Americans-how did George Bush manage to fool you to get voted in?

Question

It clearly cannot be his intelligence. Did he use religion to get the votes from that big middle bit of America where everyone reads the bible?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Actually, you've hit on one of the reasons. He got voted in, among other things, because of his LACK of intelligence. We Americans have a long and deplorable history of being threatened by candidates who are smart. (Bill Clinton fooled us, sly fox, by playing the sax and having a smooth accent. But Bill was a Rhodes scholar!).
But I digress. In my youth, a man named Adlai Stevenson ran against WWII war hero Dwight Eisenhower. Stevenson, a brilliant and articulate man with lots of experience in the Senate and elsewhere, was branded as an 'egghead', that era's equivalent of 'nerd' or 'brainiac.'
Stevenson lost.
Similarly, Reagan came across as an aw-shucks guy. He fooled millions into believing he should be President.
Same way with Bush Jr. Fake a Texas accent, act like a dufus, and wave the Bible. Lots of Republicans will vote for anyone with an "R" next to their name on the ballot, so he had those simpletons, too.
Now the chickens have come home to roost, at least in the opinion of millions of us. But I doubt we've learned our lesson. Stay tuned to see whom we elect in 2008. See, also, if it's another war-monger.

Answer 3

Actually, it's the Democratic Party candidates for the presidency in 2008 who are using religion to try to get votes. They are trying to persuade christians that they are the political party for them. The problem is, the Democrats who are running for president are so left wing, that they could not possibly be on the side of evangelical christianity, since evangelical christianity is anti-abortion, anti gay marriage, anti surrendering to Al Qaeda by pulling troops out of Iraq before we've won the war, and anti separation of church and state.

About Bush: Many people, again persuaded by Democrat liberals, think Bush lied about WMD's. People forget that the liberal Democrat Clinton Administration invaded Iraq in 1993. Why? Because Bill Clinton, and every other top Democrat leader, and the UN Weapons Inspectors all said the same thing: Saddam has WMD's. And, top Democrat party officials were telling Bush Saddam was a threat, and all 15 U.S. Intelligence agencies, plus the British Intelligence Agency were all telling Bush the same thing: Saddam is a threat, Saddam has WMD's. So, Bush invaded Iraq. But nobody recalls these things, because Democrats are very good at duping Americans. Just look at Al Gore, and his global warming bandwagon. Look at how Democrats make it look like Bush has done something wrong by firing 6 U.S. Attorneys, when Bill Clinton, a Democrat, fired 92 out of 93 U.S attorneys! U.S. Attorneys are political appointees, appointed for political reasons. Bush did nothing wrong, but the media won't leave it alone, because the media hates conservatives. Look at how Democrats have duped Americans into thinking Bush is committing domestic spying without using warrants. Anyone remember when Bill Clinton did the very same thing in his Operation Echelon? Bill Clinton SPIED warrantlessly on phone calls made by American citizens in poor black neighborhoods, in response to high crime rates. Bush, however, was spying on INTERNATIONAL phone calls (not even domestic spying), tapping phone calls of known or suspected TERRORISTS communicating with known or suspected TERRORISTS outside of the United States. If you don't see the huge difference there, you're an idiot.

Answer 4

Remember that he did not "get voted in" back in 2000. He sued to stop the vote counting. He received fewer votes than did Gore, and we'll never know who would have won the election.

Now he did legitimately win the 2004 election. Sadly, it appears that Americans are not nearly as brave as we like to think we are. Bush's campaign simply used fear of terrorism to frighten the swing voters into voting for him (the smear campaign against Kerry of course also had an effect).

But don't forget that something like 56 million of us voted against Bush despite all of that. If you weren't in the U.S. during 2004, you might not realize what that means about Americans' character. The Bush campaign was extremely strong. The fact that so many of us resisted it says that we're not nearly as stupid as the results of that election would make you think.

Answer 5

I voted for him because the other guy didn't seem like he could tie his shoes, much less run the country. And I believe in the bible, so yes, I voted for Bush, oh no!!

Answer 6

The average U.S. Citizen does not vote a President or Vice President into office. The Electoral College members vote for a President and Vice President in the United States. This is written in the U.S. Constitution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College

I hope this helps. Best Regards, M.G.S.

Answer 7

You can blame the Electoral College for the votes... and the Democrats for not running a reasonable candidate either.

It's high time to go to a popular vote run-off system.

Answer 8

Yes, he used religion. He said "I'm Christian" and the Christians voted him in.

Daniel, global warming isn't a lie. You're experiencing the effects every day. In the least 10 years, we've had 7 brown winters (no snow), in the last 5 years, my area has had three years of droubt, and this year it started pouring rain in May (not April) and didn't stop till the end of June where we suddenly hit a massive heatwave the likes never seen in western Canada with a record high of 43 degrees (110 fehr for the American metric challenged) just like you'd see in a tropical area. You may not like it, but global warming exists and is happening. I live in Canada. This is NOT normal weather.

Answer 9

He didn't fool me, either time.

He easily gets the votes of the redneck morons which comprise almost, but not quite half of the country. That was not enough to give him a victory for his first term, but the supreme court and an electoral legacy got him in anyway.
He managed to start a war and use fear to win over a few of the gullible for a very slight victory for his second term.

Answer 10

He bought his way in by using his power and friends. It is a sham and he needs to be exposed. However since EVERYONE that is connected to him has all the key positions it will never happen in the states. The only hope we have, and I truly believe it will happen sooner or later, is that Bush and his cronies will be brought to the Hague,charged and convicted.Bush is no different than Slobodan Milošević .

Answer 11

The only time I ever voted for a Bush was in 1988 and after that disaster I said 'Never again!'.