Why Do People Dislike President Bush? Please give me responses?

Question

People dont even know the facts. Bush has no control over gas prices. The U.S. economy has created more than 6.6 million since Aug. 2003 and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4%. 92,000 were created in October 2006. Next the next issue is The illegals that are coming into america, isnt the presidents fault. Its the border controls fault. the border control can easily track down each illegal that comes into America. The Border control is just lazy and dont feel messing with the problem, they will just go out there every once in a while and catch some people. The illegals already have the right to vote, get jobs, and rent homes in arizona, that is the border controls falut, not the president. Bush is actually doing something about it, such as signing a bull to build a fence. Then there is the quote that "bush hates black people" which didnt even come from bush. People just think that because of the reaction of NO. then last is the terriorst attack. was the us not supposed tgt war.

Answer 1

I know, If people didn't like him after the first four years of his presidency, then why did they vote him in for another four years

Answer 2

Let's start at the beginning. President Bush isn't particularly good talking to large groups in public. That is a bit surprising, since most people who reach this status (national office) usually have mastered this quality at some level. Bob Dole wasn't particularly good at it, either. Heck, Al Gore has gotten a lot better at such skills lately. By the way, everyone says Bush is much better with people in small groups with the cameras off.

Second, in the big picture, he's been more conservative than most predicted. It's a rather divided country right now, almost 50-50, and Bush really hasn't reached across the aisle very often. When he did, after 9/11, his popularity soared. If Bush acts as if he's always right and the opposition is always wrong, he's not going to get the benefit of the doubt.

Third, the war in Iraq obviously is a drag on his popularity. America has been over there for some time without many obvious signs of improvement in the region. The plan was to set up a starting point for democracy, but that really hasn't worked out so far and there aren't many signs that it will. Plus, bad information on weapons of mass destruction certainly took out a major justification for the invasion. You can draw comparisons to Vietnam if you'd like, and some may be valid.

Some of the other issues are important to some, but not overall. The government didn't respond quickly to Katrina, but I'm not sure any President could have made that much of a difference. The economy is doing reasonably well. Immigration doesn't affect a huge percentage of the population.

I think Bush is a symptom of a divided nation. Republicans give him the benefit of the doubt; Democrats give him no such break. The reverse would be true if the Democrats had an obvious leader in the wings for 2008. (Think Bush is a lightning rod for criticism? Consider Hillary Clinton.) We're in a polarized time. A little statesmanship by all concerned would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath.

Answer 3

You don't really want responses because you have already come to a conclusion - wrong as it is. The way you connect the reasons for your support to the issues is so flawed, it would never stand a the 7th grade requirment of writing an objective story or article. Still, you say nothing of Iraq being his fault, global warming being his fault because he ignores the issue and won't sign the Kyoto Treaty ( which everyone else in the world has ), you excuse him for not protecting our borders by blaming it on lazy Border Patrol ( you clearly have never spent one minute even watching what they do) and you are stupid enough to think that a fence being built means Bush is a hero on the illegal immigrant issue? My God, what planet have you been on the last six years because it hasn't been earth. And where did you learn to think- are you from France or something?

Answer 4

The majority of the people dislike President Bush because the people around them do not like President Bush. The sad thing is they will quote a bunch of Steven Colbert and Jon Stuart sayings, and explain to us how he "lied" and how he "conspired to kill Americans"

And why? Because they're not smart enough to look up the details. Because they live in an insulated world. Becuase they think the middle east is all happy and nice, and how they enjoy all the liberties that we take for granted.

The President has become a scapegoat for everything bad that has happened in the years he has been President. What do people think, that he caused September 11? That he willed Hurricane Katrina into existance?

The questions these people must ask themselves, is what would they have done differently?

Hindsight is 20/20. Now think how you would have reacted to all of these hardships without the information you have now.

I Support the President of the United States. Not because i agree with everything that he does, or everything he says, but because I believe he was the best choice for the job. Who would you rather have; a man who can speak for 30 minutes without saying anything, who blatently calls our troops stupid? Or a man who does the best he can, without the bullshit?

