The media would have done its job and exposed bush jr., the Village Idiot, and the people who supported him.
It is all the neocons' fault we have this mess. All of it. The Afghanistan debacle, the economic situation over the last 20 years, 911, Iraq, the other wars like Syria. TSA feeling up little kids at the airport, the explosion in human/child trafficking, and the demoralization of the American public. Hell add the 'No Child Left Behind' dumbing down of the schools.
All of it went down the drain when the Village Idiot and his ilk were allowed to take power!
PERIOD!
Yes Bush Sr, Mr New World Order himself, but at least he was smart enough not to go to Baghdad, and when the USSR fell he didn't run around and go 'I told you so.
He was out of touch with domestic issues, thus Clinton win. But when he did Iraq Gulf War I he promised it wouldn't be another Vietnam and he made sure of that despite whether anyone agrees with that war or not. He didn't screw it up.