Why do so many people seem to hate President Bush? I like him, though think we must withdraw from iraq.?

Answer 1

All Presidents during wartime are unpopular. Bush warned us from the very start that this conflict would be like no other we have ever experienced. There would be no splashy headlines, no uplifting tales of bravery in the face of the enemy. Most of the battle would take place behind the scenes, and all the secrets necessary to conduct such a battle would typically not be revealed for about 40-50 years.

That is frustrating.

People don't like this kind of conflict. They want instant gratification. They want to see clear progress. This is not possible when you are battling against something as nebulous as terrorism.

People are always worried about the economy, and they fail to realize that we were already in recession when Bush took over from Clinton. The Clinton economy was largely a mirage, based on the grossly over-inflated prices of "high tech" stock companies, some of whom had massive, absolutely massive investment from stockholders, even though the company had yet to produce a product, nor one dime in profits.

Then the high tech bubble burst, and people lost billions.

Six months into Bush's term, 9-11 occurred, and it cost our economy $180 billion. Don't just read that figure of $180 billion like it's chump change. That is a huge, devasting loss. It's considerably bigger than the annual budget of most every country on earth.

Another repurcussion of 9-11 was a spike in unemployment. Bush's strategy has worked: slow, steady growth, based on real economic drivers, not phony, inflated stocks like during Clinton's economy.

For the good of the country, Bush unfortunately can't pander to people for popularity. Too much is at stake. He is a statesman, and knows that history will judge him by how everything turned out in the end.

During the Presidential debates, the candidates were asked what they would do about unemployment. Kerry put on his best sad, hound dog face to mimic real human compassion, and gave some cloyingly sickening line about how unemployment was no ones fault. He talked about creating some nightmarishly large and complicated bureaucracy to combat it.

Kerry was preying on peoples' laziness, and desire to be able to place blame elsewhere for their own shortcomings.

What did Bush say? He reminded us all that unless people develop in-demand skills, they will always be at risk of losing their jobs. The government can't change that. He also reminded people of the incredible community college system we have here; completely unique in the world, so adults can continue their education. Lastly, he reminded us that we all get tax credits for furthering our education, and companies often give bonuses or a higher pay level to people with upgraded credentials.

See the difference? Kerry didn't care about the people. He just wanted votes. He gave the answer designed to get votes.

Bush was completely honest. He gave the answer people don't want to hear.

Bush is kind of like the responsible adult, while the voters are like teenagers who want to rebel against their parents, teachers, and all authority figures. Even when teens realize their parents are right, they still bristle at not having complete freedom to do whatever they want, regardless of the consequences.

Answer 2

Actually, quite a few people love the President.....they elected him twice. You hear alot about having record low poll numbers, but, where are you hearing that from? CNN? NBC? CBS? NPR? NYTIMES? If you listen to the right voices Like Fox News, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Rush....you will hear about some great things happening across the world and especiallly in Iraq. Most Bush hating networks like NBC will hypnotize you with body counts and gloom. True as it may be, its like the little kid who brags about making an A in art class, but doesnt talk about the D- got in Math. God Bless President Bush.

Answer 3

I support President Bush as well, but WE MUST NOT withdraw from Iraq.
Doing so would soil the memory of all the soldiers who lost thier lives. Also the county would get over taken again this time twice as much, and we would get hit here in the US soon afterwords.
We must stay until we can hand it over to Iraq.

Answer 4

No offense to anyone, but we civilians never know the WHOLE story. I'm confident that our government is doing that which it feels is best for us, Americans.

This probably sounds really stupid, but it's like on the TV show "24". It's always about keeping information from the public and causing panic. Maybe our government isn't a "failure" like many believe--maybe they're working on something that if we knew about, would tear our society.

In any case, whether or not you agree with the country's leader, if you turn against the government, you are only creating a destructive rift in the country.

G-d Bless America

Answer 5

Because many of us feel that he and his co-horts have another agenda and it's not in the best interests of most Americans.

As for the people who answered your question stating they love Bush and feel we should stay in this war........why are they not in Iraq fighting this war? If you support it go fight it. I supported Bush when he invaded Afganistan and went after terrorists. When he said he no longer even thinks about Bin Laden and the constitution is "nothing more than a g-d piece of paper", then invaded Iraq, I lost all faith in him.

