Shii Posted:

Mostly talking about getting us out of the dot com bubble burst aftermath, and soon after getting us through 9/11 with the highest approval rating of any president in the US’s history.

Bush had very little to do with getting us through the dot com aftermath. And as far as high approval ratings during a time of national crisis, people will grasp at any form of comfort and security when they are scared. The fact that he had a high approval rating in the months following 9/11 has nothing to do with him in particular. It was the situation that drove that approval rating, and the fact that he didn’t screw thing sup completely. Basically, so long as he didn’t get us all killed, he was going to have a high approval rating.