How do I regain my respect for my fellow Americans?

Question

I've long gotten over George W. Bush being elected (and re-elected) president. All along I've known that no matter what happened, he couldn't be president forever.

And now he's a lame-duck who only has two years remaining in office.

But the sickening idea that more than 50 million of my fellow Americans could elect (and re-elect) someone like that, is something that will never go away, and will haunt me to my grave.

I can't stomach the feeling that Americans no longer have the high standards they once did when it comes to choosing their leaders, considering that the last two presidents have been draft-dodgers.

Virtually anyone living outside the United States will agree (word for word) with what I just said.

I don't think the commander-in-chief should be required to have prior military experience, but I do have issues with electing someone who hides in Canada (or has daddy and grand-daddy pull some strings) to get out of serving.

Answer 1

Well, pretty much, you just named every announced presidential candidate for 2008.

Obama, Hillary, Biden, Edwards, Giuliani

Answer 2

Abraham Lincoln once said, "It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time." Ours is a history of cycles, 50s McCarthyism, 60's Vietnam, 70's Price Controls, Gas lines, Watergate....During the 90s all the comedians jokes were aimed at the liberals, and there was a sea change toward the right, now all the jokes are on about the conservatives, there will be a sea change again. We will get smart for a while, and then dumb again. There will be cycles, no avoiding it. We just keep hoping it's not our last one.

Answer 3

I feel the same way about you. You voted for scum like Clinton?
Carter was a useless president & an idiot now. You do not have to agree with who is elected you just have to live with it, preferable in silence.
Read your history again & stop making up history. President Bush went to Harvard & Yale, he joined the Texas Air National Guard & was a pilot. He never hid out in Canada. The question was always if he left the National Guard early & he went back & served an extra 3 months just in case (and he loved to fly).

Answer 4

war can do tha t particularly a war that is ambiguous morally as is Iraq, were you around during the Vietnam war. I do not like Bush/Cheney politics, they make me sick, if this fooking war is so important to our survival why don't they take steps to make us all give some sacrifice for it? I spent a yr in Nam volunteered. I know conservatives feel as strong as I do about their support of Bush/Cheney and I applaud them. I worry about the libs & cons that are so prevalent on this site that spout only platitudes, generalities, and hate. I have been guility on name calling when I see those who spout generalities hopefully I do not do it when someone has a factual basis for their opinion. If it was not for the great laughs I get from a lot of the junk on here I would get off this

Answer 5

Well given the choices that Americans had; I am alright with it(can't change the majority of Americans choice), knowing that we as a Country will prosper or fall, and it will be due to choices of the leadership that WE have made. Personally. I prefer to not whine, like a lot do, and hope that one day, sometime, there will be better choices for Americans in choosing its leaders. Even in now times, the prospects are very alarming, and choices will be very difficult for voters. My focus is 2008, and what we see in Dems in power doing now, and they haven't shown anyone, at least me, that they will better secure this Nation. By making legislation to remove funding for what Dem's see as Bushes war, dam I hope our men and women of our armed services will not have to endure others peoples arrogance indirectly, for their dislike of our President today, politicians as a whole are all full of it, wake up America!

Answer 6

Get your facts straight. Bill Clinton was the ONLY draft dodger elected President.
It is sickening that about 50 million of my fellow Americans could vote for "I invented the internet" Gore and then "I was for it before I was against it" John Kerry.

Answer 7

I do not know where you get your belief that virtually anyone outside of the US will agree with you. How many countries supported us in the 1st Gulf war compared to the second?

My wife is from Europe and has family all over Europe and we talk quite often to them thanks to Vonage. I hear the exact opposite. France, Germany, Russian and China are not the only countries outside the United States. If you research the country support in both Wars you will find that more countries signed on with us the 2nd go around. Don't believe everything you hear on scair America or the Clinton News Network my friend.

Answer 8

I typically vote Republican, and I will tell you, Bush is no peach. But, the alternative was Kerry. Can you believe, 300M people and Kerry was our choice? I'll never get that out of my head. The Dems might as well have told the nation to re-elect Bush.

Answer 9

I think you are just tired and stressed from making yourself believe that the Democrats are going to effect any change. They won't finish what the congress allowed to happen in Iraq. If the congress cuts the funding, more soldiers will die and our country will be the laughting stock of the world. i would rather finish what we started and save face than to become the New France.

Answer 10

Instead of complaining, do something about it. Volunteer with your party's election campaign, or something productive. Whining about not wanting another president like the one we have doesn't help anything.