Why do liberals hate Bush more than terrorists?

Question

Before you give me bad ratings, i have proof.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoGFi9RE5DO16CK4r8Ot9fHzy6IX?qid=20060919184344AAxU1c6

Check out James W. answer. He was so scared to admit it he just called the asker an idioit, and someone gave him a good rating? WTF??? I just want to know why, nothing more

Skippy, what the heck are you talking about? That was not my question.

ok g, your right, not proof, just evidence, my bad

I don't have a party, i just agree with Bush. I put my country before Bush, that is why i don't mind torture, as a means to protect the US

Answer 1

Please do not make such bland generic statements. It's like saying all conservatives hate America and love money. Such rhetoric does not help the national discourse at all and I think liberals and conservatives should be ashamed that they've even begun such silly childish rhetoric in the first place.

I don't hate Bush more than I do the terrorists and I definately consider myself a Liberal (although I believe the more PC term is Progressive). I don't like the terrorists at all. Terrorism is a huge violation of human rights, international law, and is a criminal offense. And being from Oklahoma I'm not too quick to remind people that there is domestic terrorism that has nothing to do with Al-Qaeda (remember April 19, 1995??? I haven't forgotten, but it's funny how many have and that wasn't an Arab-American or Muslim that destroyed that building and his ideology is STILL very much around right here in the US). September 11, 2001 opened our eyes to the reality that even larger scale terrorism could occur...in fact I think it really opened the world's eyes.

Terrorism is a method and terrorists should be tried for their crimes. And now that terrorism has become a global epidemic it makes sense to set up international procedures to try, convict, and punish terrorists (not that liberals or conservatives either one are listening to me or others who advocate this, but hey I'm just from a fly-over State so it's not really all that surprising). The "war" should be approached differently:
1) these are criminals and law enforcement and intelligent agencies should be working together to apprehend these criminals
2) where these criminals are being protected by governments then the international community should, as a right, be able to send necessary policing forces to secure the criminals to be taken to the international courts, tried, convicted, and placed in international prisons (and government leaders who fail to allow this should also be arrested and brought to trial for "aiding criminals"
3) long standing problems in the world that have yet to be resolved peacefully should be resolved through a series of compromises and the international community should work towards THIS goal: for example....one of the biggest complaints I have constantly heard since I was a little kid (my parents have always let me watch the news) is the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The fact that this STILL hasn't been resolved (I'm 28 and can't remember when it hasn't existed) says a lot about the international community..including our nation...and it is this conflict that has continually brought about other problems (and is the central fuel behind islamic-terrorism) and it other political issues (like the Kashmir issue, some domestic issues) that also have caused terrorism should also be resolved.

I'm realistic in the fact that I know that on the one hand President Bush has some interesting long term goals. My concern is that it is all the short term goals that get us to the long term goals that I don't hear him speak about. He is a visionary leader, I will give him credit for that, however I'm reminded of a quote that I once read in a book "The true visionary leader will change the world if they do not exhaust us first." I think people feel overwhelmed and are starting to feel exhausted. He tells us things like "we can't back down", "we must stay the course", and all kinds of really catchy phrases that basically mean that he isn't changing his mind about what he is doing. The problem is that while we agree with his long term vision, we have no idea how that translates into the short term (what are our short term goals, how do we know we are reaching the long term goals if there are not lots of short term goals to show us that we are truly making progress). I don't say I hate Bush...I don't really know him enough to say that I hate him. Nor can I say I hate those who are "terrorists" again because I don't know them personally enough. However I can say that I HATE what they DO. All I, and other liberals for that matter, would like from Bush is a "road map" (to use a phrase he used for another issue that he has, partially, handled really well...thankfully...now if he'd just keep hammering at it). And I think most Americans want that, too. Whether it's Republicans, Democrats, or both (and people would really like it to be both I think because the more people I talk to, even if we disagree on all kinds of political issues, they all seem to say the one thing...they want there to stop being so much divisiveness). And it wouldn't take much. Bush can reach out to the Democrats and to his own party in Congress (something that many Republicans say he doesn't do enough of) and together the President and Congress can work out the "road map" of short term goals that get us to the long term goals he's proposed. He seems to be able to do the short term goals really well for some of his domestic policies (like the alternative fuel policy, just to name one....although some of his domestic policies sometimes contradict some of his stated goals so not sure how that works, but hey he's a politician so what'd you expect!!), but when it comes to his foreign policies and on this fight on terrorism he hasn't really given us a clear picture of all the short term goals that we should be striving for....he just keeps using his rhetoric to reiterate his long term vision (one that liberals and conservatives actually agree on...I mean as Americans how can we not want to spread freedom to other people..it's sort of in our blood to wish everyone has the choices we have...even while we're still expanding those choices...like the gay marriage issue, healthcare issues, etc, etc, etc).

