To all right-wingers: Can you honestly continue to support Bush after reading this? If so, why?

Question

Dear people of the world, specially if you live in the US, here's why I hate George W. Bush and why I protested when he came to my country.

Why I hate Bush:
1 - He got elected despite having around 500,000 votes less than Gore, what makes him illegitimate and undemocratic.
2 - He lied to the international community when he said that Iraq had WMDs, invading said country under false pretenses and without the support of the UN, or most of the international community, acting like the president of a rogue state, and doing so to be able to expand his lobbysts' (Halliburton, Lockheed-Martin, oil multinationals, etc.) economic interests in said country.

3 - His economic policy of tax cuts is creating a situation of permament boom in the US economy, what in consequence makes the US deficit to grow larger everyday, causing the Dollar to devaluate and increasing US economic dependency with China. This situation will eventually cause the US economy to crash, when the Chinese can't finance the ever-growing US deficit anymore by buying dollars and the american economy enters in a bust cycle, thanks to skyrocketing unemployment and a low savings rate.
4 - I don't live in the US, but as far as I know, he's also destroying the American school system, cutting taxes mostly for the rich, and allowing all US companies to close their factories and outsource all their labour production to sweatshops in Asia, effectively causing a rise in unemployment and a slow de-industrialization of the US mainland.

5 - He has continued the American hypocritical policy on the Middle East by supporting dictatorial governments in Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and many others, just because these governments bow to western bussiness interests.
6 - All oil wells in Iraq are operational, yet many large Iraqui cities remain without drinking water.

7 - He initiated, under largely exaggerated or distorted pretenses (like portraying Al-Qaeda as a unified terrorist organization, which is a lie, since Al-Qaeda is just a political front that sponsors many small terrorist cells independent from each other), the so-called "War on Terror", which has served as an excuse for both western government to restrict civil rights (the patriot act, domesting evesdropping, shoot-to-kill policies in the UK), and for the Chinese government to crack down on Ughiur resistance. (Ughiur people are from East Turkestan, a country China invaded and brutally anexed in the 1950's, and whose people are now being persecuted under the false label of 'terrorists').
8 - His policies in Iraq, the Middle East and elsewhere have actually helped to increase terrorism, not to reduce it. This is a proven fact.

9 - His agressive foreign policy has propped rogue states like North Korea or Iran to adquire nuclear weapons, as a buffer from possible US agression against them.
10 - For the fact that he is an alcoholic, a murderer, and a dumb person that has only risen to such high position thanks to his money, contacts, family and background.
11 - Because, for all the reasons stated above, he has shown to be a puppet of US bussiness interests and large corporations.

I'm writing this because I'm very concerned, that's all.
I wish I could honestly say that I give a damn about who American people elect as their presidents, and remain happy with that, but when your country acts hypocrytical, supports dictatorships all over the globe (like you did here in Argentina in the years 1976-83, with the CIA actively helping the military junta in murdering "dissidents"), while claiming to "defend democracy" at the same time, I can only be enraged and afraid. When there's a list of hundreds of democratic leaders that were removed with the help of the US military just because they threatened the profits of american companies, I can only tremble about what might happen in the future.
The saddest part is that most Americans remain ignorant about what their country does in the world, and I cannot figure out why.

As hard as it sounds, being the only world superpower is not a gift, but a responsability.

I honestly wish you are able to change your country so that history can no longer continue to repeat itself.

Answer 1

All valid points & i can't stand the man...here are some more:

First president in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.
In his first two years in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.

Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in history.

Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.

Cut the taxes of the wealthiest people in America (those making over $200,000 a year).

Members of Bush Administration are the richest administration in history.

First year in office set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in U.S. history.

Cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any president in U.S. history.

Dissolved more international treaties than any president in U.S. history.

Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases.

First president in U.S. history to attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community.

Took the biggest world sympathy for the U.S. after 9/11, and in less than a year, made the U.S. the most resented country in the world.

First U.S. president in history to have a majority of people in Europe (over 70%) view his presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.

In the 18 months following the 9/11 attacks, he has successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States.

Answer 2

-Why I hate Bush:

Hate is such a strong word. Are you really sure it's warranted in his case?

-1 - He got elected despite having around 500,000 votes less than Gore, what makes him illegitimate and undemocratic.

However he did get more electoral college votes than Gore. And according to the laws of the land at the time which were all passed long before the election was ever held. So your point is incorrect. He is both legitimate and democraticly elected.


-2 - He lied to the international community when he said that Iraq had WMDs, invading said country under false pretenses and without the support of the UN, or most of the international community, acting like the president of a rogue state, and doing so to be able to expand his lobbysts' (Halliburton, Lockheed-Martin, oil multinationals, etc.) economic interests in said country.

I'm not sure I class invading Iraq because he thought as did ALL the rest of the big 8 countries Saddam was backing terrorists and had designs on WMD is a false premise. The fact the UN isn't living up to it's charter by being the lead in removing someone like Saddam from power speaks volumes about IT's viability. The UN is a toothless paper tiger.

