I, too, believe Bush, George W., will be considered, possibly, the worst "president" in history...and relatively soon, too.
As for the "bailout", I have to interject that before 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt ran for his first term as president, big business was on its own. There were no "bailouts". That's why the stock market crash of 1929 ruined so many people, why the depression lasted so many years and why unemployment was at approximatley 33% countrywide.
I do not relish bailing out banks whose management made idiotic decisions any more than I relish bailing out automakers who have resolutely REFUSED to make any progress on energy-efficiency development or alternative fuel vehicles. I don't know where the finger truly ought to be pointed, but I do know we have never been in as much debt as we are now, we have never had the scorn/disappointment that we've received from our allies, and we have never faced an economic crisis as serious as the one we have now in the "modern era." Bush did all that with his Republican congress. All the wheels were in motion before the Democrats came "into" power two years ago.
Shortly after his 1933 inauguration, Roosevelt came to grips with the realities of the depression and set in motion a plan that still exists today -- this plan involves the federal government stepping in to preserve institutions and/or corporations upon which rest the financial viability of these United States.
I don't like that billions we don't have are being offered up to correct "mistakes" the people in charge have made, but the alternative is unthinkable.
As for the stimulus package being a "Democrat" device...IMAGINE IT! The Democratic party giving money BACK to the taxpayers. Whatever will they think of next?
