why do ppl hate bush!?!?!?

Question

i mean that's really stupid it's not his falt that gas prices go up or that huriccanes happen. give some answers!

aright tell me were we would be if we didn't go to war!?!

Answer 1

I think the reasons are many; and coincidentally several things have come together at the same time in history to increase it. Here are a few:

1 - The Clinton era. During an era when a sitting president really did break laws and lie intentionally to the American people and the government itself, the Republicans were instrumental in having that president reprimanded and impeached. Then the Democrats lost the election. I think there is a lot of leftover resentment. The Dems were powerful for a long time, and suddenly they weren't. They have spearheaded a real backlash against the Republicans for taking that away. You have to understand that to some extent, this happens during every presidency where parties switch power.

2 - Enormous changes in mass media. During the Clinton era, most people still got their info from major networks. Cable news channels weren't big. Most cable channels grew from political group ideologies. .. that's why so many are percieved to be right-leaning or left-leaning. Recent reputable studies by organizations like Media Watch, non-affiliated to any particular news entity, have determined that the vast majority of media in the U.S. is actually left-wing biased, to a greater extent than anyone wanted to admit.

At the same time, you have to realize that during the Clinton area, most households did not have personal computers yet. Email was just coming in wide use. So information did not travel as quickly, was not available in the mass overload it is today, and all the arm-chair quarterbacking (everyone and their dog having an opinion on things they really know little about) that you see today, was not common.

3 - Customs have changed. Even a few decades ago, it was not possible for people to question a president's decisions to the degree we do today, because the office of the presidency was treated with more reverence and respect. In othe words, if you were smart enough and qualified enough to be elected to the office, even citizens who didn't vote for you respected that you were elected. Good manners have gone down the drain in many ways in this society, and the way people feel free to talk down a sitting president is evidence of that. So Bush is in fact 'bashed' more than any president in the past, quite arguably. Young people don't realize that this is not the way things have been done in the past - even Nixon, who really WAS a crook and liar in many ways, was not so maligned. After his absolute failure as president (and in fact being forced out of office) - he was still buried with honors and respect a few years ago.

4 - The war in Iraq has provided a platform for an increase in liberalism in the U.S. and other countries in the West.

5 - The Americans who remember the horror of the Nazi rise and of Pearl Harbor, are frankly getting old and dying out. Younger generations don't have any memory or real understanding of those times, and so don't understand the growing threat of Islamofascism (as Bush does) and don't understand that our enemies won't just go away if we start fighting them.

6 - There have been coincidental conditions in Europe in the politics of individual countries, which have caused leftist voices of citizens in Europe to speak out against the U.S. and Bush. We hear them in huge numbers because of the internet and cable TV, so we probably perceive their numbers to be huge, when proportionately they really aren't.

7 - We have a problem or two with education in the U.S. in the recent decades, and this has greatly contributed to the lack of clear understanding of the political situation, in our youth. Movements for revisionist history, which became popular in the Clinton years, have resulted in our textbooks teaching a lopsided view of real history.

Young people have trouble understanding that America has overwhelmingly been a good force in history, partly because of the imbalance in textbooks and other educational materials, but partly because we have an atmosphere where, for mostly litigational reasons (fear of lawsuit), teachers and instructors who are themselves sometimes ill-informed and undereducated, spout their political opinions in classrooms, failing their students in failing to teach in any balanced manner. Real and pertinent information is omitted that would benefit students in becoming better-informed citizens and better-rounded people.

