A Different Perspective

It was just recently announced today that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president in US history. At this point, Bush’s approval rating stands at a slim 29% – even lower than President Nixon’s rating when he left office. According to Keating Holland, the CNN Polling director, this is the first time in US history that a president’s disapproval rating has broken the 70% line. However, we must look at this in many different ways as well.

In the last 25 years, US foreign policy has been in shambles. From involvement in Vietnam and Korea to the Persian Gulf and Iraq wars, the United States has been fighting every enemy that comes up on their radar. While Bush made majority of the bad decisions, we need to understand that Congress and the CFR are also a part of this problem. Because of their spineless approach and/or shadow government approach, very little has been done to restore the US to the foreign prime it had years ago.

We live in an era where the American people demand three things: lower taxes, better healthcare, and a non-intervention policy. The American voters, especially constitutional Conservatives, would agree that we need to forget about problems abroad and remember the battles we need to fight here at home. With unemployment at over three million people and very little being does to cease the economic recession that is on the horizon, we may very well be dealing with the worst president in US history.

However, we must remember that Bush is not just a failure for his actions in Iraq and as president. Throughout US history, it was the very conceptual ideas on how to run our country that divided men and brought out the worst. It was the very feud between Adams and Jefferson that lead to the splitting of the Federalist Party. We must remember that we are all Americans – Republicans or Democrats, Conservatives or Liberals. In the end, it is the health of this great nation that we must all agree to work together in every way we can.