He has singlehandedly created more Democratic voters than anyone!

He has also, along with my logic, helped me personally change 4 republicans into Dems....

I don't believe it was worth the price we are paying.

Scuba

[rpgamerd00d]

37. He got me involved in politics.

[TahitiNut]

39. He serves as an example of virtually everything I abhor.

Prior to 2000, I would have never imagined it possible.

[ktowntennesseedem]

41. Come to think of it, my tort has grown quite lethargic and stagnant...

A little reform might do it some good. Thank you Mr. President!

(Other than that, I can't think of anything, either.)

[mtnsnake]

42. Imagine if you asked what he HASN'T done that he SHOULD HAVE

There wouldn't be enough bandwidth to accomodate all the detailed repsonses!

[mwb970]

53. Imagine a president who was right as often as * is wrong.

It's really amazing to observe how Dick and the Chimp have been wrong, wrong, wrong about every single thing they have put their grubby little hands on. It seems mathematically impossible for two people to be so far wrong about so many things.

Is there anyone who is right as often as these two jerks are wrong?

[helderheid]

43. He got me to register to vote for the 1st time - DEMOCRAT of course.

[Fleshdancer]

44. He lied to send my brother to Iraq, does that count?

Oh wait...are you asking if he did anything GOOD for me? Well if that's the question then I have nothing for you. He has given me frustration and fear. Nothing more.

[bigtree]

47. I found DU looking for ways to challenge him

[Generic Other]

55. A true Bunnypants!! LOL

Did you make that? Good job!

[cigsandcoffee]

48. Ask not what your country can do for you...

...but what you can do for your country.



I don't want anything from the President other than to be left alone to conduct my business, but would prefer not to be made less safe by ineptitude.

[Zorra]

49. Given me a greater appreciation for the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson warned us against Bu*h and the fascist/corporatist republican party.

I guess not enough of us listened.

[Buddyblazon]

51. He has actually done something for me...

He has made me 1000x more politically active and aware.

I thought I had my finger on the pulse. Not till this guy got in office.

[SoulGlo]

58. agreed

I had to do a little more searching. I couldn't be intellectually lazy anymore.

[mwb970]

52. He has been a complete, total failure.

Not just in the presidency either - his whole life is one screwed-up mess after another, with Georgie never taking responsibility, never being held accountable by anyone, ever. He is the most spoiled little brat I have ever known to hold public office. His very existence is an insult.

To answer your question, other than making me hate him and the Dick more than I thought was possible, no, he has done nothing for me.

[Generic Other]

54. Made me quit spending money

Made me more paranoid, less secure, more despairing, sadder. Left me emotionally drained, incredulous, enraged, underwhelmed. Gave me night sweats, high blood pressure, a permanent frown line on my forehead.

Made me an activist, caused me to speak out, energized me to participate in the political process.

[gulliver]

56. Lowered my top tax rate and created HSAs.

Then he took it all back with high gas prices, high college tuitions, interest on the debt and, possibly, ruining the country and world. He is not the worst president ever. The power he wields, the population, and the technology in existence gives him enough leverage to be the biggest fuck-up in human history.

[degreesofgray]

57. He made me feel smarter than the president

and he alerted me to the existence of the Internets. Oh, and he alerted me to the fun, healthy pastime of brush clearing. He also taught me it's okay to launch loogeys on the White House lawn. Oh, and that I don't really need Social Security or clean water or safe food or polar ice caps or a balanced check book or foreign friends or body armor or flood insurance. So, all in all I'd say I've come out ahead in the past 5+ years.

[Sugarcoated]

59. to play devil's advocate

A response I got to the question:

I don't want presidents to do anything "for me" except defend the Constitution, defend the country, cut taxes and waste, and leave the rest to local governments, families and individuals who can vote with their feet. Federalism yo! The rest of life's pieces fall in place quite well, as well as they can. That work?

[Notoverit]

60. Woke me up! (stealing the 2000 eleection)

[BiggJawn]

61. Depressed me.

Thanks, Il Douche! I REALLY like hating to wake up in the morning and eating pills that make me feel weird...

It's SO fucking fun to be a bitter Cynic, too, but face it, Shrubby, you've killed any hope a rational person should have for the future of this little Network 23/Mad Max world you and your Neo-Cons are creating.

[Inland]

63. Dobbs was great: "Maybe something a little more direct...

that seems like trickle down someday to me" or to that effect.

He's right on: the repug theory is that everythign that helps their special interest directly helps the country indirectly. Hey, fucks, how about helping ME directly and letting it trickle to YOU for a change?

[muttcats]

65. Learned how to live on noodles

I have learned how to live on noodles and cook for my family as if we lived in some third world country.

[lies and propaganda]

66. He helped me VOMIT that day I was hung over

Just kept looking at the tv and it all just kept spewing out of me.

thanks BushCo!

[AlCzervik]

67. He's made me reach new levels of anger, new heights even

i never knew i could be so pissed off all the time.