Here are a few examples of what I mean: You hear people, like some people here, say that all the world hate's Bush and won't stand by him. They don't have the quality of education to understand how world politics work. If they did, they would know automatically that countries refuse to help Bush not because they "hate" him but because other countries have political and economic agendas of their own, in which many factors come into play when deciding whether to side with the U.S. on an issue. Most of these factors have little or nothing to do with the U.S. or its policies. Here is another example - I hear a lot of young people throw around the word "fascism", calling Bush a "fascist" without really knowing what fascism is. (Bush ain't it, believe me.) I have to think they've heard some teacher, or a parent, or a friend, say the word and they have thought it was an accurate description of Bush. It is so far from accurate it's crazy. People, when you call Bush a fascist. . . you may as well carry a sign saying "I know nothing about the history of true fascist regimes and don't really understand the word." Don't use it!! Or, go to the middle east, live where you can't criticize your leaders or their religion, where you have to cover your face in public, where you are stoned to death for disagreeing with the bullying status quo, where you are denied any education but that which is about religion, where you are forbidden to travel freely - THAT is to live with fascism. You don't in the U.S.


I could go on. . . .but you get the picture. There are many factors, which all came together at the same time. Someone here went on and on about Bush's mistakes, in her view. Problem was, she had much of her factual information wrong. This is typical. She seems to be repeating a lot of the same tired leftist mantra, much of which has been proven factually wrong, and she swallowed it all the way. . . it's sad.

I can assure you that this is true: Bush is not the most hated president in time of war in history - a lot of presidents are hated in times of war (even Lincoln and Roosevelt had to fight unpopularity); mass demonstrations are not anything new either - we just see them all over cable and the computer for the first time; Bush has not been proven to have "lied" deliberately to anyone, nor has he been proven to have entered the war for the wrong reasons, or for any reasons other than the same ones most of the West and our own govenment believed at the time.

Those who have some perspective, and education, understand that history will probably tell that Bush did a lot of good for not only the U.S. but for the Western alliance and the slow in the proliferation of nuclear arms. History will also credit him with bringing awareness of the Islamic threat posed to the world peace. (It is interesting to note that Churchill screamed about the Nazi fascist threat for years. . and people didn't listen. Now he is considered one of History's most astute and enlightened leaders.)

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Answer 2

To honestly answer your question I understand the Bush Bashers very well and I will help explain why many are frustrated because Al Gore lost to him by such a slim margin then fueled with the liberal media being so negative against him that just intensify the problem. If you have observed history the media has always vilified Republicans Ford was a bumbler, Reagan was a idiot, Dan Quayle was a dunce Bush 1 was clueless(remember it was the economy stupid) now it is Bush 2 is an idiot anyone notice a pattern here! most rational people are aware of the media manipulation only the shallow people like some of the ones I see on YA can be easily fooled.

Answer 3

Hey.. I don't hate bush.. it's true that it's not his fault that gas prices go up or Hurricanes happen... but.. there are other reasons that may make people hate him..

for example.. he will benefit from gas prices going up because he is a major shareholder of some oil and gas companies, and that he didn't approve of the major upgrades and repairs needed in New Orleans to keep the waters out in case of a storm. Knowing that New Olreans is in the path of hurricanes, and that there is a chance that some major hurricane may cause serious damage. Instead, he took the funds needed to repair New Orleans and gave it to fund the losing war in Iraq.

So, maybe that's why people hate him. I don't. I think he's just made a series of major mistakes.

Answer 4

Oh wow, where to start...1) He is a lier 2) He's a bigot 3) He cares more about his own wealth than his job 4) He's weak under pressure 5) He's a LOUSY public speaker.

I could go on, but I hope you get the picture.

Answer 5

well thats a good question....I do not hate bush,thats a strong word..I just do not agree with this Iraq war he,s got us in.We has already got a bunch of our men killed,husbands and wifes are splite up,families are apart..there is a lot of innocent women and childre being killed daily.and for what? to prove a point? We all want bush to pull out of Iraq and hes just being stubborn..This war is as useless as the vietnam war...Totally useless and we are even fighting the wrong people..Mr Bush says hes doing this to get revenge on Iraq for that 9-11 bombing,but Iraq did not do that bombing...I do not hate Bush,I just wish he would listen to us,we are not proving anything...We lost 10 of our men yesterday.....as far as gasoline prices they always go up in war time....and hurricanes has nothing to do with this situation whatso ever..hope this helps to clear up a few things for you...