For me it isn't just Bush I have a problem with. I have problems with certain Republicans and Democrats alike and I'd like all of them to go and be replaced with Republicans and Democrats that are more moderate (Bush is more a moderate than he is a conservative....atleast judging by his policies anyways...I believe I have some political analysis that show that his views are more to the left than the right in some areas which explains why even some conservatives don't like him, and yet not far enough to the left for some people). Give me a moderate President and Congress and even though I'm waaaaaayyyyyyyy more liberal, I'd be happy because then atleast I know they'll be compromise.

And compromise is what this nation was founded on! It works so well, I just wish the current politicians would realize this rather than just trying to be all in favor of their party and following whatever their party does (talk about peer pressure...it's like high school all over again with all the kids that want to be popular following the popular kid on whatever he says!)

I'd say my biggest grievance with Bush is that his administration isn't very transparent, they tend to lie about things and then turn around and lie about lying, and they tend to be hypocrits on some matters (saying one thing while doing another). And if Bush and his administration could atleast just apologize (sincerely apologize) more for their mistakes (you know, actually admit when they've been wrong), then they'd gain a whole lot more respect from me and a lot of other liberals like me.

So let's review : things that would make Bush better in liberals like me's opinions
1) set clear short term goals and articulate them to the public
2) be more transparent
3) work with Congress as a whole....reach out to the Democrats as well as to the Republicans and work together for change (and be willing to compromise)
4) stop lying
5) don't be hypocritical
6) admit mistakes and apologize

That's it and you know, it'd work great if all our elected leaders did this, too (since I know that not all of them do...while some actually do..wow!)

Oh and while not necessary, as a Hindu I'd appreciate it if Bush didn't say we're a "Christian" nation or if people in his administration wouldn't imply (or in some cases come right out and say) that people other than Jews, Muslims, and Christians are the only religious peoples that do social work (because it's not true...I have worked with countless social organizations that are Hindu, Pagan, Sikh, and other religions as well as Jewish, Muslim, and Christian...again, if it was just a mistake on those people who said that in the administration they could just admit that they made a mistake, didn't realize there were those other groups, and now that they know are fully appreciative of their work, too). But I'm just saying. Like I said, it's not super important, but I know that one gripe I hear amongst Liberals (including some Muslims and Jews) is that the administration often forgets about all the other peoples of faith in this nation and all the contributions they make.


All of this, though, is just my own humble opinion.

For the record:
In 2000 I voted for Gore
In 2004 I voted for Kerry

Each time for different reasons (not related to foreign policy issues).

Answer 2

You simplify the problem to fit your tiny little perspective. It's not about hating one more then the other. (what are you in 1st grade?)
Its a simple fact of right and wrong, I'm not liberal or conservative. I'm a pacifist, any human being with a drop of morality should hate the thought of kids and innocent civilians dying no mater what religion they practice. If you want to continue believing the lies, go ahead. Just do yourself a favor, read a non fictional book. Study history so you can see the similarities in what happened in the past and how it is repeating itself.

Hate is an ugly word, if we reduce are self to hating those that are different there will never be peace........Live and let live!

Answer 3

Because he wont come clean about theses facts..
That at the battle of Tora Bora, where bin Laden was surrounded on three sides, Special Forces received no order to advance and capture him and were forced to stand and watch as two Russian-made helicopters flew into the area where bin Laden was believed hiding, loaded up passengers and returned to Pakistan, demonstrates how confusing the modern battlefield can be.

