98% of historians say Bush presidency a failure, 61% say he is the worst president ever

[jackson_dem]

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In an informal survey of 109 professional historians conducted over a three-week period through the History News Network, 98.2 percent assessed the presidency of Mr. Bush to be a failure while 1.8 percent classified it as a success.

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Asked to rank the presidency of George W. Bush in comparison to those of the other 41 American presidents, more than 61 percent of the historians concluded that the current presidency is the worst in the nation’s history. Another 35 percent of the historians surveyed rated the Bush presidency in the 31st to 41st category, while only four of the 109 respondents ranked the current presidency as even among the top two-thirds of American administrations.

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At least two of those who ranked the current president in the 31-41 ranking made it clear that they placed him next-to-last, with only James Buchanan, in their view, being worse. “He is easily one of the 10-worst of all time and—if the magnitude of the challenges and opportunities matter—then probably in the bottom five, alongside Buchanan, Johnson, Fillmore, and Pierce,” wrote another historian.

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In a similar survey of historians I conducted for HNN four years ago, Mr. Bush had fared somewhat better, with 19 percent rating his presidency a success and 81 percent classifying it as a failure. More striking is the dramatic increase in the percentage of historians who rate the Bush presidency the worst ever. In 2004, only 11.6 percent of the respondents rated Bush’s presidency last. That conclusion is now reached by nearly six times as large a fraction of historians.

http://hnn.us/articles/48916.html

[terrya]

1. I don't know how any rational thinking person could think otherwise.

[jackson_dem]

5. Yup. It is great to see this. History will give Bush what he deserves

He will rank down there with Buchanan and Hoover.

[connecticut yankee]

10. Not to mention

Warren Gamaliel Harding.

[tekisui]

2. 39% of historians wrong.

What a miserable failure he has been.

[ZombieHorde]

3. Bah!

Books and reading are for the liberal elite.

[Lugnut]

4. Only 61%?

It's hard to believe that anyone thinks he's doing a bang-up job of things.

[Faygo Kid]

6. A lot of historians are reluctant to make such a judgment now. Wait five years.

Then, you will see the numbers move toward 90 percent.

Unless we're all in re-education camps, along with the historians.

[Ishoutandscream2]

7. Irony alert - Bush vs Buchanan

Buchanan wrote in his memoirs that history would vindicate him and the decisions he made in those last horrific months of his administration. Bush is going along the same line, declaring that it may take a while, but history will someday look kindly at him. There's a definite pattern here...

[Maureen54]

8. 1.8%

So one guy classified his presidency as a success?

[LanternWaste]

9. Why do professional Historians hate America?

Why do professional Historians hate America?

Seriously though, I'm surprised Harding didn't rank any lower than he did...


Edited: Spelling, clarity & manners. Not a good day for me to be posting...

[liberal N proud]

11. Still, 19% of Americans believe in him

I don't understand how anyone can support his criminal.

[MercutioATC]

12. They're just misunderestimating his accomplishments.

:evilgrin:

[Fireweed247]

13. We must prove as a country that we are not as stupid as Bush is

This is why he must be impeached and we must set a precedent for other stupid war criminals that might come along and want to run for president.

And we must focus on electing a new Congress that will uphold our Constitution!
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