Answer 5

It does not matter who is in office. If Al Gore had won when he ran, or if John Kerry won the last election, I can almost guarantee you the only thing in your question that would have changed would be the name. I am not a Bush supporter, but I have always supported our president, no matter who it was, or is. All presidents take their knocks while in office. Bush is just doing what any president feels is the right thing at the right time, he thought it was right. Gore might have handled it differently, but we will never know. Not all of us hate Bush, and not all of us like him. But I would not want his job, for all the world. And I have always said that, no matter who was there.

Answer 6

I agree with most of what you said except for about the illegal immigration. I have to say that that is one of his major flaws. He has a lot more power than you clearly see. The government has come up with ways to control it but they have yet to fund it. Now, it isn't all of his fault but a big part is.

I support President Bush... just that's one thing I don't agree with him on. He doesn't think it's as big of a problem as it really is.

Answer 7

I dislike his arrogance and how he pushes religion, when religion talks against war and wealth. I wish he was a better speaker. He has not drawn the American people together, but instead he claims that many are against America's beliefs... quite devisive.

I dislike the Bush supporter mentality that he is doing something, when we all know that a fence is not going to do anything. Of course the president's job is hard work, a lot harder than my job, but we should have somebody who can do it, not pretend to.

Answer 8

>Not all people are nitwits...most have caught on to the fact that he is not exactly a bright person, let alone a functioning President.

The great majorty of Americans have figured all this out for themselves and didn't need to waste space on Yahoo's servers with a question like that...duh.<

Answer 9

I personally think it is mostly because Congress is out of control and he has only vetoed like one bill during his whole term. He doesn't like to say no to anyone, so everything our congress wants they get. Since they are majority Republican, he really has no choice. Our deficit is out of control, but Congress spends the money and makes the decisions. He just gets the heat because he can't and doesn't stand up against them. A Republican that goes against his party is pretty much signing his political death certificate.

Answer 10

I'll make it short -- a mediocre, decrepit, war-mongering idiot who alienates our foreign allies, builds up a massive deficit, plays up to corporate interests, and chokes on a pretzel shouldn't even be in charge of a fork, let alone a nation.

On the bright side, late-night comedy has never seen more ripe material than in the last six years.

Answer 11

I'm against everything that Bush stands for and does.

- He believes in manipulating the public with propaganda in order to control the masses. Hitler believed the same yet he claims to be a Christian. The Christian faith believes in honesty and truth. How is manipulating the masses with false propaganda either of those.
- He is a false Christian. He was hired by his father in 1988 to learn how to 'sound' Christian in order to win the evangelical vote. And I have yet to find any record of him every being baptized.
- He knowingly lied to the American ppl and to Congress in the state of the union speech about Iraq's WMDs. (grounds for impeachment)
- He has destroyed my country's high level of respect all around the world. Now ppl actually hate us instead of admire us.
-His cowboy diplomacy has created more terrorists in this world than could have ever been imagined.
-He has gone around congress by using executive orders to combine religion with the state. These executive orders evolve around his Faith-Based Initiatives that MY tax dollars are paying for. To this day, no non-christian organizations have received any of those funds. (grounds for impeachment)
- He has ignored my country's laws and disobeyed the constitution repeatedly. (grounds for impeachment)
- He has used rendition to have prisoners tortured which is a war crime and violation of the Geneva convention. He is a war criminal. (grounds for impeachment)
- He is flat out an immoral man with an evil spirit. He believes in lies, deceit and power.... anything for political gain and to keep republicans in power.
- I truly believe that he is Cheney and Rumsfeld's pawn and Rove has no moral fiber whatsoever in his soul.
- Any party that 'admittingly' uses HATE to win elections... I can't describe the emotion I get about this... I think maybe nausea.
- Here recently, after the Supreme Court slapped him on the wrist about some things, he has decided to try to rewrite legislation rather than conform to our constitution. The same constitution he gave an oath to honor, protect and obey.
- He turned me into a murderer by using my tax dollars to kill 100,000s of innocent Iraqis. (grounds for impeachment)
- He is PRO-ILLEGAL immigration.
- he is all about helping the rich get richer. IE, his party sabotages the minimum wage increase by addnig in estate tax cuts for ONLY the rich.

How ppl believe this man is a Christian is beyond me.