Unfavorable Legacy Quotes
Generally former Presidents do not criticize sitting Presidents but the George W. Bush administration strained that custom. Carter, one of the most influential of America’s ex-Presidents abroad, had been continuously bombarded with foreign leaders criticizing and complaining about the Bush Administration policies and statements. While Bush had a core base of supporters in the United States, he was unpopular with the citizens of American allies, and hated by people from countries who were not. Fortunately the negative reaction was much more to Bush than America in general and the next President, Obama, benefitted from the contrast in terms of his international popularity.
