# The "Bush was a bad President" argument and supporting it rhetorically in bars & pubs

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 21, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-was-a-bad-president-argument-and-supporting-it-rhetorically-in-bars-pubs/486834 "2009-02-21T09:42:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-was-a-bad-president-argument-and-supporting-it-rhetorically-in-bars-pubs/486834/41 "2009-02-25T01:52:07Z")

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> [@foolsguinea](#):
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> The invasion itself was rushed, without taking the time to train more Arabic-speaking personnel. De-Baathification created chaos.

Don’t forget the desperate need to run all the Arabic-speaking homos out of gummint positions. Don’t want them putting throw pillows and potpourri all over the place.

**Clothahump** , you’re as hilarious as always. Thanks.

-Joe

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-was-a-bad-president-argument-and-supporting-it-rhetorically-in-bars-pubs/486834/42 "2009-02-25T03:19:53Z")

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> Well, seven years later for Tojo

You’re right. For some reason, I was wrongly thinking that Tojo had also committed suicide at the end of the war.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-was-a-bad-president-argument-and-supporting-it-rhetorically-in-bars-pubs/486834/43 "2009-02-25T03:46:38Z")

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Well first you have to find a bar that is still open. Then you have to find one with customers to argue with.

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**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bush-was-a-bad-president-argument-and-supporting-it-rhetorically-in-bars-pubs/486834/44 "2009-02-25T05:04:36Z")

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> [@Max\_Torque](#):
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> Bush also attempted to get Harriet Miers, a longtime family friend with no judicial experience, scant litigation experience, and no Constitutional law experience, appointed to the Supreme Court. It’s hard to remember a more glaring case of cronyism.

Lyndon Johnson and Abe Fortas?

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