[undeterred]

71. He made me an activist.

He's good at making terrorists too.

[demgurl]

74. Bush has done a lot for me.

I have changed, because of him, in the last 5 years. I was sort of politically aware in my 20's but it was when I was in my late teens I would participate in protests. I know I was only a teen but I did as much as I could to end apartheid by working with members of the ANC in Canada. I traveled to other provinces to participate and I even tried raising money.

I have voted and tried to keep up on the issues but kind of lost my way until I got a computer and found all of you. Bush inspired me to get out there again. I explained to my kids about Bush's policies on things and they got out there as well.

Bush has inspired me to be much more involved from donations to voting to protesting. If we had another Bill Clinton I am positive I would not be as educated about things as I am now. I trusted the government back then and if he were still there I would not need to be educated as we would undoubtedly have a great economy and maybe even national health care.

What's more, I sat in bed watching 'Rent' the other night and I cried because it is so wrong that we should make laws to keep people who love each other from marrying. Because of their real, not perceived, persecution I now want to give something to the gay community. All people deserve love and dignity and I am seriously thinking of trying to find an AIDS hospice in the area and volunteer my time.

Bush has allowed me to find compassion I never knew I had. He has inspired me to passionately teach my children their rights in this country. I am much more educated because with Bush I need to be.

To sum it up, Bush has just made me a better person all the way around. I am twice the person I was before he came into office.

[MODemocrat]

75. Honestly, I cannot think of a thing Bush's policies have done for me

It's not because he's a republican, because I happen to disagree with several democrats on issues. However, in all my years, I've never known a president who's been so downright "useless." It's as if
he's not even there for us, the people of this country, but just there to benefit himself and all the corporations, and fat-cats.x( ;( :shrug: :shrug:

[nj_democrat_rocks]

76. This President has eroded my faith in the people of this land.

And made us the buffoons we always thought we were not, all 'round the world.

[dogday]

78. Welcome to DU nj_democrat_rocks

:hi:

[Mr_Spock]

77. Made me angry!

:D

[tabasco]

79. He has caused me to examine & research the possibility of living

somewhere else.

[mnhtnbb]

91. Yes, we chose Panama.

[Spinoza]

80. To be honest,

I HAVE saved a lot of money from reduced taxes. (Nearly $50,000 including 2005. I am in a 28%-33% tax bracket.) All of which went to helping to put my two childen thru Ivy League colleges. I recognize that I benefited at the expense of many poorer people. Still, I can't deny that I DID benefit as did many people in a 28% or higher tax bracket.

[Jigarotta]

81. he made me pay way more attention to politics and corporate greed.

and lieing media, etc.

Thanks, Gorge. but no thanks.

[Vinca]

83. He's caused me to develop a terrible "potty" mouth.

Not a day goes by (when Congress is in session) that I don't yell and swear at CSpan. My husband has reminded me on occasion that Shrub's name is "George" Bush not "Fucking" Bush.

[Pushed To The Left]

84. Destroyed the Republican Party!

Democrats and progressive organizations picked up a lot of momentum and support thanks to "W"

[Haole Girl]

90. Oh, that's a good one!

Seriously, thanks! I couldn't think of a single positive outcome of his presidency, myself.

[alfredo]

85. He gave me a lot of material for my

anti * site.

See below.

[0rganism]

86. Brought me back to the Democratic party

I was a fairly cynical Green, mad as hell at Clinton for NAFTA/GATT, the "salvage rider," and telecom deregulation. I voted for Nader in 1996 and 2000.

In 2004, I was volunteering with the Kerry/Edwards campaign.

[Blue_In_AK]

87. Brought me to DU? n/t

[HeeBGBz]

97. Ditto

Perhaps the only good he's ever done.

[mnhtnbb]

88. Motivated me (and hubby) to buy property in Panama

so that we'll have somewhere to go when it gets ugly in the U.S. as a result of his 8 years of screwing the country.

[splat@14]

89. Good post, makes one think. Like so many others here, Bush and keepers

made me angry enough to get involved locally, vote, send editorials to the local paper, write my reps, discuss events with others, and join DU. Does it strike anyone else that there shouldn't to be a DU website? This site (IMO) is born out of frustrations of the failures and transgressions of the Bush Administration.
Splat

[sweetheart]

92. shifted the focus from china to india

I admire the morbid attempt to shift the alliance of a democratic free
nation to india where a most favoured trading partner shares more values
than any chinese totalitarianism... but that before american totalitiarianism...
and then perhaps they deserve each other.

[stepnw1f]

93. I Didn't Know I Was a "Liberal"

until this piece of shit slimed into office.

[SammyWinstonJack]

95. He's made my life miserable in all ways possible.

He's made my life a living Hell and I don't even believe in Hell.

[madeline_con]

96. Does comic relief count?

But, it's also damn sad, how he's run the U.S. into the ground the way he did his little oil co. back in TX. :(

[Starbucks Anarchist]

98. Made me realize the Horatio Alger dream is pure BS.