Why the personal hatred of Bush?

Question

It doesn't seem credible that people who hate the President, have a personal hatred, can do so reasonably. I disagree with him in some points but it is just that, a disagreement. Do people project hate on to him because he is a Christian, and they are not people of faith? Or because he has power and people associate him with someone who abused power in their lives?
Saying "he is an idiot" is shallow, and not undertstanding politics or history is not an excuse - and many who criticize have no answers of their own.
The deep hate and disrepect, in the end, harm our country greatly.

Answer 1

I happen to agree with your position. I may not like some of the things he's done and the direction our country has gone, but I doubt he has been any better or any worse than most of our presidents through history.

The responses I read to your question seem to be thoughtless responses that are parroted answers from something read or heard.

To call him names is childish, to say he led us into war is uninformed. Our president has a cabinet full of advisors and he is charged with making the best decision for our country based on the information those advisors provide to him.

We can all play "Monday morning quarterback" and the "shoulda, coulda, woulda" game but how many of us would be willing to risk the health and welfare of over 200 million people and take the heat when things go south?

Be blessed.

Answer 2

Because if "the buck stops here" the way it SHOULD for the President of the United States, Mr. Bush needs to answer for the criminal slowness of the Federal Govenment's response to the hardest hit victims of the Gulf Hurricanes of 2005. Even if the majority of the deaths due to Hurricane Katrina were caused very rapidly by the flooding that does not excuse him or FEMA for the deaths that occurred 2-3 days later because troops that can be deployed in 12 hours half-way around the world were not there to help the civilian population in his own country.

This is more than simply an issue of race/class ... It is an issue of a President persuing a failed foreign policy to "save face" while neglecting very real problems domestically.

It would not matter WHAT faith the man professes if he would just DO HIS JOB

Answer 3

Well I agree with you in most points.

But Bush just isn't the smartest person on earth. And by that I mean he's not very smart.

He could be putting more of mone on education ore health or environment, but he uses them on war. This is turning into the Vietnam War-A lost cause. Have we not proved that there are NO weapons of mass destruction? Didn't Saddam Hussein die already? Don't more Americans die because of the War? We're kind of losing already. We won the battle and lost the war.

Answer 4

Hating a person for their policies is pitiful.

It's unfortunate that President Bush has had to face some very, very difficult issues. These are complex issues...and complex issues RARELY have simple solutions.

The "war on terror" really has (finally) reached the American shores. What are we supposed to do when people without boundaries (ie, no defined country) attack innocent civilians? How do we determine WHICH muslims are good and which are not? How do we respond reasonably?

Honestly, who can say that there was a "better" way to respond to it all without the advantage of hindsight?

Dealing with people (terrorists) who have NO respect for human life is almost impossible.

I do NOT envy the choices the President has had to make. And, altho I may not agree with all of them, I allow him an error or two along the way since he's certainly not perfect.

Answer 5

My hatred of Bush doesn't have anything to do with his religious affiliation. It has to do with the fact that:

1) He shows hatred and total disrespect of me as a person and citizen. As a gay American, he supports treating me and other gays and lesbians as second class citizens. He is a bigot.

2) He has made huge messes around the world and alienated our allies, all in our collective name. He started an unjustified war that has killed thousands of innocent people, and has dragged America's good name through the mud. He has basically ruined the reputation of America in the world.

3) He called the U.S. Constitution "just a God damned piece of paper." Nice.

4) He cuts taxes while raising spending and charging it to our children's credit card. How moral is that?

5) Let's just face it, at the end of the day, the man is just a dumb-a*s.

Criticism of the president does not harm the country. In some ways it shows the world that we do not support what this President has done in our name.

Answer 6

I completely agree with you. It is almost as if some of society projects onto the President all their negativity and hatred in general because he is so "out front" in the public eye with no true rational reason for their hate. It's like he is used as a dumping ground for all the emotional turmoil people need to unload whether it is fair or not or whether it makes sense or not. And it is tragic because it does do our country great harm.

Answer 7

I do not have a hatred of him. I hate his polices and the way that he is running this country. I hate the way that he is just a complete moron when it comes to dealing with the war in Iraq and it took it him forever to admit that things are not going so well as they originally thought. I hate his stance on public education and his stance on personal freedom. I do not know him as a person. I simply hate the way he is as a president, as a leader. That I do hate.

Amanda

Answer 8

I do not hate him. I have a lot of respect for him. A man who stands by his beliefs no matter what the popular opinion is, deserves to be respected. The men, including my brother, who are in Iraq signed up to be in the armed services. Going to war was a chance that they were willing to take. Why don't all of you stop harping on the 3000+ men and women killed in Iraq and concentrate on all the violence taking place in New York or Chicago. All your negative energy might actually do some good.

Answer 9

He started a war that this country didn't need, and over 3,000 people are dead because of it. 3,000+ people are dead and 3,000+ families are torn apart because we went to look for weapons of mass destruction that weren't even THERE. And then he had the nerve to JOKE about the missing WMD's during a banquet WHILE soldiers were over in a foreign country getting killed. And you wonder why he makes people angry?

Answer 10

I agree Bush Hatred is rather irrational. They just want to hate the most popular guy on the block. Bill Clinton bombed Iraq on a regular basis. He made a lot of military mistakes.(even admitted to them) Clinton is loved because he was a "charming" liar. Bush is not charming so he is hated. Most people think someone who is not a great speaker is stupid. Bush is not stupid.