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Analysis of George Bush as a Politician

George Bush has been in Washington for more than 20 years, and his popularity has changed many times over those years. In his time as president he became one of the most popular presidents because of the Gulf War and then became one of the least popular presidents as he ran for reelection. The people seem to dislike George Bush, and there are good reasons for this. The man has had the opportunity to do a lot of good, and instead he has done very little. He does not seem to understand that the president is in an office that has to do something about foreign affairs and domestic affairs both. Instead, George Bush handles foreign affairs because he is comfortable doing that, but he is then ignoring the people who elected him and who need his help.

Borger (1989) said that President Bush was being president by-the-numbers, which meant that he was doing the job as if it were written out in a plan. He was doing only what he had to do. He seemed reluctant to Borger, while his people said he was only cautious. At the time, Bush was a very popular president, This was before the war in the Gulf, and Bush was popular because he had done nothing wrong. Borger says that he was untested, and the first real test would be the Gulf War. Bush passed the test and became more popular. What is surprising is how fast he has his popularity plummeted. It shows that the economy is the most important thing and that the people want a leader who will do something about what they want done. Bush has done ignored these issues, and now he is suffering for it.

Walsh and Gergen (1992) offer a scorecard on George Bush and his administration. They find that he has done some things right and some things wrong. They also find that there are many things he has not done at all, meaning there are problems that the people want solved but that George Bush has ignored. George Bush was president when a lot of things happened in the world, but it is not ce...

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