Does President Bush Truly Represent Family Values?

Question

I'll acknowledge that he probably goes to church regularly.

Having trouble seeing anything else he's done that makes me think he embodies anything I'd want to teach my son.

His daughters drink underage. He spends money like there's no tomorrow. He shows no loyalty to close friends or associates. He's done nothing on abortion, gay marriage, or gays in the military.

Answer 1

ROTFLMAO. Oh you're being serious. In which case I say hell no. This guy can't even control his own family. No wonder why he is such a failure at being president of our country.

Answer 2

A question that seems to be on everybody's mind these days turns out to be: Is George Bush the worst President in American history?

But how do you judge? Is he the most morally disgusting? The worst mangler of the English language? Ever since the atom bomb was dropped, we've had a whole string of bozos who cannot pronounce the word "nuclear." How much should that count against them?
It's also too early to tell, but if first signs mean anything, he has got a lot to answer for. We know he is responsible for the death of a lot of people who never hurt him or us. We wonder if he has so disturbed the entire Middle East quadrant of the globe that years and years may pass while the people there and the people here suffer for what he has done. Will we get habeas corpus back? Will the thumb screw become standard operating procedure, or will it be returned to the Middle Ages whence George Bush found it?

One of the criteria for being worst is how much lasting damage the President did. Buchanan, for instance, did more than words can convey. With Bush II the reckoning is yet to be made.

Answer 3

I don't ever see him going to church, like Reagan, our other family values guy, (divorce, crazy kids, no communication between parents and grown kids) he may not go to church for safety's sake. A problem that didn't seem to faze our
"not family values guy" Bill (one marriage, great relationship with daughter,who never got into trouble) Clinton. He went to church in Washington DC every Sunday, of course he may have needed it more, but hey we are all sinners, right?
Bush however is very loyal to his friends and associates, and the friends and associates of his father too, as can be seen by all the medals hes given to the band of incompetents hes had by his side for the past six years. Under his auspices he did do something about gays in the military and so we lost one of our few Arabic speaking soldiers when he had the nerve to come out. I guess better straight than safe. In Bushs defense, he cannot do anything about abortion or gay marriage as those are decided by the states. Unless, he wants to and then he can ignore the constitution as he has so many times before and claim executive privilege, but really, hes not as interested in that stuff as he is about making sure Halliburton isn't audited.

Answer 4

Well, you know something, I don't judge him. I thought about it, how a man who was the father of two young children could keep drinking like a fish and screwing around until he was 40, who almost drove his wife (whom I think is lovely, even if she is a Texas Republican!) to leave. My gut reaction when the girls were caught underage drinking was, "What kind of a father is that?" And then I remembered my own dad. He was the best man I ever knew, aside from my husband. My dad rarely drank (just one whiskey and soda on Christmas and maybe a glass of red wine when we went to dinner at a restaurant, which was about 3 times a year), he never raised a hand against my mother, he didn't go to church that often but was deeply religious. He was devoted to his family, loyal to his friends and forgiving of others. He worked his *ss off for 60 years, he was not an educated man but you couldn't find a more thoughtful and generous man. He served in WW2 and never acted macho about it, he worked to support his large family when he was just a boy. Before I was born he used to load his truck up with food and take it down to the leper colony (he lived in Louisiana), and he used to do all sorts of voluntary charity work for the poor. My mother was practically a saint - she was the most tolerant person I have ever known, no exceptions. So I had the best parents in the world and what happened to me? I was a total tearaway, a rebel, got into all sorts of troubles in my teens. Thank goodness I grew up or I would have probably ended up in a gutter somewhere despite all the efforts of my wonderful parents.

I don't know George Bush, but I don't judge him on the way his children acted when they were younger because I've been there...

I didn't like his lack of compassion when that woman in Texas was up for execution. I abhorred it. On the other hand, I think he really loves his family. And loyalty - he is almost loyal to a fault. Yes, he abandoned his gay friends, but my, how he stuck by Alberto Gonzalez and Harriet Myers when opinions were against them.

The thing that troubles me about Bush is he is too protected and lets himself be. I think he should get out there and do more charity stuff and do it out of a sense of goodness and not for PR (even though the PR can't hurt). He should reach out to people more, even those who don't like him so much. I think if he could show his good side to people face-to-face, he wouldn't be so deeply unpopular. The only people who get to see him on this more personal level at the moment are his nearest and dearest and his big fans.

Answer 5

My thoughts on Bush are no, he doesn't represent true family values. But if I may, I don't honestly see the need for the President of the United States to be held to that post. Not that I'm going to look the other way if he becomes an immoral ******, but I think that the job should focus on economics, foreign policy and other serious issues. Family values are the responsibility of the family.

Answer 6

What does abortion, gay marriage, or gays in the military have to do with family values?

His daughters drink underage. He spends money like there's no tomorrow. He shows no loyalty to close friends or associates.
-Wow... so how is he a conservative again?

Answer 7

NO! Bush is a moron and he needs to be kicked out of office.

Just because someone goes to church does not make them a good person. I've known lots of preachers who lay with hookers! lol

I think gays should be allowed to get married in all 50 states
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I think women should have the right to choose for themselves.

And I don't have a problem with gays in the military. A gay man can pick up a gun and die for his country the same as a straight man.

Take Care

Answer 8

well, considering who his family is, you very easily could answer "yes", seeing as to the rouges gallery of unsavory anti American family activity you can trace back to the man's great grandfather.

There is nothing more UNAmerican than rich and powerful people who think they are above the rest of us, simply because of wealth. The Bush family are elitist pigs, the whole lot of them, and they aren't any better than you or I.

Bush doesn't represent the family values of my family, and after the last 7 years, I can honestly say the only family he represents is the family of greed and deceit.

Answer 9

Wanting have family values and being a success at instilling them in your children are two different things.

My word for Bush - disappointment.

But, he's still the President.

Answer 10

you know you can't judge him by his daughters. they have a mind of their own. they have to make their own mistakes they are of age. i think you will find they will get there footing . they have had the advantage of good family support. just because they are who they are doesn't mean they won't stumble from time to time. we all have. give them a break they will learn like the rest of us. [i'm willing to bet you make mistakes too.]

Answer 11

Family values, like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder.