If Bush were a Democrat with the same situation in Iraq, who would support him and who would not?

Question

To include: the attack on 9/11, the CIA Plame scandal, OBL escaping Tora Bora, the assault on the 4th amendment, and the massive deficit spending allowed by His blank check congress...

Answer 1

The attack of 9/11 was caused by fanatic Muslims, not the US. The CIA Plame scandal is a non-issue, since she was not covert (If she were, then Richard Armitage would be in jail), the assault on the 4th amendment in non-existent...there is no assault (unless you have specific evidence to the contrary, not chicken little fear), deficit spending...yeah...that's bad...and Congress needs to be reigned in.

Answer 2

Since Bush didn't attack America on 9/11 I wouldn't blame him or whoever the President was on that day for the attack. Bush didn't leak Plame's name nor did any member of his administration and you know it so blaming Bush for that is dishonest.If OBL escaped Tora Bora it is because we didn't bomb the area quite good enough, and had we done so liberals would scream that there had been too many innocent civilian casualties to justify the killing of just one terrorist.
As for the 4th amendment, under Clinton police powers were increased to the point where searches on the roads without warrants became standard procedure. Now you liberals say we shouldn't listen to foreign terrorists when they call someone in America.
I'll agree that Congress has spent too much in the last 6 years, and had Congress been conservative in spending we would be much better off today and still have a Conservative Congress, not the liberal freak show currently occupying capitol hill.
If Bush were a Democrat the Congress would not have been so terrible over the last 6 years and would have acted like Conservatives. We would still be in Iraq because after 9/11 we would have instituted Clinton's policy calling for regime change in Baghdad because even Clinton warned of Saddam's intentions and after such an attack on America we could not ignore a murderous dictator who had threatened to attack Americans.
Bushophobia has blinded you.
Wake up and smell the jihad...

Answer 3

First off, with exception to the Patriot act and sending ground troops that are unprepared for guerrilla style warfare into Iraq, Clinton did do many of the things Bush has, or proposed them. But most of them were either blocked by a Republican majority, or declared unconstitutional by the Supreme court, the reason why Ashcroft would not sign off on the warantless surveillance program under Bush.
Republicans didn't waste any time, either blocking his proposals, or shutting them down, So we really don't know what democrat constituents would have supported. Chances are, Republicans would not have had to work so hard trying to smear Clitnon if they would have allowed the press to find out about his warantless surveillance program first.
Then, the proposals that they did pass, they did not implement, until after 9/11.
If they would have worked harder to prevent terror as Clinton was doing pre-9/11, 9/11 probably would not have happened, and Republicans would not have had to PR the whole thing to make Democrats appear weak on national security.

Answer 4

I do not, and never have, supported our troops being in Iraq. It wouldn't matter if the President was Democrat or Republican. There is no point to our being there any longer.

Answer 5

I would not support a president of any political stripe who undertook the actions that Bush did or put forth the policies that Bush did. This is not about partisan politics, it's about right and wrong.

Answer 6

I would not support any President (Democrat, Republican, Independent, etc.) that has behaved the way Bush has in this administration. He never acknowledges the public on their opinions and seems to out right ignore them.

Answer 7

I don't see him being in power if he were a Democrat. He is just a puppet to the right wing....so, why waste time thinking of what ifs.

Answer 8

Mark my words - both democrats AND republicans will screw America in the end. Ron Paul and like thinkers are our only hope for the America we all dream of.

Tyranny, death, fear, hatred and dividing lines are the only things both parties will give us.

Answer 9

To me, party makes no difference because right is right; wrong is wrong. Unfortunately, it seems many do put party first and truth becomes the first causality.

Answer 10

I'm upset with Bush because of his actions, not because of the political party he belongs to.