Is George W Bush the worst President in History?

Question

I think so based on this:

Bush's approval rating has been below the 50% mark in AP-Ipsos polling since December 2004.[154] Polls conducted in 2006 showed an average of 37% approval ratings for Bush;[155] the lowest for any second term president in this point of term since Harry S. Truman in March 1951, when his approval rating was 28%,[154][156] which contributed to what Bush called the "thumping" of the Republican Party in the 2006 mid-term elections.[157] Throughout 2007, Bush's approval rating hovered in the mid-thirties percentile,[158] although in a Reuters poll of October 17, 2007, Bush received a lower approval rating of 24%,[159] the lowest point of his presidency.[160] In response to the numbers, during a February 10, 2008 interview on Fox News Sunday Bush stated, "I frankly don't give a d**n about the polls".[161] By April 2008, Bush's disapproval ratings were the highest ever recorded in the 70-year history of the Gallop poll for any president, with 69% of those polled disapproving of the job Bush was doing as president and 28% approving.[162]

In 2006, 744 professional historians surveyed by Siena College regarded Bush's presidency as follows: Great: 2%; Near Great: 5%; Average: 11%; Below Average: 24%; Failure: 58%.[163] Thomas Kelly, professor emeritus of American studies at Siena College, said that "In this case, current public opinion polls actually seem to cut the President more slack than the experts do."[163] Similar outcomes were retrieved by two informal surveys done by the History News Network in 2004[164] and 2008.[165] The historian who organized the HNN polls said of the results: "It is in no sense a scientific sample of historians. The participants are self-selected, although participation was open to all historians. Among those who responded are several of the nation’s most respected historians, including Pulitzer and Bancroft Prize winners

Besides most people that i know think so too...

Answer 1

As far as the majority of Australians are concerned he is a complete disaster who got in by fixing the vote. He has led us all into the worst kind of Wars that will take many years before they are over and no one will win. The sooner he is gone the better for USA and the rest of the world.

Answer 2

Wasn't there one that challenged or was challenged to a duel?

Not that I think he's worse than Bush, but I'd put Bush ahead of him if only Bush had just challenged Saddam to a duel and kept his petty animosity personal instead of involving our nation to the tune of priceless lives of our citizens.  Wouldn't that have been so much simpler and more honorable?

Worst?  He's in his own category IMHO.

Answer 3

I saw a lot of anonymous quotes from Republicans today saying they were thankful he wasn't coming to the RNC, you have to be really bad when your own party doesn't want you to show your face.

Answer 4

No.  Barring the fact that your statement is completely subjective, he is just the worst President that you remember.  I'm sure that there were worse Presidents before approval rating polls existed.