The Final Days of President George W. Bush - How do you feel about it?

Like all Presidents, he did some good things and bad. I don't put all the blame of government squarely on any President. The Congress has to take their share of it. Unfortunately, we can't get rid of them as easily as we can the President. Eight years is enough time for any President.

I am critical of this recent outbreak of events in the Middle East. It seems like the Bush cabinet is (along with our ally in the East, Israel) are trying to make sure our newly elected president will have a lot of Bush's mess to clean up. the economic crisis, Iraq,and Afghanistan are also going to be carried over to Obama's term of office. I am glad to see Bush finally out of office but he will have a lasting effect on our government in the near future, at the least. I know he must be happy he is going to retire his seat as president and move on to a higher tax bracket!! With all the oil profits his daddy earned due to this bogus war on terror, he should be set for life!

I feel Bush did his best as a leader- he may well be considered unlucky because, look, the guy takes office and suddenly from no where, there was this terror attack by Osama-what would you have done as a leader? Burry your head in the sun? As an African, Bush mor than Clinton, gave Billions of Dollars to fight HIV/AIDs in Africa. The man is not infalliable,just like any mortal, but he doesnt deserve to be demonized! Let Bush go in peace, lets see the Obam wonder that is being fervently anticipated.

I think his was a very failed presidency and I deeply resented the fear mongering that went into pushing the Iraqui war on the American people. Overall, I'm glad to see the end of this presidency. However, I'm about to say something I never thought I would: In the waning days of his presidency, Bush showed real courage. It was hard for him to go against the grain and support the financial bailout. However, it was as necessary as it was unpopular and his only motivation could have been to act for the good of the country. I respect him for that. Ironic that his supporters hate him for the very thing that I admire him for. Also, he always had a pretty good sense of humor.

Is Obama here to clean up his messes or create some of his own? People talk like Obama has done something to give them hope. In reality he hasn't done a thing yet. He hasn't even served one day as President. Bush was like a baseball player that hit .300 for awhile and had the backing of the fans. But then he started to slide and only hit .158 the rest of his career and the fans started to pick him apart. Personally I never liked Bush to begin with and was equally disgusted by Democrats. I hold both accountable for the financial crisis and don't lay it all on Bush. The financial crisis was something that was going to happen sooner or later in this country. You can't borrow money like we do in this country and not expect something to give.

Immense relief!!!

What a loaded question...how do I feel! I feel a sense of relief like I've never felt before when it comes to politics or who's in the White House. I feel that after eight long years of corruption and deceit we're going to have an Administration that doesn't consider the Constitution to be a "GD piece of paper" or half the people they're supposed to be working for to be somehow "Un-American" because they dare to disagree with their policies. On election night when I saw our new First and Second Families on that stage in Chicago it brought tears to my eyes. Here are two families whose members didn't come from massive wealth, people I can truly relate to, people who not only care about "kitchen table issues" but have actually HAD or have a kitchen table! I say that because several years ago I was listening to Rush Limbaugh and he was joking about the phrase "kitchen table issues" and saying he didn't have a kitchen table, they and most of the people he knew ate in the "formal dining room" and the kitchen was just a place where the staff prepared their meals. Your question was how do you FEEL, so that's what I'm focusing on - FEELINGS. I think Obama has good ideas for our country and for our domestic and foreign policies but that's not all that factors into what will happen in the future. HOPE and CHANGE, for all that the right has made fun of those words, really mean something to the people of this great nation. McCain adviser and former Senator Phil Gramm spoke of a "mental recession" and although I rather resented those words and think he was off the mark since the economic problems we've been having is far from being just "mental", I still realize the psychological effect of feeling hopeful and optimistic that things are going to change can actually be a bit of an economic stimulus in itself. I feel confident Obama and his Administration will make mistakes and they will do things of which some of us will disapprove but I'm also confident that when these mistakes are made there will be no denial that they ever happened. No more bogus claims of WMD's, no more premature "Mission Accomplished" banners, no more "Heckuva job, Brownie" statements. I guess in summation I can say I FEEL pretty darn good about it! Annie

This is historical. America has a black president and its people love him so much. The world watches as he create a book of new beginnings for the Americans. W. Bush love the warfare. I do not know what grants he got from it. The world is now celebrating its true sense of freedom because of the downfall of a man who loves war. I knew it. Peace is the real conqueror. Congratulations to the Americans for you have just made the new path for Peace and Love.

I am actually more worried about what Obama is going to do (read SCREW UP) than what Bush has done

Well, I feel like America was forced to stay at a crossroad where she had to choose between leaving a donkey and be lead by a possible supporter of Islam (which would be worse).

First of all, who the hell cares what that muslim journalist thinks? If Saddam had been alive, he would have been put feet first into a wood chipper. The new president always takes over on that date-you'd think this was the first time there was ever a new president that took over. Please! All presidents we have had have made mistakes. Especially Bill Clinton, ugh! Talk about an embarrassment! Of course, democrats don't want to talk about that.

Bush will go down in history as th butcher of Iraq. In teh course of the Iraq war, he must have got more people killed than Saddam hussain killed in his entire regime. In effect he has turned out to be worse than Saddam Hussain. Not only Iraq, he has the blood of people in Afghanistan too. He has also seen to the worst economic crisis in many many years. He has laid the foundation stone to the decline of the American power.

Why you waste your time to comment for the kind person like this?

i am soooooo happy that bush is going away to...bush has really didi a number on this country. but i do feel sorry for obama cuz now he gotta clean it up

i'm very glad that bush is leaving office. but i can't say that obama will be able to change that much that fast. he cannot immediately bring our troops home, that would create massive issues. he can't fix the economy, he has no money to do so. there is not going to be some quick fix and obama doesn't have a magic wand. i'm getting pretty annoyed by everyone saying that obama will fix it all. HOW? he has given iraq a timetable, but guess what, its not that easy. he has great speeches and is very charismatic, but i think we also need a big dose of reality. it will suck for a while. and before you start calling me a republican, i'm not. i voted for obama. i hate mccain and palin. i've a liberal democrat. i am very sickened by our country that in one election can elect a black man president but also legally strip the rights of the gay community. some states made it illegal for gays to marry/adopt children.. i guess america is fine as long as it has someone to pick on.