Halliburton and Lockeed-martin have no plans to expand their economic interests into Iraq. And multinationals have been pulling oil from the ground there for decades, that's nothing new.

-3 - His economic policy of tax cuts is creating a situation of permament boom in the US economy, what in consequence makes the US deficit to grow larger everyday, causing the Dollar to devaluate and increasing US economic dependency with China. This situation will eventually cause the US economy to crash, when the Chinese can't finance the ever-growing US deficit anymore by buying dollars and the american economy enters in a bust cycle, thanks to skyrocketing unemployment and a low savings rate.

Bush's tax cuts are causing a boom. And that is a bad thing?

I'm not pleased about the deficit either. But if the dollar devalues that's China's problem. They are the ones buying the dollars. If the dollar tanks there goes a lot of China's buying power.

-4 - I don't live in the US, but as far as I know, he's also destroying the American school system,

Liberals were destroying it long before Bush became President. You just didn't know about it.

-cutting taxes mostly for the rich,

Well DUH! Who pay the most income taxes? The poor don't pay income taxes. So if income taxes are cut who benefits? Those who pay income taxes. And who are they? *LOL* And you said our schools were being destroyed.

-and allowing all US companies to close their factories and outsource all their labour production to sweatshops in Asia,

The same thing was said when plants in the Northern US moved to the Southern US. They just didn't call them sweatshops because it would have offended those int he south. But it helped the South inprove their economy and the North adapted or went out of business.

-effectively causing a rise in unemployment and a slow de-industrialization of the US mainland.

The same thing happened in the Northern US. Change will happen. We WILL adapt, improvise, and invent a way to stay where we are. We operate better under pressure anyway.

With the other countries taking certain industries it will boost their economy and increase their buying power. Is that a bad thing?

-5 - He has continued the American hypocritical policy on the Middle East by supporting dictatorial governments in Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and many others, just because these governments bow to western bussiness interests.

That's called capitalism to an extent. It would only be hypocritical if you din't know it was going to happen. What would you have the US do in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE? Stop buying their oil? That's not proping them up. It's supply and demand? Pakistan when last I heard elected their leaders. Uzbekistan does the same. But they aren't part of the US so we can't and don't really tell them how to do things. You want us to over throw them?

-6- All oil wells in Iraq are operational, yet many large Iraqui cities remain without drinking water.

Where did you hear all the wells were operational? And even if they are it doesn't do much good when YOUR terrorist keep blowing pipe lines. And I'M going to blame the water and electricity problems on YOUR terrorists as well. We can only rebuild damage so fast while holding a rifle in one hand. YOU go over there and stop the YOUR terrorists and we'll be out of there in no time.

Your arguments are too easy to pick apart. I tire of this. Have a FAANNNNNNtsatic day!

Answer 3

If for no other reason, we elected him, twice.

Obviously, we can't elect him again, but if we could, we might.

Learn politics. the best way to win an office is to have that office. Incumbents overwhelmingly get reelected. And that is not just an American thing either.

As for what will appen after Bush is out of office, well out of office is out of mind. Daddy Bush is relatively unknown, and Clinton is not much better.

As for all your complaints, tell us something that we haven't heard or can't imagine is going on.

The problems of the world are exactly that world problems. You are damned if you do and damned if you don't try and fix them. You will get blamed both ways.

Are you to just stand there and do nothing? You will get blamed regardless.

You want to shape American politics. So be it. Good luck. Everyone here is trying and it isn't easy.

Good grief, the next guy won't be any better. Four years and you are out, eight years max, and no telling what will happen during your term in office. I don't remember the question, "What happens if a terrorist crashes a couple of planes into the side of the world trade center being in any of the debates?" Do you? I think I would have remembered that.

Like any job, you pick a guy, not necessarily the best guy and you run with it, and he with you. He didn't know what tomorrow would bring and yet he asked for the job knowing full well he would be given all the blame for te world's ills. Perhaps that too is why we haven't given up on him. He hasn't givenup on us either.

Chill.

Answer 4

WOW let me get my tinfoil hat, and then maybe I can believe some of this crap.

Last time I checked Clinton did not win the popular vote, the way OUR government works you only need certain states and not the popular vote to win it’s called the Electoral College.

Why is it that you barking moonbats can't remember when Clinton, Kerry and Kennedy said Saddam had WMD when Clinton blew up a tent in the middle of the desert, and as for the UN who cares what a bunch of thugs acting like statesmen, you can have them.

A good economy, yes I can see how that is bad.

Well since Ted Kennedy wrote the bill that passed, I guess that would not be his fault would it; it’s easier to blame Bush.

More tax cuts, how horrible, to bad the tax cuts increased the revenue to the government, but I wouldn’t expect you to understand economics after what I have read.

Can’t drink oil.

Don’t think we have any control over the UK government, last time I checked. The wire taps are legal; they are the same wire taps that Kennedy and Carter used and so did Bill Clinton, ever hear of Eschalon, no probably not, Bill could do no wrong.

