Americans and Bush?

Question

I am interested in the average Americans' feelings towards and about their president. Do you feel the same way about him and the war as us English people?

Answer 1

Do not confuse job approval rating (mid 30s) with how liberals hate Bush in a very personal way. The approval rating of Congress rarely ever rises above the mid-30s, and the President's job approval rating is linked directly to the Iraq War and the constant stream of bad news.

In personality and like/dislike polls, Bush regularly wins high ratings as a very amicable person. Also, he was elected by the American people twice regardless of how much Democrats pretend that the election was somehow stolen. This was especially true in the 2004 election where he won both the popular and electoral votes by a sizable margin.

Personally, I did not vote for him in 2000, but I did in 2004. I know he has made some mistakes, but considering the job he was handed, I think he has performed exceptionally well overall. If nothing else, he has chosen at each opportunity to act and attempt to right wrongs whereas his predecessor chose to ignore reality and repeatedly failed to respond appropriately to any issues in the world from the 1993 bombing of the WTC to Rwanda.

Finally, I know Europe is often more critical of President Bush, but I can't help but wonder if you're painting with too broad a brush in assuming to know what all English people think.

Answer 2

Well I think that the thousands of people marching in the streets to protest him throughout his presidency should point to a great discord among us here in the US. The last election showed the country split down the middle, and most polls show the majority are disgusted with the actions taken in the war.

To my knowledge, (in the modern era) I have never known of an American president who experienced so many voting fraud accusations. We are just on a runaway train right now, wish us luck.

It's a strange thing for a country like America to be the aggressor in a colonial war.

Answer 3

Government is a necessary evil. People who conduct the affairs of nations are the government, and therefore their functions are a necessary evil. The trick is satisfying the "necessary" while minimizing the "evil". Bush seems to satisfy the necessary, but is not doing so in the least evil manner possible. Most other US politicians who oppose Bush would be less evil, but would fail to do the necessary.

It's kind of like chemotherapy or radiation therapy: if you have a life-threatening disease like cancer, but you can survive the treatment long enough, there's a chance you will get better, but the treatment itself can make you sick or sicker or even dead. But if you don't risk death by treatment, you suffer a greater risk of death by the disease.

Terrorism is the cancer, war is radiation/chemo, Bush is the oncologist. Probably better off with him than without him, but would be much happier about his therapy if he seemed to be making an effort for it not to hurt so much.

Answer 4

Most Americans are embarrassed by George Bush, even his Republican supporters--although they would never admit it openly.
Americans think of him as a cowboy, an unsophisticated simpleton, who only got to where he is today because of his Father's connections.
Roll on 2008.

Answer 5

I don't know how the average Brit feels about Bush.

The American polls I read indicate he is at an all time low .

Canadians that I have talked to (and I am one of them ) think Bush is a mad man bent on some sort of apocalyptic cause of insanity .

That said there has been a lot of support for Bush on this web site and that leads me to one of two conclusions . Hard core Republicans have a lot of time to spend on computers or the political party pays people to sit here and defend the lost cause of a President

I would like to know which it is .

Answer 6

I believe the majority of Americans feel about George W. Bush that the majority of Brits feel about Tony Blair regarding the Iraq situation.

Answer 7

My understanding is some Brits dislike Mr. Blair, just as some Americans dislike President Bush. I'm glad the Brits of today, weren't around during WWII as well as Americans who now are unwilling to fight for anything. Britain has turned into a boiling pot with its Muslim population making demands and extremists trying to turn all of Europe into Muslim nations.
I have great respect for both President Bush and Prime Minister Blair...too bad for those who can't see the real enemy behind the door.

Answer 8

A large segment of the poeple that do not support the President do not look at the larger picture. Our problems in Iraq and around the world are not entirely President Bush's fault, but the fault of our entire elected leadership. The constant fighting for power, at the detriment to what is best for the people, is destroying our country and both sides are responsible for it.

Answer 9

England and the USA have stood up to evil many times before. There have always been folks in both countries who would rather summit to evil than fight the good fight. Luckily those who cower have not gotten their way in the long run. I Was stationed in England for 3 years and found the English to be a proud and courageous people. The Liberal media in both countries are very misleading.

Answer 10

I am going to be the first in line to vote in a new president on election day. I didn't vote for him either election. I'm sick to my stomach about what he's done with this country.