2006-12-19 01:46:52 · 10 answers · asked by Snowshoe 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Reason, for certain. I would argue that much of the pro-Bush movement is based on emotion and a realy disdain for reason. I don't really dislike GWB personally. I've met the guy and found him to be quite charming. But his presidency has been one of the great disasters of American history and, had his advisors listened to reason, that could have been avoided.
2006-12-19 01:49:21 · answer #1 · answered by texascrazyhorse 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I would say both. Emotionally, people will not like a president that does not agree with their beliefs. This kind of thing can happen with any president. When based on reason, people see that the world is in a lot of turmoil, largely because of the effect the US government has had in recent years on the world. The war in Iraq is illegal (this can't be argued against, as it does not have UN approval), it's based on false information and lies (again, this has been reported by media and stated by the government itself), and Bush is one of the only people who will not admit he was wrong. This can come from both reason and emotion.
2006-12-19 01:53:30 · answer #2 · answered by Enceladus 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It appears to be based more on emotion. Most people who engage in Bush-bashing call the President an idiot and can't clearly articulate the reasons WHY they believe he's an idiot, unless they pull out the old tired "We're fighting a war for oil" diatribe (can't these people get an original thought?). They also ignore the fact that the economy has improved under the Bush administration and conveniently forget how it crashed after a certain flag-burning, dope-smoking, philandering son of a b**** sat back and did NOTHING except take credit for the robust economy that was made possible by one Ronald Wilson Reagan. There's a lot of truth to the saying "If you're young and you're not a liberal then you have no heart, but if you're an adult and you're not a conservative then you don't have a brain."
2006-12-19 01:51:48 · answer #3 · answered by sarge927 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
People stuck beside Bush on emotion. The wave of anti-presidential sentiment is purely based on reason and has swelled up as that emotional bond subsided.
You know when you are first in a relationship and you let things slide because you are in love? Then after the love starts to fade, your eyes are opened to what they really are? That's what the country is going through right now.
2006-12-19 01:51:04 · answer #4 · answered by none 2 · 4⤊ 3⤋
It is reason that has since become emotional. It is hard to remain emotionless when he makes one mistake after another, lies, creates a huge mess in Iraq, destroys the economy and the environment and then refuses to acknowledge any mistakes and sneers at people that disagree with him.
2006-12-19 02:01:27 · answer #5 · answered by capu 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To stay with someone that tells you Iraq's have weapons of mass destruction, terrorists of 9-11 came from there, they want democracy and are willing to fight for it, is emotion.
Reason is realizing that we were lied to, they had no post invasion plan, they didn't have enough troops in place, Bush kept friends that agreed with him in office no matter how incompetent. Seeing that government agencies are so incompetent, all they're good at is getting paid.
2006-12-19 02:02:13 · answer #6 · answered by jackie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
after 9-11...... Bush had the approval of 90% of Americans and every country around the world had our back.......
and Bush pissed it all a way!!!!!!!!
he must answer for his actions..... thus most is based on reason.... but reason effects emotion!!!!!!
2006-12-19 01:52:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes?! oh you mean one or the other well not hate but anger and sadness because you have 2 cowards running the country and if you hate Clinton for being a poor coward then you should be even more angry and sad when you have 2 rich cowards running a war to make their Buddy's rich with their military industrial stocks and bonds and Clinton only made war because of war lords in country's that had no oil to offer but only peace of mine that we stopped the murder of Innocent people and you cant say the same for Saddam Husein because he was doing that over 1/4 of a century ago when Reagan was in office and Reagan did nothing because Saddam was waging war with Iran and Ollie North was kissing the ayatollah azz to release the hostages in the mean time and selling them wmds! [ remember those?!]
2006-12-19 01:48:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
It is based on emotion.
The reasons to support Bush are all based on cold hard facts, with an emphasis on COLD.
The reasons to oppose Bush are based on emotional responses to the media onslaught of images of people dying.
All of their arguments boil down to "war is bad".
2006-12-19 01:51:09 · answer #9 · answered by Ricky T 6 · 2⤊ 5⤋
i would have to say emotion
2006-12-19 01:49:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