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November 5, 2008
Posted: 12:19 PM ET
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: With the election of Barack Obama, President Bush is now a certified lame duck who will quickly disappear in the rear view mirror. In 2000, we elected a guy we'd like to have a beer with. Huge mistake. Bush soared when the Twin Towers came down. On September 14, 2001, he gave a rousing speech to rescue workers at Ground Zero. It was arguably his finest hour with 90 percent approval ratings and the entire world ready to step in and help the United States in any way they could. But Bush blew it. The next seven years were pretty much a steady downward spiral. The invasion of Iraq, torture, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, domestic spying, secrecy, lost White House emails, zero accountability and the economy in ruins. Watch: Cafferty: Miss most about Bush? President Bush will leave office as arguably one of the worst presidents this country ever had. His approval ratings are at an all-time low. He is so unpopular he dared not show his face on the campaign trail. The ultimate irony is without the utter disaster that was the Bush Presidency, an African-American would probably not have been elected president. Funny how things work out. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, did as much to get Barack Obama elected as the primary voters in Iowa did on a cold January night earlier this year. Historians will render the final verdict, but you can have your say right now. Here’s my question to you: What will you miss most about President Bush? Interested to know which ones made it on air?
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