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If you voted for Bush, do you regret it now? If so why? or why not?
I'm curious as a Canadian, seeing what I have seen from here since 2000, I have always wondered why Americans voted for him, and if the majority regret it now.
Some people might have voted for him for another term to make him responsible for cleaning up the mess he made. Now Amricans may be looking for someone else to clean it up after him since Bush refused to. Just a wild guess.
Filtering your world knowledge strictly through the mainstream media results in a clear bias in the reporting. Most media is controlled and reported from a pretty clear liberal world-view, so ALL Republican leaders get a pretty dim report on any topic at any time.
The world news treated Reagan like he was a maniac, and history is already (less than 20n years) revealing the depth of the success of his 8 years in making the WORLD a safer place to live.
Anyway. Bush was a elected and re-elected because he was the best man at the moment. He made the decisions he made regarding hussein and Iraq with full congressional support. This includes the most vehement aggressors today crying foul, including Obama and Clinton.
No matter, the media won't help you remember that, nor is it really the point I think your question is making. I voted for him twice, and I feel pretty bad for the rap he's getting, but you can BET he doesn't spend any time feeling sorry for himself.
So the media treats him like he invented war? So what? So the liberals who supported the actions in Iraq now speak like it was Bush acting alone and "how dare he"? So what? good leaders do what is right regardless of the public outcry later.
Look at Abraham Lincoln. He basically set in motion the bloodiest American confrontation ever, between north and south Americans, but was abolishing slavery wrong? Of course not.
Terrorism has changed the face of the world. We all have to live in this mess, and America is currently following a policy of NO LONGER sitting back and letting Americans get killed by terrorist activities without US being involved in the conflict. So now, they're still killing us, but we're IN the fight and taking our own wins against these people.
Good for us. The rest of us here in America (and Canada) can sit back and "discuss" the foreign policy issues on forums like this one, and isn't that grand? While others are on the line fighting to END the power of these fanatics, we backseat critique it.
Sometimes, I think we should all be ashamed of ourselves.
Anyway, this time around, the next President, like it or not, will have to deal with this issue NOT because Bush did everything so wrong and solely, but because terrorism is not the "little" issue we wish it were, it's not going away, and if we're serious about eliminating/reducing it, we have to do it on THEIR turf, or they'll come here....AGAIN.
Seems that there was some dispute about if the majority actually did vote for him?
I've had the pleasure of seeing at least a few former Bush voters pretty unhappy with the results.
I have not asked them yet how they plan to vote this round.
I've been anti-Bush from the early days... due to the association with Reagonomics... but that's just my own person grudge based on what I saw with the massive cuts to certain programs.
It is my beleif, that the majority, if not all Americans, make well-informed decisions. We give it great thought, make a decision and we live and learn from the consequences and we never loose hope for a better tomorrow. We continue to remain passionate about what we beleive.
***JBeaucaire: Just an outstanding post and I thank you for it *****
I voted for Bush twice, simply because he was the best choice in the race. Vote for Al Gore or John Kerry? Sorry, no could do. Bush has his detractors, yes; you can start with the fascist press, an adjective I prefer to 'liberal' because the American press has no understanding of the historical term, 'liberal'. The fascist press supports the fascist Democrat Party; they are joined at the hip. Other detractors of Bush point to the prescription drug plan, enhanced federal involvement in education, and his immigration debacle. These are my biggest complaints against Bush, his "compassionate conservatism". That was always a joke and, as always, the American people will and must pay the price. After the politics have died down, Bush will get a more favorable rating by historians.
I voted for GWB twice. Not embarassed nor do I regret it. Funny how time makes memories selective. When Reagan was in people complained constantly - now look - people want a resurrected Reagan. I never did vote for RR - I voted Democrat that time and have regretted that!
No matter who is running and what promises are made - people forget there is a Congress to contend with. You want to complain about the War in Iraq? Why were the funds allocated then? Did your Congressman have the backbone to vote no?
Filtering your world knowledge strictly through the mainstream media results in a clear bias in the reporting. Most media is controlled and reported from a pretty clear liberal world-view, so ALL Republican leaders get a pretty dim report on any topic at any time.
I voted for GWB twice. Not embarassed nor do I regret it. Funny how time makes memories selective. When Reagan was in people complained constantly - now look - people want a resurrected Reagan. I never did vote for RR - I voted Democrat that time and have regretted that!
No matter who is running and what promises are made - people forget there is a Congress to contend with. You want to complain about the War in Iraq? Why were the funds allocated then? Did your Congressman have the backbone to vote no?
Shy this is a great post!!
Now here's the thing, I am not going to say whether I like or dislike President Bush. He is my President and I respect the position and how difficult a job it is. It's just a personal thing with me and is not the point of this post.
What I say all that time...my gosh, how could one man be responsible for ALL that is considered to be going wrong or has gone wrong.
It is of the same mindset that I defend the possibility that Obama can be President with not a great deal of experience. Why? Because he can select talented individuals to place around him and they should ALL share in the glory (cross your fingers there will be some as well as any pain). So President Bush yes, of course, shoulders the difficulties, but he is one man - there needs to be some sharing done.
I think this post is leaning towards one sidedness but I will say that I would not, did not and NEVER would vote for BUSH. What has he done for the economy? Not only him, but partly because of him we are in a defecit that has more than doubled in eight years. Say what you want about Clinton, Democrats and "Liberals", but we were in a surplus when he left office. What has he done for the middle class??? NOthing. What has he done for the environment? Turn the clock back on environmental laws 20 years.. YA I know you are thinking, just another tree hugging liberal.. well think what you want. I am absolutely sure that he cut military spending and defense spending ALOT!!! What has he done for our military?? I can tell you what he hasn't done or what he should of done but not enough energy to write at the moment..
Well, I could go on and on about his stupid speeches, his C average grades at Harvard, his lack of achievements in education, health care and social security but instead I will say.... I would rather vote for Gore , Kerry, or even my dog before I would EVER vote for a Bush.... EVER EVER EVER.. ok I think I made my point.
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