During the gwb years, we lost the Twin Towers, New Orleans, Biloxi

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

and Gulfport.

Has any other president posted this level of loss? MKJ

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[Botany]

1. You forgot the little "war" in Iraq

The man has a "gift."

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. True, that. I was listing things that existed when gwb took office, in our

country, that are no longer there or irreparably damaged.

Iraq, the country, is definitely damaged beyond belief.

He just keeps on giving. MKJ

[elfin]

3. And that is why my stupid rethug relatives

feel sorry for him and give him every break there is ala " there has never been a president who has had to deal with such catastrophes' and "I am so glad a real leader is at the helm" Barf.

They do not listen to ANYTHING which castigates their beloved Bush ---- and they USED to be moderate Dems. Now they watch Faux, but still haven't fallen into the right wing religious crap about gays, creationism etc.

They and their like are why Shrub's numbers won't fall below 40.

[GoBlue]

4. And the respect of billions of normal people /nt

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

9. Big loss, that one.

The US has a long way to go to get back the esteem in which we were once held by the international community, pre-gwb. MKJ

[Ioo]

5. 1800 + Soldiers / 100;s of Billions of dollars.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

10. Almost 2,000 of our servicemen/women lost and nothing to show for it

except profits to the big oil guys. MKJ

[blueraven95]

6. I was just talking to my sister about this

* has presided over the two of the three (if you think about the 1906 earthquake - I'm not sure where it falls yet on the scale) biggest disasters in American history. Some presidents don't even have one really huge crisis on American soil, and this idiot has two.

[Roland99]

7. Plus Anthrax...Nasdaq down more than 20% and S&P down more than 10%

[Cha]

8. And it's no Fucking

coincidence, either..thanks pointing this out.

bush is a 21 century hoover.

[graywarrior]

11. He also lost the election..twice...but I guess we can't prove that...

or can we?

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

12. graywarrior, I forgot. We lost the democratic process for electing the

president. MKJ

BTW, the proof is there. We're still looking for that public forum that a democracy should provide.

[EC]

13. I know, I think on the way home from work today it struck

me ...just how much damage one man can do when he treats life like a game ...he doesn't take anything seriously, that's why he has to keep saying things like, "you gotta believe me" or "I know how you feel", he's playing a game, pretending....

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

17. It's amazing, isn't it? I think it's a matter of not having had a deranged

narcissistic, substance abusing, sociopath as CIC before.

We've had paranoids, delusions of grandeur, sex addicts, pre-dementia and other assorted dysfunction in the WH.

But, they've managed to function at least nominally and recognized the gravitas of the office they occupy.

This guy...don't get me started. MKJ

[Applan]

14. Don't forget Poland

Yeah we lost them as a friend along with most of the rest of the people in the world.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

15. Applan, welcome to DU. Although, you must have lurked a bit to have

come up with that clever post!

Yep, international regard for the US is gone. I think the rest of the world is regarding us tonight with pity.

We are looking pretty pathetic tonight, for being a superpower and all. MKJ

[OneTwentyoNine]

16. Lost a balanced budget and about $250 BILLION in surplus.....

All pissed off so Pillboy and his ilk could get their big tax break...

[regnaD kciN]

18. Not to mention uncountable jobs and pensions...

...as well as little things like civil liberties! :grr: