After the second election Bush announced he had earned "political capital".. has he bankrupt his political capital the same way he has our nation?
2006-11-16 03:08:24 · 9 answers · asked by pip 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
1. i didn't vote for bush, even in the first election
2. this midtern election had a profound effect on the economy in the short term (the dow went up when they heard the democrats won.)
3. with his policies and the confidence he instills (or lack there of) a president can have profound effects on the economy
4. my family (with the exception of a republican uncle, who bush's tenure has now turned democrat) have always been democrat :) and proud of it.
.... but thanks anyways ggraves, at least you are fairly well informed in your beliefs.. even if i disagree with your final assessments.
2006-11-16 03:29:14 · update #1
It amazes me that people still insist on supporting Bush.
2006-11-16 03:34:55 · answer #1 · answered by Lucy E 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
America is not politically bankrupt, but Bush is. Bush has really run out of ideas regarding both dometic and international political scenarios. I think there is always room for diplomacy now that the democrats are the majority. The way the US is handling the Middle East will have negative long term effects. US has diplomatically lost a lot of credibility concerning the Mid East issue and having to live in East Asia, I can tell you that anti American resentment is increasingly high, even among non Muslims.
2006-11-16 11:14:50 · answer #2 · answered by Zabanya 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you are living in a dream world if you think Bush has that much power that he can bankrupt the nation. We don't need a president to do something we can do all by ourselves.
Think about it, even with the hocus pocus of electoral college Bush won the second term period. That means a majority of people wanted him to run the country for better or worse. Although, I think most of us believed and still believe he was the best choice for the fight against terrorism he probably wasn't the best choice for a war time economy. That economy that you say is bankrupt has been in far worse shape in the past and probably will get worse someday in the future.
The worse economic time in my families life was when Carter (a Democrat) was in office. Sure, we were not in a huge deficit but, the gas lines sucked along with double digit inflation.... Let me repeat that: Double digit inflation! And, 14 percent interest on a home loan!
You would probably be a flying conservative if you lived that time or even think about it to long.
2006-11-16 11:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by ggraves1724 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It seems so. The Republicans has all 3 Houses for SIX years, yet did very little with them. They increased spending faster than Democrats, despite the 1994 Republican Revolution's promise of smaller and more efficient government. They failed to push their agenda forward, and allowed the minority Democrats to continue to shape the agenda. He campaigned for incumbents in 2004, rather than for real conservatives, offending a large part of his base. He failed to answer the mainstream media's consistent and constant attacks, and allowed them to shape the overall opinions of most of the citizenry. He failed to use his veto pen to oppose horrible legislation (like Campaign Finanace Reform, which restricted individual citizens far more than unscrupulous representatives and lobbyists), he failed to push hard enough for border security, and it seems like he did far more for the freedom of Iraqis than he did for the freedom of Americans.
He's a sincere and decent man (and the haters usually show themselves to just be silly and easily-led pawns), but he's not a savvy politician. That makes me like him as a principled person (who likes typical politicians?), but it doesn't rate him highly as a political operator.
By the way, the nation isn't bankrupt. The federal budget is still climbing, and will reach $3 trillion in 2008 (my prediction... it's at $2.7 T now, and just crossed the $2 T mark in 1997). The nation's political capital may be kaput, but that likely more due to the fact that our detractors will now count on an oppositional Congress to prevent him from carrying out his word, and therefore they will not feel a need to listen to him as much.
2006-11-16 11:16:35 · answer #4 · answered by Alan B 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think that after the Republican Party lost Congress on the 7th, President Bush OWES political capital.
2006-11-16 11:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by amg503 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Bush always bankrupt .
2006-11-16 11:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by rony f 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not only is he politically bankrupt, but he is morally bankrupt, as well.
2006-11-16 11:15:53 · answer #7 · answered by tangerine 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
touche! nice metaphor
oh, and yes, he has bankrupt his own political capital
2006-11-16 11:12:44 · answer #8 · answered by J G 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes.These past six years have been very hard on this country,whether people want to acknowledge it or not.
2006-11-16 11:15:57 · answer #9 · answered by cannon Ball! 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