Quote Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
Republican fiscal conservatism is non-existent in this administration.
Disappointingly, Bush has never been a fiscal conservative at any point during his time as president. The only "good" he has done fiscally was cutting taxes.
Like all Presidents, he is concerned with his legacy now. I feel he's going to be disappointed big time in this regard.
We could use an Abraham Lincoln right about now.
Legacies won't be determined anytime soon. I'm not arguing his will be great (that remains to be seen), I'm just saying that one's legacy is not determined by contemporary views. It's interesting that you bring up Lincoln, in that he too was widely disliked while in office, yet he's now considered one of our greatest presidents. I'm sure while Lincoln was still in office, people thought his legacy would be horrible.