Answer 6

he's the face of the gov't not really the commanding officer
that's congress, he's sorta the gov'ts scapegoat tho he is held resoponsible for some things
he's not a bad person he's just not a good president...
anyway it's supposed to be the ppl in charge of this country so if ppl are gonna be, well, sh!theads lik that, and blame all there injustices on the gov't they gotta another thing comin'...:0

Answer 7

People don't like presidents who have never, ever made a good decision.

Answer 8

I hate him because he is a traitor to the People of the United States of America. Mr G.W.Bush and Richard Cheney among others in the administration conspired to cause the events of 9-11-01 and with the help of their friends in Saudi Arabia executed the attacks. In doing this they were practically forced (by an unthinking Congress and an ignorant and mislead population) to implement their plan for the destruction and negation of the Constitution of the United States of America. This President was not elected, the 2000 and 2004 elections were fraudulently executed by the RNC and supervisors of elections throughout the country and especially in Florida where I reside. (Remember Katherine Harris and how she so adamantly stopped counting disputed votes and declared the election closed against the laws of Florida and the Constitution. Same thing happened in Ohio in 2004, just everyone didn't care at that point. It is no mistake that voting machines WIThOUT paper trails were sold so quickly to election boards prior to both elections and that all electronic voting machine manufacturers are Republican owned and are protected by law to conceal their erroneous codes) I digress...
This President, adminstration and political supporters have led us to war through lies and intimidation, caused irreparable political damage to the image of the United States of America through use of torture and war crimes of the highest calliber. Kept us in a proxy war with Iran from the Beginning of the Administration and have killed thousands of American and coalition force soldiers, maimed tens of thousands of soldiers though loss of limb, traumatized hundreds of thousands of soldiers through deception and forced redeployment beyond the law.
This asside from the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi, Afghani, Kurdish, Kuwaiti and other regional nationals that have been killed as a direct action of this 'war of lies' plus the millions of refugies that have fled their land of birthright to avoid US occupation and the retaliation that naturally insues from occupation of any homeland. (These people of whom I speak are not the insurgents that kill themselves with car bombs and IEDs, they are a separate issue, but these ill-guided people are tools of the immams to keep the faithful in fear of anything.
Very similar to the Republican National convention speeches of 2004.)
The Patriot Act is alone enough of a document to isolate the promoters as traitors of the Constitution which our forefathers created and defended with their lives. George W. Bush is a fascist and almost openly so. "A dictatorship would be easy...as long as I was dictator!" G.W.Bush during a press conference.
I understand and appreciate the sentiment of supporting the President and 'the Troops overseas", but at some point even the most ardent patriot must and should question where is the truth from our leaders. Why have so many documents that has nothing to do with national security gone missing, not been released or vetted to three letter words only.
Why did the Pres/VP pettition so hard for NOT having a 911 commission and hearings, why to they refuse to meet with prosecutors under oath, without recorders and only off the record? Human nature excludes 'national security issues' and points directly to indictable actions should the truth be known. Liars don't want to talk about their lies. Period.
OPEN YOUR EYES and MINDS to the truth about your government. All politicians and their families, supporters, contributors and associates are getting wealthy on your tax dollars that we will pay for decades to come because of the debt of this war. They all own stock in the Carlyle group, Haliburton, General Defense and all government war suppliers.
Don't you see, we already live in a fascist society?
National ID cards, required insurance papers, urinalysis for construction jobs, but they let undocumented workers come to show us the example of how to work for feed only, while the corporate moguls outsource all the middle class employment to india and China. This eliminates the fear of an affluent middle class from promoting and encouraging discent through a financially viable third party. (Republicans and Democrats are the same evil, just that they are fighting over who get the spoils of 'war.'
I hate George Bush because he is a traitor to the People of the United States of America and to the people of the world at large because he has brought the American dream to the American Dread in the world. Travel abroad and see if you get warmly received? Feel safer?
Wake up, do your research before you defend the fox in the chicken house. When all the chickens are gone, who's to blame. Not the fox, you put him there and left him there, but there is nothing left to defend in the end.
Jesus, please come soon!
Praise to God for TRUTH and WISDOM, may your spirit spead them throughout the people of hope and goodwill.
To the politicians with power to act, do it.
Prosecute all war crimes and remove this man from the face of the earth.
The penalty for treason and traitorship is death.
God Bless America!

Answer 9

hate is too strong of a word - i think embarrassed, outraged would be more fitting.

now chenny - i think people hate chenny.

Answer 10

hmm lets see, i dont like (hate) him because hes a stupid, greedy, unexperienced, warmonger of a coward