Cafferty: President Bush comparing himself to President Truman and the war against Islamic radicals to the Cold War. Speaking at West Point the other day, the president said in both cases, we have been fighting "followers of a murderous ideology that despises freedom, crushes all descent, has territorial ambitions and pursues totalitarian aims."
i do agree bush and truman suck alike. it is really like comparing adolf hitler to napoleon bonaparte, rotten apples to rotten apples.
chiefdancingostriche 1 year ago
On Bush/Cheney constantly lowering the bar and "We haven't been attacked since 9/11" . . .
FDR/Truman weren't satisfied with just stopping another attack.
They planned, asked EVERYBODY to sacrifice, and WON a world war! (in less time than we've been in Iraq!)
And they certainly didn't do the enemy's recruiting FOR them!
RonPaulGeorgeRingo 3 years ago
Such a clueless, ignorant, arrogant creep. He isn't fit to shine President Truman's shoes. Visit a library, Mr. Bush.
bartolemeo 4 years ago 2
The difference between Truman and Bush is pretty clear cut and simple. Truman was literate and could quote Tennyson and knew Latin.Truman was a combat veteran of WWI, he served in the Senate, and created the "Truman Committee" that looked into defense contractors that were trying to rip off the goverment...how the hell does that compare with Bush!!!????...I think the only they have in common is that they liked their scotch on the rocks...
MrMojoRisinII 4 years ago
Me and my wife seen the History Channel documentary on the Presidents and I'd have to agree that just like with Truman, both Truman and Bush had dismal approval ratings, and we both agree that once Bush's time in office is done, history will look at Bush's adminstration the same way Truman's is now compared to when he was in office. Remember, there's still just under 1.5 years left in this adminstration and a lot can still happen (for better or for worse).
acb06172005 4 years ago
...then that's alright by me. If the like of FDR, Reagan, or TR had been in office the last two or three years, Tehran would have been a smoking crater by lunchtime.
Drchainsaw77 5 years ago
Well, Truman is best known for dropping atom bombs on civilian targets. So, if that's the sort of comparison Bush wants....
pulpculture 5 years ago
Actually, it was Eisenhower who warned about the military-industrial complex. Truman helped give it to us when he created the CIA.
pulpculture 5 years ago
Oddly enough Truman warned about the military-industrial complex, and Bush does everything he can to give it political power. There's your comparison.
sundropdave 5 years ago
George W Bush is nothing like Harry S Truman at all!
ChizzySports 5 years ago