why do alot of republians trust the president no matter what?

Question

i dont get it , even if the canidate i wanted to win , won , i still wouldnt trust him completly . what is it that makes u guys trust bush , and nixon and every other republican president even when you know that they have ruined this country . im an independent by the way .

Answer 1

For me, I believe that the Country I support, the Proud American I am should stand behind the President, I may not agree what he says all the time, nor with some of what goes on, but I still stand behind him.

Answer 2

Now, I did trust GWB when he said he would go after the terrorists and the nations that harbored and aided them. And he did at first, to be fair. Afghanistan's Taliban became the Right Said Fred of governments, and that was all right and good. I completely supported the man despite my near total disgust for the man.

Now how long did that last? Everything else he has done since then has been a horrible example of how to run a nation. So, why do the Republicans still walk lock step behind this blithering buffoon?

I think you will find that Republicans are into law and order, the military and social Darwinism (along with Christianity, which is a bit of a puzzler). These organizations I have just mentioned are all about one thing: following the leader and doing what he says, even unto death. You do need those kind of people in the military, the police, the intelligence services and what not. You do not need them to act that way in the electorate, however.

And that's why.

Answer 3

Why do so many people act like you are a mindless robot if you agree with the president on certain issues? There is a lot, esp domestically, that I dont agree with President Bush on, but when it comes to Iraq and foreign policy there is a lot I agree with him on. Yet for some reason if I say I agree with the Iraq war suddenly I am just a brainwashed "neocon." Logical and rational free thinking individuals can actually come to the same conclusions as President Bush on some issues and not be brainwashed or have some jump to the conclusion that you trust everything he says. But I actually do trust that he really believes in the policies he is pushing. I don't believe the president to be a very dishonest person. I truly think he believes his policies are whats best for the country, even if they go off the wrong path at times.

What I dont get is how the same people that dont trust a word that comes out of Bush's lips were so ready and willing to trust every lying word coming out of Saddam Hussein. We should have just taken his word on wmds? I think when it comes to the president too many people make it personal and bash and criticize him for policy issues. Just because you dont agree with a persons policy doesnt make his stupid or evil.

Answer 4

I honestly think that your question is based on a false premise.
There are people on both sides of the isle that vote a straight ticket and even if their candidate became a registered sex offender, they would argue that if the other party were in office, it would be worse.
Bush personally campaigned hard for numerous republicans in November - and most of them went down in defeat. That doesn't really indicate "republicans trust the president no matter what" now does it.
And how many republicans trusted his policy on immigration?
Again I say - the staunch, straight ticket, third or forth generation voters will never criticize their candidate - no matter what. But that statement applies to both parties.

Answer 5

Well, I think the same reasons hold no matter the party. First, I think it's because people want to trust, no matter how misguided and misplaced that trust may be. The alternative is to admit that there is something wrong and to have been played the fool. That's a big pill to swallow, it's easier to just point a finger at the 'other guy', any 'other guy', and ignore the three pointing back at yourself.

Second, it's easier to "just ignore it... it will go away". That's the rationale behind most arguments I see against impeachment... he or they will be gone in 2009. Climate change is another issue that gets this treatment.

You can look at almost every president that was in office during a war, and they almost always have been re-elected. Many feel that it's bad luck or bad policy to 'change horses in midstream (war)'. In government contracting, it's called 'throwing good money after bad'.

Answer 6

You can only look at what they do and have done to make a judgment about the War in Iraq brought to us by Republican cheerleaders and the mastermind of Bush calling the shots.
The Republican Party is famous for its loyalty to its leaders.
Republicans have a saying; to a Republican the 13 Commandment is not to say anything negative or critical about a fellow Republican, especially the leader like Bush is in the Republican Party..
Bush has been a test of their loyalty because Bush is so bad at being a human being it shines right though as he stomps all over the Constitution with his actions and distortions while being in The Office of the President.
History is not going to be kind to Bush or the Republicans that blindly followed this heartless, brainless and soulless worst President in the history of the United States.
The damage that has been done to the people of the United States, and the Country, is massive. We now owe over a Trillion Dollars to the likes of the Chinese who are financing our public debt for us, but not in a friendly way. They are going to have a sit at the table of America's affairs for as long as it takes to pay them back.
Our military which was supposed to have learned so much from the jungles of Vietnam, but it is bogged down in the quicksand of Mesopotamia. And the price tag for this mess that Bush and the Republicans have managed to continue now for almost five years and thousands of death and hundreds of thousand of wounded people mostly innocent civilians caught in the cross fire of a civil war.
This Civil War is part of what America caused in the Middle East. By attacking Iraq which was being held in check, by embargo's and searches for WMD had been stopped from massing any armies against the neighborhood of Nations around Iraq.
But that was not good enough for Bush and Cheney, they had to finish the job of killing the beast, but they did not notice that Saddam had held the terroist at bay in Iraq while he was leading Iraq, but when we knocked off Saddam down and disbanded the Army of Iraq, we invited the really bad guys into Iraq by not controlling the borders.
Bush was warned repeatedly! What a sorry leader Bush is and what a sorry Party the Republicans have become.

Answer 7

All men having power ought to be mistrusted.
James Madison
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation.
James Madison
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. T. Jefferson
They have forgotten that citizenship is a responsibility and requires that we question. otherwise we are not freemen but subjects to ruled over by the whim of the Leader.

Answer 8

There are a lot of Democrats and Republicans that would vote straight party line regardless - they are non thinkers, operating on emotions only, and unfortunately millions of them vote. So you could have just as easily asked "why do alot of democrats trust the president no matter what?" when Clinton was in office, or Carter, or Johnson, etc.

It's actually been my observation the Democrats are generally worse about this than Republicans, but only to a degree.

Answer 9

You have it backwards..

Its the demo's who trust their candidates 100%..

No republican ever trusts a candidate completely..

The media tends to paint the exact opposite of reality.
But then so do demos who tend to grip about the very things (problems) that they themselves created.

Not that gop is any better thought.

Answer 10

I think there are some, just as in my party (Democratic) who do what you say. Most Americans, however, just give them the following:

"Innocent until proved guilty".

Despite the desperate political bigotry of some (who are Democrats and Republicans, just people I wouldn't associate with, being a patriot) to name-call, spread rumors, and treat our representatives as "Guilty until proved innocent", we believe that you shouldn't jump on those bandwagons. If you really believe they have done something wrong, there are patriotic things you can do:

respectfully and legally do a patriotic protest about the ISSUES, not the man.

legislate

run for office yourself

support other's legislation

help in a political campaign

But to try them in the court of political opinion is one of the most contemptible practices we participate in.

Oh, I know, "Free speech"! I agree. they have perfect right to do that, call them names, even act seditiously (no longer illegal).

We patriots on both sides of the political aisle still have free speech as well, it's still contemptible, and we have the right to say so. Free speech cuts both ways.

We choose not to treat our representatives with contempt until they are proven in a court to deserve it. We might have contempt for an issue, a goal, but never the man (or woman). They lose our support completely when the court proves their guilt.

Innocent until proved guilty. That's not so hard. Even the Universal Bill of Rights by the U.N. includes it.

Let's try to apply it to everyone, shall we?