That upon returning to Fort Bragg from Tora Bora, the same Special Operations troops who had been stood down from capturing bin Laden, suffered a unusual spree of murder/suicides, is nothing more than a series of senseless tragedies.

Reports that bin Laden is currently receiving periodic dialysis treatment in a Pakistani medical hospital are simply too incredible to be true.

That the White House went on Cipro September 11 shows the foresightedness of America’s emergency response.

That the anthrax was mailed to perceived liberal media and the Democratic leadership demonstrates only the perversity of the terrorist psyche.

That the anthrax attacks appeared to silence opponents of the Patriot Act shows only that appearances can be deceiving.

That the Ames-strain anthrax was found to have originated at Fort Detrick, and was beyond the capability of all but a few labs to refine, underscores the importance of allowing the investigation to continue without the distraction of absurd conspiracy theories.

That Republican guru Grover Norquist has been found to have aided financiers and supporters of Islamic terror to gain access to the Bush White House, and is a founder of the Islamic Institute, which the Treasury Department believes to be a source of funding for al Qaeda, suggests Norquist is at worst, naive, and at best, needs a wider circle of friends.

That the Department of Justice consistently chooses to see accused 9/11 plotters go free rather than permit the courtroom testimony of al Qaeda leaders in American custody looks bad, but only because we don't have all the facts.

That the White House balked at any inquiry into the events of 9/11, then starved it of funds and stonewalled it, was unfortunate, but since the commission didn't find for conspiracy it's all a non issue anyway.

That the 9/11 commission's executive director and "gatekeeper," Philip Zelikow, was so closely involved in the events under investigation that he testified before the the commission as part of the inquiry, shows only an apparent conflict of interest.

That commission chair Thomas Kean is, like George Bush, a Texas oil executive who had business dealings with reputed al Qaeda financier Khalid bin Mafouz, suggests Texas is smaller than they say it is.

Answer 4

... he called the guy and idiot and that's proof? No wonder you guys thought that you had "proof" that Iraq had WMD when you have no idea what the word proof means...

one answer calling someone an idiot is not proof of anything about that person, much less an entire group of people...

maybe liberals hate bush because he doesn't care about terrorists and we actually want to get Osama? that would mean that we don't like Bush because he doesn't take Osama seriously... so we hate terrorists and are mad that Bush doesn't hate them too...

Answer 5

It's really easy to hate Bush because he's stubborn, he's a horrible public speaker, and he really does not give an impression that he cares at all about our reputation in the Global arena. When you throw in the fact that he really didn't win the 2000 election, it's kinda hard to keep quiet while this man and his Administration consistently tramples on our Constitution and lines their pockets.

Answer 6

I hate what Bush has done! His lying from day 1, his flip flopping, his seizing of powers normally used only in the event of a global war. He breaks our Constitutional Law, He scorns our Bill Of Rights, He breaks International law, and then manufactures a reason for it, daring anyone to call him to task, I don't like being ashamed the the corruption of our Administration , and I grieve for the lose of the respect the United States had before Bush and his crafty, greedy and corrupt cohorts.

Answer 7

We don't.

We hate Bush BECAUSE he IS a terrorist.

You say he's not? Let's ask some people in the world that are not connected with the Republican party or the US. I am thinking that you will get that answer.

Answer 8

Probably because that question didn't deserve an answer. Its just name calling, really. He responded in kind.

Plus the asker must REALLY hate America if he or she thinks the terrorists have a snow-ball's chance at beating us!

EDITED (Sorry man, got carried away! lol)

Answer 9

because bush is kind of a terrorist.

he terrorizes the terrorists

Answer 10

it is true that i hate bush....... but because he is a terrorist!!!!!

he encourages torture, the killing of innocent people, and terror to promote his own agenda!!!!!

and don't worry i won't give you a bad rating........ but you need to stop putting your party and your allegiance to Bush before your own country!!!!!