I consider myself a progressive and have never liked Bush, but I'm curious what the other side really thinks about him. Fellow liberals and progressives, please feel free to chime in. I like hearing from our side too.
2006-12-02 14:29:07 · 22 answers · asked by mirandalime 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Right policies and values...terrible execution of policies and values.
A stubborn man, every inch a Texan. His initial strengths turned out to be glaring weaknesses. Bush speak is one of the more amusing legacies he'll leave behind.
He will NOT go down in history as a great president but he will go down as an important one. This is because he has established numerous precedents and executive branch principles, many unpopular at the moment, that future presidents of both parties will need and apply to defend America from external (Muslim terrorists) and internal (Illegal Aliens) threats.
It is hard to objectively assess liberals because they have no reality based plans or viable solutions; just criticisms.
The Bush scandals are on par with the Clinton scandals which were on par with the Reagan scandals which were on part with...etc.
Thanks for asking the question. It was rather bold and civilized of you to frame it as you did. Remember, in today's definition of Republican and Democrat, JFK would be characterized as a liberal Republican. How ironic...
2006-12-02 14:41:30 · answer #1 · answered by angelthe5th 4 · 3⤊ 6⤋
Our country was defenseless on 911, Seems to me that all the big cities should have defense aircraft in operation 24/7. Then the President said we had a great Secretary of Defense who became Sec of Offense. And did that poorly. We had no right to go into Iraq, I think we went in because Bush Senior looked bad in dealing with Saddam.
I don't think he has honored the constitution after taking an oath to do so. He is a FAILURE
2006-12-02 23:25:36 · answer #2 · answered by Nort 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
He makes a fungus look intelligent by comparison. With 780 days left in his reign, we can look forward in anticipation to the election of an intelligent, well-spoken Democrat who will move the country in a positive direction. Have you ever heard this loon deliver a sentence without garbling the syntax, mispronouncing the simplest of words and not having that smirk on his face? He needs to sit down with his Dick and Jane and Dr. Seuss books and learn how to read, then take a course in Public Speaking to improve his diction. How this bozo ever got through college - oops, never mind, money can buy you a degree - is a mystery. He is also a war-mongering coward who didn't have the intestinal fortitude to go to Vietnam, but got Daddy to get him into the Texas Air National Guard where he went AWOL. Yet, he gets great delight in ordering troops today to go to Iraq for no good reason other than to please his vanity when he didn't have the courage to do the same thing himself in Vietnam. How many more people have to die to please this paranoid, narcissistic, schizophrenic psychopath the Christian right burdened us with? When historians analyze this debacle termed the Bush administration, they will conclude that he was, without a doubt, the worst president in the history of this country.
2006-12-03 00:11:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
bush is not a true conservative
he campaigned under the republican banner to get into office it was a big scam
nothing bush does can be atributed to anything conservative
real conservatives hate bush and regret supporting him
2006-12-02 23:34:41 · answer #4 · answered by the wise one 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hi, George Bush, though I'm sure is a good man at heart, has fallen victim to pandering in the attempt to 'broaden' the base. The truth is, he has moved away from his base of smaller government. Most conservatives agree that he and our representation has spent more and maintained and/or grew the size of government. Though it may have been necessary to redraw the lines between our national defense and national security, was it necessary to create a new government entity? Though I can speak for myself, these are his down falls. We'd be fooling ourselves if we thought every president will be everything to all people. I am concerned that he and the rest of the republicans, while they were in power, took the opposition as equals in power. The Democrats have never extended that courtesy to the Republicans before. The "new tone" though nice in intent, really did the Republicans no good. When you are in power, you need to pursue the agenda that you won power on, not consider the agenda of those who lost power on.
I do like that he is a man who's character is that of a neighbor I'd like to have. He's a very real person. I like that he follows through with his goals and intent. I like that he doesn't back down from threats or a fight. I do appreciate his efforts in tackling terrorists, I have no shame for him in taking out the baath party of Irag or the Taliban in Afghanistan. I am confident that he can handle foreign affairs to the United State's best interest. He extends a lot of courtesy to the world and puts up with the back lash. Why did he bother to go to the United Nations before taking action against our enemies? Why does he bother listening to those who stab us in the back around the world? I suppose he's a better man than me. I couldn't continue being respectful to those who are disrespectful to my country and me.
All in all, he has his ups and downs, fairly typical for a President. The fact he is enduring a time of such trial world wide is respectable. Not many man could keep it together, and over all he has.
2006-12-02 22:47:39 · answer #5 · answered by Tony C 2 · 4⤊ 7⤋
Wildthing took the words right out of my mouth. I agree 100%!
2006-12-03 10:09:20 · answer #6 · answered by J 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
George W Bush is not a conservative. I support some of what he does, and did vote for him. The conservatives are not happy with most of his policies. He has nominated mostly good conservative judges, and is commited to protecting our country, but he's horrible on immigration. Nobody wants a comprehensive plan to deal with illegal immigration, except him. I don't even think the Dems want the kind of plan he does. We don't want amnesty. That's my opinion.
2006-12-02 22:39:16 · answer #7 · answered by smatthies65 4 · 4⤊ 5⤋
He's sincerely trying hard, but he's not competent to be president. His mind is not subtle or complex enough to handle contradictions, details, and mountains of data needed to make informed and intelligent decisions. As a result, he's surrounded himself with similarly limited people and they've made a huge mess. He should have relied on intellectuals who know facts. Now other people more intelligent than he is, like James Baker, have to try to clean up a world-wide disaster.
2006-12-02 22:37:48 · answer #8 · answered by Edward DeVere 2 · 2⤊ 6⤋
1) He's not particularly well-qualified to be President. He seemed to inherit the office rather than earn it.
2) If he had won the popular vote as well as the Electoral College, his claim on the White House would have seemed at least a little bit more legitimate.
3) When he asked for the injunction to stop the re-counts in Florida and he claimed that the method of counting ballots was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause, my fist slammed my forehead and I knew then and there that I wouldn't be voting for him again.
2006-12-02 22:38:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 8⤋
Compared to you theres almost no other side. Good job you jumped on the bandwagon. I think you should all get together and take turns kicking him in the teeth. How do I feel? I feel like he's the president.
2006-12-02 22:33:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 7⤋