Worst President Ever: The Bush Administration's Greatest Hits

After one of the closest elections in American history, where Al Gore won the popular vote the supreme court decided George W. Bush would be President. A greater man might have reassured the public by having every vote counted to ensure the democratic process would function as intended. Bush fought the recount in court. A better person (once selected as President) might have actually tried to be a uniter and not a divider and governed in a moderate way with an eye toward uniting a divided nation. Bush was not a better person. His policies were divisive and highly partisan. After the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Bush took advantage of the situation and began a push to make the Presidency vastly more powerful than envisioned by the founding fathers. The level of secrecy turned from the annoying but-understandable-in-a-time-of-crisis to a level perhaps only seen in fascist regimes or centralized communist states. We preemptively invaded Iraq - a nation that was no direct threat to us that had already been crippled by 10 years of sanctions. We as a nation engaged in detainee abuse, torture, and secret imprisonment with the direction or allowance of the Bush administration. The administration has been a horrible pairing of partisanship and incompetence. Perhaps the worst incompetence was seen by the disastrous response to hurricane Katina. Perhaps the worst example of partisanship by the Administration was the outing of Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame Wilson (a undercover CIA agent) to punish Wilson's correction of a White House lie. After the investigation found I. "Scooter" Lewis Libby guilty, Bush pardoned him, showing that politics was more important than finding the truth or upholding the law. After U.S. attorneys were fired for political reasons (failing to prosecute Democrats) then Alberto Gonzales - the Attorney General, conveniently forgot so much it was hard to see if he could recall anything before Congress.
Under the Bush Administration gas prices have reached new highs and the oil companies are making record profits. Bush comes from an oil background as do many of his latest political donors. Coincidence?
win the next election. ( Now with over a year to go with this administration - what other terrible things will this administration inflict on this nation (other than denying an expansion of health coverage for children?) I fear the last act of this administration may be to start a third war with Iran and then leave the job of picking up the pieces to Obama or another candidate most likely a Democrat (Assuming Dibold machines and/or the Supreme Court won't make that not happen). We must be very careful of what this administration may do in it's last days....