I'm puzzled here, many people on here seem to equate Bush with America, why?

Question

Is it our current president only that is America, or is it the former president's too? When Clinton was President, was he also America? Or is it only Republican president's that are America? When Bush leaves office are we no longer in America? I'm just perplexed...when I question his actions I am called an "America hater", and "traitor", etc. I guess I just thought that was the purpose of democracy...right? Don't you wish more Germans would have questioned Hitler? Sure, it's a bit of a stretch...or is it?

Hey articchick, where is the irrational name calling on here from me? I try to refrain from that seeing as it makes me nauseous when I see all the little conservative name calling that goes on.

Okay, okay. Let me clarify, perhaps it wasn't clear...I was not saying Bush is a Nazi, I was just saying that it is a GOOD thing to question your leaders, and it would have been a GOOD thing for the Germans to have done it. Only to illustrate my point in how important it is too question your leaders, b/c an un-opposed leader is very scary. However, if you take the political compass survey www.politicalcompass.org you would find that Bush is not to far away from Hitler on that compass as far as political idealogy. But, that wasn't the point I was trying to make. I apologize for the confusion.

Answer 1

Hitler was democratically elected by spreading fear among germans, blaming the country's problems on the jews, but most Germans had no idea that he was crazy enough to slaughter them. The Bush admin. blames our problems on 'jews' too, bur our 'jews' are muslims and mexicans, but nobody really expects a politician to be crazy enough to slaughter them.
The point is, Americans are comparable to the generation of Germans who were gullible enough to support Hitler. We've voted for a hate group twice, and lost the respect of the free world.

Answer 2

For people in other countries around the world any sitting president is America his (or hers) is the face they see.

But too many people in the U.S. believe that when you question or disagree with the current administration you are a traitor. These are the people who are reacting on a more emotional basis because of their lack of knowledge on the subject or maybe just blind allegiance.

Just remember that the more venom that someone spews is probably is a good inverse indicator of the level of knowledge they have on the subject. Most only get their information from sources that they agree with and pay no attention to other sources, and are not willing or able to have a rational discussion because of their limited views.

There are some things I support Bush on, but also some that I question or disagree with.

Answer 3

The President is the face of America, good or bad. It is unfortunate that we have come down to the level where Liberals hate Bush so much that it is all they talk about. It truly is "Bush derangement syndrome". Just look at Bill Mahr, he asks if Bush is stupid to every guest. It's pathetic, actually.
The bigger problem is that Liberals are jubilant in their hatred, even to the point of endangering our country via their wanting to surrender in Iraq, or their embrace of the world's worst dicators. Mahmound Ahmadinijad says he wants to attain a nuclear weapon so he can destroy Israel and kill all the Jews (sound familiar?) and the Liberals just shrug. History shows a similar attitude amongst their kind pre-WWII, when they cried and fretted (never fought) as Hitler chewed off pieces of Europe, and began killing the Jews.

Austin you seem like an intelligent person to be asking these questions, but must also understand that Democracy is about making smart decisions on America's path, not simply expecting complete hatred of the president to be in any way normal. Such hatred should be disdained, as it does not resemble intelligent thought. The point is that is it is easy.

The problem is that Liberals are saying Bush is Hitler and those who act like Hitler (Iran, radical Islamists) are good. This is truly the problem with hatred, it makes your intellect dull.

Answer 4

The President is not America!!!! Most conservative believe that the president should have less control than he does!

But..... there is always a but.... Bush deserves the respect of the American people just as does Clinton, Bush Sr., and Regan.... even Nixon. All past presidents deserve an equal amount of respect regardless of his faults.

Answer 5

Generalization is so common these days......A single person or gruop is taken to be the representative of a country or the community and it hurts , I know ! But being a non-american..........i have never mixed America and Bush policies.....i keep them in seperate category !because i hate Generalization ! this is the problem with my community as well...peoples generalize the acts of few ignorants for the whole community and it sometimes drives me crazy !
You are not a hater.you are living in the biggest democray and you have the right to question and debate on whats going on and what your mind does not accept to be right !No one can hate their homeland that i know....... ! See everyone look at the situations from thier point of view......and what i believe is that when someone is running short of excuses they start accusing the person who is debating!simple !

Answer 6

Bush was voted in twice by Americans. He is OUR president as much as all the others were before. I think it is a stupendous stretch to compare him with Hitler. Germans who questioned Hitler were not around very long. Do you not know that? As much information you can get off the TV about Hitler, I am just amazed.

Answer 7

I agree with you. I tell people what Bush has done and the people say I'm an America hater and a traitor. I didn't know this was a dictatorship we had in America. All along I thought this was a democracy we had.

Answer 8

Because it's easier to attack them on emotional grounds by calling them a traitor than to actually address the issues on the merits.

This is especially true if someone cannot come up with a valid response to a question or comment -- by linking the topic to something else, no matter how tenuous or unrelated, the person can now respond to the other topic and claim (or even believe) that they are responding to the original topic.

Answer 9

It is because Bush, his followers in office, and the dimwits on TV (Limbaugh, Coulter, Hannity) would repeat to the ones who can't think for themselves if you are against Bush's policies and criminal activities, you are un-American or with the terrorists. Anything they did that was criminal and was caught for it, they would blame Clinton! It was, and continues to be, sad...

Answer 10

Because Bush was twice voted President by the US Citizens.