Historians Give Bush Failing Grade (New Survey)

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Historians give President Bush a failing grade
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 2, 2006


ALBANY - If his presidency ended now, Republican George W. Bush would go down in history as a failure, according to a majority of college history and political science professors surveyed nationwide.

And, 67 percent of the 744 professors responding to the survey conducted by Siena College's Research Institute said they doubted Bush "has a realistic chance of improving his rating" during his remaining time in office.

The results of the survey were made public yesterday by the Albany-area institute.

"While time is needed to fairly and accurately gauge how well any president ranks with his predecessors, George W. Bush starts with a ranking that could hardly be lower," said Thomas Kelly, professor emeritus of American studies at Siena.

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1. Rolling Stone has an article by a leading historian which says the

same thing. Of course when asked about his historical reputation Bush only says, "What does it matter? I'll be dead."