Of course, I'm old enough to remember double-digit inflation coupled with double-digit interest rates. If we ever go back to that again, you'll long for the good old days of Dubya.
Honestly DD, despite what Clinton may have claimed, do you really think a President has any real control over an economy? I don't. Economics is largely cyclical. The most a President can do is to try to influence the Fed Reserve Chairman to drop the Prime. Other than that, it's a matter of making people feel good about their personal finances so that they will spend.
Moreover, when is the last time a U.S. Economy struggled during a time of war? I suspect the answer is never. War brings economic prosperity. It increases manufacturing, creates jobs and creates job opening since so many are overseas in the military. But, it's a really heavy price to pay for a boost in the economy and can't last in the long term. Those guys need to come home sometimes and we saw some of that effect when our soldiers came home from Vietnam. You know that far better than I ever could.
Also, I choose to place the bar for a President higher than Jimmy Carter. :hihi: Bush may not be the failure Carter was, but that doesn't mean he's doing a good job.