Are you for Bush? Why... real reasons.?

Answer 1

I was ecstatic for Ronald Reagan. But even Reagan had his shortcomings.

Every election since has been a choice of lesser evils. I don't argue that Bush has made a lot of mistakes. But there is a greater tendency than I've seen with any other president for his detractors to blame Bush for crises that began before he took office (North Korea's nuclear program, advocacy of regime change in Iraq, a recession that began months before Bush was inaugurated) and give no credit for anything he's done right (pulling the country out of recession, strong decisive leadership on and after September 11th, a well-organized internationally-backed invasion of Al Qaida/Taliban bases in Afghanistan).

Bush deserves sharp criticism for entrusting conduct of the Iraq invasion to idealogues such as Rumsfeld, rather than listening to the the pragmatic and more researched recommendations of the Pentagon generals and analysts. But he deserves credit for not caving in to opinion polls, and instead toughing it out in Iraq, to the point that our forces finally found the best plan, and are making great progress now with the recent troop surge.

Bush deserves to be made fun of for being an often lousy public spreaker.
As was his father.
But every President has his personality flaws and quirks, that give late-night comedians another 4-year reservior of jokes.

Bush deserves heat for Rumsfeld.
But he deserves credit for Gates and Petraeas.

Bush deserves condemnation for selecting Harriet Miers. But he deserves credit for John Roberts and Samuel Alito, two highly qualified Supreme Court justices.

Bush deserves heat for New Orleans and Katrina.
But a good portion of the blame heaped on Bush also should go to Louisiana's Democrat governor, congressmen, senators, and the mayor of New Orleans, who all could have funded stronger levi's years before, could have evacuated in anticipation of such an obvious monster storm, but were perfectly happy to hide their own negligence by demonizing Bush.

Bush's worst legacy is not the Iraq war. It's out-of-control domestic spending, and complete derilection of duty regarding illegal immigration. These are the things that will permanently change America forever for the worse, and possibly even threaten the nation's very sovereignty.

I don't support Bush, and I think he's overall done a worse job than any President in recent history. But he's done a few things right that, warts-and-all, have perhaps yielded a better net result than Gore or Kerry would have given us.

And the utter lack of civility of Bush's opposition, the vicious personal nature of the attacks on Bush, the wild conspiracy theories of "Bush knew" and "blood-for-oil", etc., have done more to discredit Bush's more legitimate opposition than any official white house response ever could.

I like that Bush sticks to his principles and doesn't back down, even after an enormous loss of popularity. And for all the liberal pansies who want us to leave Iraq immediately, it may be Bush's persistence, despite all the mistakes along the way, that leads to a free Al Qaida-less Iraq, and a better world.

Answer 2

If people would stop believing what they hear in the media, the general public would not sound so ignorant when commenting on bush.

He does what a president is supposed to do, hes doing what he thinks is best for the country and he ignores the criticism from the media. Hes trying to protect us - thats his #1 priority and hes doing it to the best of his ability.

Yeah go ahead and keep ragging on him, hes our president, hes done nothing wrong, but go ahead....just please don't call yourself an american.

Answer 3

As does any President, Bush has his good points and his bad ones. The best: the tax cuts, which increased (!) Federal revenues by hundreds of billions of dollars a year, and resulted in the lowest unemployment in history. Worst: the stem cell vetoes, and meddling in the Schiavo case.

Answer 4

Survey shows just 3% of Americans approve of how Congress is handling the war in Iraq; 24% say the same for the President

Answer 5

Yes I am for BUSH!
Lowered taxes
Not afraid to stand up for what he believes in and hold true to it no matter what!
Is just like you and me, people say he is stupid, but quite to the contrary.

If dumb;
How did he get Sudam?
How has he kept another 911 from happening?
How did he get the American people to vote him in a second term?
The economy has risen and still climbing for years now. THERE IS PROOF!
That is for starters.

Answer 6

Yes and No. Think he has been a wimp in Iraq and as an advocate against illegal immigration. At the same time, what were my options. Who would have thought that McCain would be a bigger wimp.

Answer 7

That's funny anyone for Bush is a loser and should put your head down in shame and walk away with your tail between your legs.

Answer 8

I support Bush I think he is a strong patriotic fair President who stands for the good of the country.

Answer 9

He was president when an event happened which never did before ( 9=11) and of course, there was no one around who had to react to such a situation.
I would like to ask ALL the current crop of presidential candidates, " suppose there is another 911. how would you react?""

Answer 10

may I ask you truthfully? what choice did we have? do you really feel that Kerry would have been better ? I think not and I don't even like Bush, but I like that flim flam Kerry less,