Bush's Legacy - How will George W Bush be remembered? Each commander in chief of the United States is remembered for only a few notable events or moments during his presidency. Bill Clinton will forever be associated with sex scandals despite the gilded economy he presided over. John F. Kennedy is considered a hero because of his handling of a particular moment (the Cuban Missile Crisis). George W. Bush is no different. Two events marked his tenure and I suspect they will constitute his legacy. I am of course talking about 9/11 and the resulting war in Iraq. Bush's presidency was one of the extremes as he received both the highest and lowest approval ratings since polling began, ranging from 90% immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks to 28% in June 2008. It may be easy to remember George Bush as a poor orator, someone who finished last in his class at Yale, a generally ordinary man who should never have been president. At a time when the incumbent president is forgotten in favor of the race for the election of the century, it is easy to remember Bush as a deeply unpopular president who tainted America for the worse. Although the unintelligent and uneloquent George W. Bush united a nation in the days after September 11, 2001. His enthusiastic sentiments expressed from the rubble of the World Trade Center with the courageous firefighters at his side showed a strong leader who loved his country. His reaction to 9/11 is key in determining his legacy because it is an event that will be talked about and talked about for years to come. It is engraved in the hearts and minds of Americans and, therefore, for many, George Bush is too. Once the Iraq War is over, the image of the collapsing towers will remain and the president will be remembered for handling this crisis. It is likely that the atrocities committed in Iraq will seem distant to Americans, as do those that still affect the Vietnamese on a daily basis. Bush appeared strong, capable and resolute after 9/11 and I predict that this will have more staying power than the unpopularity of a war in the Middle East. When the president talks about terrorist attacks, he seems to be deeply affected by them, which speaks to Americans, it gives them solidarity and unity. As his press secretary recently said: "The President thinks about 9/11 every day when he wakes up and before he goes to bed..