Is Bush ruining our country?

Question

why or why not

Answer 1

Yes.

Let's start with bad leadership by example. We have a Commander-in-Sheik who willfully violates federal law, ignores the Constitution, and disrespects anyone who happens to disagree with them. That causes the population to think it's OK to break the laws with impunity. Bush refers to the Constitution as "just a g*d*mn piece of paper" and gets other people to agree with him.

Then, there's the actual harm of the government ignoring constitutional requirements, and passing laws to strip away civil liberties. This cuts to the core of who we are as a nation, and goes against the very principles that this country was founded upon.

Add to that that Bush and Congress have together increased the federal debt more than than every other president combined, and we've created a financial nightmare for our children.

Answer 2

He's pretty much run it into the ground by ignoring what are the real problems in our country and not acting on much of anything. There hasn't been a president in our entire history to have a lower complacency level than W.

Example: Does the president of the free world really need to spend ten days clearing shrub off his own ranch while the middle east broils in what is likely to be the next world war? How effective has Condie Rice been at acomplishing anything in the way of peace?

The only voice of reason was Colin Powell and he bailed out because of the madness that surrounded him.

At a time when Cuba is ripe for the picking, what is anyone doing to ease relations with them to pave the way for a future with the U.S.?

Did you read the report by the Assoc. Press that the Greenland ice sheet is melting 3x faster than scientists original thought increasing the sea level .02 inches a year? Seen Costa Rica yet? You'd better go quickly. It'll be gone soon. What is he doing about greenhouse gases? Turning back daylight savings time three weeks earlier.

What's his stance on immigration? I don't know either.

Is it safer to fly in an airplane today than it was 5 years ago? You may not be able to bring bottles on board, but terrorists can get drinks on board and fill empty bottles, can't they.

Do you have kids? Do you send them to public schools? How's that going for you? I live in a small house and drive a twelve year old car so I can send mine to private school so he can learn how to read and write. In public school, he wasn't. He was taking standardized tests all the time so they would know whether or not he was learning how to read and write.

Are you retired? On any prescription drugs? My in-laws spend $600 a month. My mother-in-law about the same for heart medication. Both live on fixed incomes without retirement.

Shall I go on?

Answer 3

No, Bush is not ruining the country but he is making it a lot worse. The country was already ruined before he came along. The next one after him will even make things worse. It won't get better until people figure out what is really wrong to begin with. So far they are not even close. Think of the Government as a Secret Society. Think about who holds the keys to knowledge. Don't just think about Bush. Thats what they want you to think about. He's just playing his role waiting around for his retirement when he can start cashing in his IOU's.

Answer 4

YES. Ruining it to disaster. Sending troops to a war that he started inventing excuses and with a bunch of lies. Have anyone thought that 18, 19, 20+ are returning handicap -if not dead- Do you think that Bush, or even worse, the Vice President have stop to think of these kids futures? I bet no. They are securing the oil. The only achievement that he had so far is making me a democrat.

Answer 5

George W. Bush, are nothing more than a well dressed, well educated, well trained, and well paid political puppets for a few families that are worth hundreds of billions of dollars, maybe even trillions. These few mega wealthy families have engineered a vast right-wing conspiracy who's goal is to bankrupt the U.S. government so that they can buy its $100+ trillion dollars in assets for pennies on the dollar, and the GOP is helping them.

After these families, and their corrupt money whores in the GOP, finish bankrupting the federal government they will have complete control over the economy, our government, and the people.

This new plutocracy government will protect and serve the interest of these few families and no one else. These family's focus will then turn to other parts of the world that they can rob and exploit for even more wealth and control. They want to dominate the world, but the American people, our Constitution, and the Democrats in the U.S. government are standing in their way.

These few people hunger for this power and control so that they will never be held accountable for their criminal actions, both past and future. They hunger for this wealth because money is power and they are sick with greed and fear. They also want to make sure that their enormous wealth will never be taxed, and can be passed on from generation to generation tax-free just like a monarchy.