Might have increased it over there in the middle east but it sure has slowed down here in the states, his primary concern, fight them there not here, looks like it is working to me.

Jimmy carter and the agreed framework, no Mr. Il we trust you 100% not to build nuclear weapons, we trust you so much we won’t even check up on you.

We are changing our government, back to what Americans want, not what the rest of the world wants. It is a step down to become a member of the “world community”, not a step up.

Thanks for playing

Answer 5

Yes I support him. I don't have the time nor the patience to counter all your tired old parroted lies. It just gets so boring. You haven't got the truth friend. And besides when I told you the truth you couldn't handle it nor could you accept it. You would much rather stay on the "hate Bush" band wagon and except the ravings of a bunch of hollywood actors and out and out lies of the far left blogs and politicians who at any cost want their power back then take the time to check out what really happened in the 2000 election. Like it wasn't Bush who got the courts involved it was Gore. And it was congress who sent us into Iraq not the president by himself. And the UN is mostly a useless bunch of criminals that for some reason we let hang around in New York while they concoct money scams like "food for oil" And so on. But I hope you simmer down and chill out all this hate can't be good for you..... I'm not saying Bush is perfect far from it but he is certainly a better person in many ways then any of your Kerrys Kennedys Clintons or Gores will ever be. And I base this on facts not emotions or conspircy. Show me 1 good idea any of them have come up with or what they STAND for. I haven't got a clue I just know all ya all just can't STAND Bush and that's all you have...... wrapped up in a ball of histerical crying and sniveling because he sits in the white house and Kerry or Gore don't. naner naner nanner

Answer 6

Great Rant however purple kool aid is your flavor of the day. you need to fact check also because rhetoric does not match facts and you have not cited sources.. I could care less what the Socialists poll and who they poll. Bush is not running again and much of you complaint centers there. Your party commits fratricide before a general election and Hilary is not LIBERAL enough. As you remember the fight is over the middle of the electorate and your party marches further left. The UN Violates Human Rights and is corrupt also so if you seek guidance from the "international Community" and march with signs that promote hate SORRY BABY YOU GOTTA WAIT! It must suck to be angry all the time.

Answer 7

Well, I still support Bush. I only have time to get back to your first two questions.

1) In the United States it does not matter who receives the majority vote. What matters is the electoral vote.

Please see http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/ for an explanation of how this system works.

2) He did not lie. We have recently discovered that WMD's have been found in Iraq. They say these weapons may date back to pre-1991 but that doesn't matter because Saddam said he destroyed all of his WMD's post-1991.

Thanks for playing. Don't ever feel the need to visit.

Answer 8

Rightwing ideology is more of a religion than politics - they only Believe. There is no give and take, changing of minds, getting a different point of view: it's all faith and belief with rightwingers. Faith and belief in their Rightness and everybody else's Wrongness.

And besides, they don't care how the guy got in, as long as he is in, and they don't care what he has done to the country, as long as he does some of the things they want done.

And as far as he being the stooge of Big Business, they're all for it. Every mom-and-pop rightwinger thinks that somehow giving special treatment and privileges and exceptions to the huge corporations helps them out. A case of false consciousness.

So it's as hopeless to expect rightwingers to even come close to agreeing that this administration is a disaster as it is to expect born-again Christians to give up their religion. In some ways, they are one and the same anyway.

Answer 9

it looks like firefox comes from a a country not favouring bush, you have done your research and thanks for all the information, plus all the addid information that hotinon girl has said , what he has done is all in the past , and that can never be changed, what he decides to do in the future is all in his hands , learning from past mistakes he should think twice before he starts on another country cause this time he might have a different ending,he has the -power to start another war , which will definitely destroy the world if we are not killed in war then the fall outs of the war will effect the world over, if you are aware the threat of global warming is hanging over us nuclear drop outs and painful death like cancer will be in large numbers people should remember hiroshima when they next go to vote for a president they should elect some one who is more concerned about his own country like jobs taxes health and education and peace movements around the world iam glad i dont have to vote but your decission can be of real importance to mankind, you are leaders of the world dont lead it to destruction lead it to peace, this is all in your hands god bless america and gos bless the rest of the world

this is for seven12real, please kindly note the question posted was not about america or its people were bad it was whether you would support bush, yes we do aknowledge america is a vast wonderful powerful , rich country, but power can be useful tool and how you use the power is most important when people have to vote for a president and who so ever it may be is going to hold power because of your vote. power in the wrong hands can lead the world to destruction , he was asking whether you would vote for the same president, i think you miss understood the question, most feel that bush made many mistakes,

Answer 10

All Americans are not ignorant and blind to whats going on, but some without having any sort of real acess to truth and and without giving a damn about the truth tend to stand by those that have sold this great nation to the thieves without a second's thought. I for one never supported this sorry excuse for a leader as well as many other real Americans. We pay attention.