Practically & realistically speaking, how much worse could bush have done

[The_Casual_Observer]

at this point? Two god damn wars drag on, stocks are tanking, gas at all time high & going ever higher, unemployment jumped by 1/2 point in one month. Prospects bleaker by the day.
If you didn't see this coming in 2001 you didn't know or care to know anything about the idiotic bush family.

[jgraz]

1. Pray we don't find out during the next 7 months.

[DS1]

2. Nuclear war

[Rosemary2205]

5. Is that a real plate or a photoshop?

I HAVE to know. Either way, funny as hell.

[DS1]

9. Real, as far as I know

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. Thus the "practical" caveat. Nothing short of nuclear war could be this bad.

[DS1]

10. As far as I recall

Bush could launch at any time he liked, as could any President. I could be wrong.

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. The only thing that stopped him was retaliation. He's afraid to die.

[TheWraith]

19. Actually, you need the President and the Secretary of Defense to concur.

The two-man rule applies even at the top.

[Rosemary2205]

3. One thing about Bushitas - there's ALWAYS a "worse".

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Iran... haven't been paying attention...

the same movie is being played at your local WH.

Didn't like it the first time and the second time it may even include a nuke or two

You willing to take that risk?

[sandnsea]

7. Unemployment at 10% and interest at 15%

And I've got a feeling it's coming too.

[RC]

21. It is already here. They have been lying to us for years.

[jobycom]

8. Pray to the powers that we don't have a major hurricane this season.

Because all Bush learned from the last one is that FEMA shouldn't supply ice any more.

[SergeyDovlatov]

11. he could have put 100,000 of unpatriotic americans into detention camps, but he didn't

He could have pulled FDR and interned all arab american into some camps in Nevada or what not

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. They floated that, and had a little problem

but they floated it

[Selatius]

12. He could've used nuclear-tipped bunker busters on Iran by now, killing untold civilians.

Of course, that would spark off a region-wide conflict between Iran and the US with economic, military, and diplomatic repercussions the US would be ill-equipped to deal with. The US would be driven into bankruptcy and be little better off than Russia today.

[The_Casual_Observer]

14. Short of nuclear war, there isn't much more damage. What a fucking legacy,

[Vickers]

15. I'm just glad he hasn't had a blowjob in 7+ years.

I mean, what would we tell the CHILDREN???????

[On the Road]

17. He Could Have Done a Robert Mugabe

although Mugabe did have 28 years and unlimited power.

Bush could have followed the plan Wes Clark leaked of invading seven countries in five years. (Although maybe not with the Pentagon dragging its heels.)

One saving grace of Bush is that beyond tax cuts, Iraq, and the whole security issue, he hasn't been able to do anything really radical. That mandate he tried to pretend he had never existed outside defense and foreign policy.

[JDPriestly]

18. You forgot to mention the descent of the dollar into an abyss

deeper than the Grand Canyon.

[Imagevision]

20. Bush is not done until he attacks Iran before leaving office.

[dsc]

22. I would love to see just one commentary dated from 2001 or before

saying he would be that bad. No one saw this coming, no one.