Answer 6

Take a Civics lesson since you clearly have not! No ONE MAN runs or ruins this country! The President alone cannot do anything! He needs approval from Congress! Even War was voted on by Congress with overwhelming support. This included yaa votes by both John Kerry and Joe Lieberman!! No is the answer! If you read our Constitution you will know this! so before you make a fool of yourself by making statements that are totally false go back to school and take Civics 101

Answer 7

G Dubbs is not ruining our country. I think the citizens and non-citizens who choose to live here are ruining it. There's no respect for anything/anyone any more and you can't go anywhere without the fear of something happening to you. It's definitely the people who live here that are screwing up the country - not the president.

Sure, he's not perfect, but who is? I know I'm not, and no one else is either. Everyone makes mistakes, even if you happen to be the President or in the Congress or House or Senate of the United States of America.

Answer 8

He is far better than the other options. He does what he believes is the best thing for the country. He doesn't follow polls blindly. He honors his marriage vows (which says a LOT about his character).

I don't always agree with him, but I do think he has helped us get through some potentially devastating events. . .saved the economy while keeping us safe here in the states.

He has had a lot to deal with during his presidency and I can't imagine what kind of mess we would be in if Kerry was in office.

Answer 9

no human being seems to shop in ideas the massive dot com bust on the end of the Clinton presidency. a group of tech businesses went out of economic company. The inventory marketplace went way down, and an astonishing variety of human beings lost jobs. The economic gadget replaced into going downhill at the same time as Bush became president. subject matters weren't possibly that rosy at the same time as Clinton left place of work as some human beings ought to have you ever suspect. Then, below a twelve months in to Bush's 1st time period we've been given hit with worst terrorist attack in history. No diverse president has experienced some thing like that. do not get me incorrect, i'm no longer a huge Bush fan, in spite of the undeniable fact that the mess we are in now has been structure considering the till ultimately now bush replaced into president.

Answer 10

This is an administration that brooks no dissent and admits no possibility of error. The checks and balances so carefully designed by the founders are seen as "quaint". Independent reviews by career Justice Department ethics experts, elected members of Congress or the federal courts are actively disdained as impediments to the Bush administration's primary goal.

That goal, it is increasingly apparent, is not to protect the American people from terrorism. It is to acquire as much unreviewed power unto itself as it possibly can, in the name of protecting the American people from terrorism. It is unlikely that such an approach, even if it were legal, would be a good idea.
The more insular any system is, the more likely it is to make a very large mistake and not realize it until it is too late. But it clearly is not legal, and not constitutional. The president's actions, and the meek congressional response, are a disgrace to the nation.

A case in point is Bush's recent veto (his first ever) of the stem cell bill because it "crosses a moral boundary," according to our fearless leader, because it supports the "taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others."
But apparently, taking innocent human life because our president and his administration lied and started a war based on that lie does not cross a moral boundary. I hope we all appreciate the irony.

Or take this recent article "Ghoulish Opportunistic Pandering Must be what GOP stands for" by Lorelei Kelly " Remember, the people in charge now are the same ones who will fund any number of outer space techno-fantasies that enriches their campaign contributors and won't even fix Amtrak. International terrorism has increased every day that George Bush has been president. Its not a coincidence. Bush's policies have thrown gasoline on the fire of resentment and hatred (latest fire, our friends in Lebanon).

Remember 04? Mr. Cheney spread the gospel far and wide, declaring that Senator Kerry was "weak" because he talked about international terrorism as a law enforcement challenge.

Well, The Heathrow terror plot was uncovered by Pakistani, British and American policework and intelligence. Mr. Kerry was right. He still is. Law enforcement cooperation from nations who are our friends, Mr. Cheney and company, not vanity wars like Iraq which is now morphing into a political panic button called the "long war".

I know its anathema to the Right, but good government and cooperation, both here and abroad, is what will keep Americans safe."

How can I believe anything but the fact that our beloved country is endangered by Bush and his administration as they seek more power for themselves and care nothing for the lives of ordinary citizens such as you and I?

Answer 11

YES - But more than Bush, the blame should fall on ALL who voted for him. If you seriously reflect back...deep down we knew what kind of president he was going to be. The rich would get richer and that includes all the companies that contributed to his election who would profit tremendously in war times. Example Haliburton... Enron...

But let's move from the past into the future... This country needs a serious U-turn which includes the eviction of the republican machine that has gripped this nation and brands all those who oppose it as UN-American.