How can Americans claim democracy is a good form of government when a democracy elected George W. Bush twice?

Answer 1

Well, Bush isn't running a Democracy in my opionion. It's more like a Dictatorship with Faschism mixed in.

Answer 2

I voted for Bush and would again, so I have a problem with the premise of the question to begin with.

Bush always told us that winning the peace would be more difficult than winning the war, but we don't like hearing that when we have only discovered the mass graves but not the smoking gun that created them.

I am a veteran, so I think I am thinking from a different perspective than those who are not (and I am emboldened by the fact that active-duty troops are on my side of the issue). One of the things that should not be forgotten is that men, American men, have died. If we decide there is no good reason for us to be there before the new government is secure, we will do as we did in Viet Nam and render the deaths of our lost senseless. We can only honor the blood we have lost by continuing to spill all the blood necessary to accomplish the task. How much that eventually benefits the national interest became irrelevant when the first drop of American blood fell on Iraqi soil. I would fight and die to ensure my brothers' deaths have meaning. To me, the moment that first drop of American blood fell, it became impossible to support the troops while protesting the war. I believe I know enough about war to hate it more than most of you can grasp, but some things are worth fighting for -- and we have one most people in this country seem to have either forgotten or have chosen to ignore.

You supported this war when it started. Is it anyone else's fault that you did not fully grasp the meaning of what you supported at the time. All servicemen live with "death before dishonor" as a part of the identity they assume with the uniform. Grasp that.

Answer 3

First of all the US is a republic not a democracy, you show your ignorance right there. Next I would like to know what is your idea of a good form of government. Judging from the question it would be Communism maybe, hey it worked great for Russia right. Do some research before you ask questions.

Answer 4

Actually, the running joke most of us Americans have is: "Democracy is the worst form of government...except for everything else."

The problem is we don't live in a TRUE democracy, but rather a representative democracy that doesn't always reflect the full views of the populus. We're working on that. :)

Answer 5

It's the same democracy that elected Clinton twice.

Answer 6

Because it also elected Clinton twice, Reagan twice and the likes of Lincoln, Roosevelt (Teddy and Franklin D), not to mention Jefferson and Washington, himself.

It's a good system as long as the people use it. There in lies the problem.

If you don't like the government, change it.

Answer 7

I assume you would have voted for the one who was a disgrace to his fellow soldiers after VietNam. Who voted for/against/for/against every bill that came up in the senate. Who insulted the entire military by suggesting only the losers, the stupid were serving in the military.
That doesn't say much for you and your opinions. President Bush has made mistakes but he's not flip-flopped like a fish on the bank. I'd vote for him again in a minute before I'd vote for a liberal.

Answer 8

Because that same democracy can elect someone else next time.

Answer 9

Bush became not an noticeably solid party of a conservative and he did not carry to the values that the REpublican party once held. He became nonetheless a more desirable determination than Al Gore yet your implied view that Bush became not a fiscally conservative is shared through lots of those who voted for Bush. a minimum of Bush became not vast on pushing social welfare.

Answer 10

The same way we can claim it when Bill Clinton was elected twice.