Let me see hmmmnnnn, he has been President for the last 7 years.....economy is a mess(?) if it is....and I repeat...if it is, hasn't it only been the last maybe 6 months!!!
The media and the political processing is what has talked y'all into a slowdown...if there is one.

Sorry folks my memory isn't good enough to compare past Presidents.
So all I can really say is under our current Presidents term, there have been no additional attacks here at home in the good old USA...along with all the security steps taken here at home, getting involved in Iraq has significantly contributed to that peace (of mind).

Bush is far, far, FAR from the worst President we have ever had. He is unfortunate to have been President during the time in our history where the 24/7 media influences everybody. If the past Presidents you can remember had to deal with the daily crap from the media and special interest groups of today....perhaps they would have fared differently too.

Most opinions from most people these days is nothing more than a one for one amplification of what the media peddles. A source that for the most part is partisan, biased and untrustworthy.

We all are currently suffering from the ongoing drum of the 2008 Presidential race that can only tell us what the other guy did, didn't do, etc., etc....exacerbated by the media.

BTH