Answer 6

He's a spoon-fed Daddy's boy who thinks the Iraq war is the greatest thing he's ever done. He is a spoiled idiot who needs to spend a week in Iraq to see what is happening to our soldiers and what a hell he has created for our troops and for innocent Iraqi citizens.

Answer 7

Because he's a terrible president who consistently makes really stupid decisions that reflect on us as a nation.

Answer 8

It's because we're in a war that we don't need to be in. He even admittted there were no WMD's. And he's just not listening to the general people.

Answer 9

he's a draft dodger who gave other draft dodgers top gov jobs, that in turn sent thousands of young patriotic soldiers to their deaths in an illegal war.

Answer 10

Bush haters ??

That was coined by the Republican party to describe anyone who disliked or disagreed with Bush. It's grossly over-generalized of the reality of the situation.

Most people in America who oppose Bush don't hate the man, they just disagree strongly with how he's handled the office of president.

If it's masses of Bush haters you're after, don't look in the US boarders, look at the people of every other country on the planet. I'm not aware of any previous US president who was as hated as Bush now is among non-US citizens in the world.

After 9/11 Bush had the opportunity to step up and take charge like a real leader. He could have asked virtually anything of the American people. The outside world stretched out a hand of friendship, comfort and cooperation like never before seen.

And Bush used this historical opportunity to tell Americans to go shopping while he pushed the Patriot Act. His administration made it clear that the people need to support the president no matter what, or they're unpatriotic. This government can now arrest and detain any US citizen for any amount of time, without ever being charged of a crime, with no right to counsel or appeal, without any culpability whatsoever. He's ordered US libraries to now hand over records of what books were read by whom, when and where without any need for a warrant or cause. His administration tried to push servicemen and women (mailmen, utility service people, etc.) into using their jobs to spy on their fellow citizens and report anything suspicious or ostensibly illegal. Can you say "Stazi" ??

He gives a tax cut for the rich people in this country, while US military fighting in Iraq have to pay for their own meals. US military people return from war and find themselves on food stamps. Schools all across this country are closing down or learning to operate on less and less money, even as the costs of school supplies and maintenance continues to increase. And all this while our National deficit continually hits record highs. Are tax breaks for the rich really what this country needs right now ??

He was given massive authority over our military and a large budget to use with it. He went into Afghanistan to remove the terrorists from power there and force them to run for their lives. But he didn't use a lot of our military to do it. Instead he relied on warlords to do a good job, who used the opportunity to carry out a lot of revenge attacks.

But, all in all, Afghanistan went reasonably well, sans the inability to capture Osama or the leader of the Taliban. Bush then went into Iraq. But did it in such a way as to alienate the US from most of the world and cause global anti-war demonstrations the likes of which had never been seen. And now that he's gotten us in there, he has no exit strategy other than to rush Iraq into elections that their country clearly isn't going to be prepared for. Even Rumsfeld and Cheney admitted that "sure, there's going to be attacks on voters and voting centers, but hey, democracy isn't perfect."

So to recap just a very few of the most basics here....

Bush uses his personal religious beliefs to force his own idea of morality onto the people of a country who value separation of church and state.

Bush used 9/11 as an opportunity to push terrible agendas that kill many important freedoms that we used to have, while telling us to just go shopping and letting us know that any who oppose him must be unpatriotic people who embolden the enemy.

Bush managed to take unprecedented global support for America and within two short years turn it into unprecedented global hatred for America.

Bush took the balanced budget from the '90s and turned it into the largest deficit in history and still climbing.

Bush promised no child left behind and he'd support our soldiers, but used that money to give rich people tax breaks. So now we have even less money for schools and soldiers.


But through it all, are liberals really Bush haters ??
Is anyone and everyone who opposes Bush automatically a Bush hater ??

No. We don't hate Bush, we just firmly believe that this man is severely unqualified and way too incompetent to occupy the highest office any longer.

Answer 11

CAUSE HES A JERK AND DONT CARE ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE JUST BIG OIL COMPINES AND THE RICH

PLUS HE LOOKS LIKE A CHIPMUNK