Why don't you like Bush?

Question

It appears to me that the majority of people who dislike Bush dislike him either because of the war in Iraq, or because other people dislike him and they're just following them. So if you dislike Bush, list as many reasons for your dislike, other than the Iraq war.

Answer 1

As he would say it:

I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the Treasury.

I shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history.

I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.

I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.

I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.

In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.

After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history.

I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history.

In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.

I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history.

I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.

I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.

I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president since the advent of TV.

I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other president in US history.

I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.

I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.

I cut health care benefits for war veterans.

I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.

I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.

I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.

I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world.

I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.

I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history.

I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.

I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.

I removed more checks and balances and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.

I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.

I withdrew from the World Court of Law.

I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.

I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.

I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.

The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).

I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.

I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)

I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.

I took the world's sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).

I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.

I am the first US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than by their immediate neighbor, North Korea.

I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.

I set the all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations bidding for gov't contracts.

I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history. In a little over two years I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided that the US has been since the civil war.

I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.

I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).

Answer 2

1. Being an idiot, and a Republican for that matter.
2. 9/11 and not being prepared/or stopping it.
3. Not finding Bin Laden
4. Pretending to be looking for Bin Laden in Iraq, when he was obviously after Saddam Hussein.
5. Making a mess of Iraq.
6. Spending the massive surplus from the Clinton Administration on Iraq and god knows what other ****.
7. Katrina and not doing anything about it until the 3rd day or so.
8. Being an idiot.
9. Now knowing it was Iran and not Iraq who he was after.
10. Not finding Bin Laden.
11. Sending the economy to the gutter
12. Thousands of deaths since 9/11 for what?
NOTHING* NOTHING*NOTHING*NOTHING.
Any questions?

Answer 3

Other than the war? Well I don't know a lot about politics or what has happened in the past because I'm just becoming old enough to understand and form my own opinions on this stuff. Because of that, I dislike him mainly because of the war, but also, someone who speaks what they are thinking have no real issues getting out the words, they speak from their heart. When Bush talks it sounds to me like he has a filter between his brain and his mouth (a filter that sometimes, alright usually, fails him). It seems to me as if he has to take what he's actually thinking and then twist it so it'll end up being the 'right' thing or the 'just' thing. In other words, he has a bad case of the alterior motives and if I don't know what he's really thinking, how do you expect me to trust him? He's a loose cannon.

Answer 4

I have disliked Bush since I found out he was running for President the first time. I knew nothing about him but his demeanor on TV completely turned me off to him and made me curious as to why he thought he had a chance at becoming President. After reading up on how he performed inadequately in Texas as Governor my distaste grew. He is alot of smoke and mirrors. He does not actually accomplish things, merely makes it look like he does. He does not speak properly. He was ignorant of world history and leaders.He surrounded himself with yes men and throw backs to the Nixon era. He is the embodiment of the neo-conservative movement and never admits it. He pretends to be a conservative republican, yet spends money when it suits his causes like a drunken sailor. He rolled back the EPA regulations from Clinton's time. He failed our school system with the passing of no child left behind. He rarely answers a direct question. He makes many lame jokes to avoid answering questions. He is an embarrassment abroad with political leaders of the world. He and his Administration throw up wedge issues each campaign to distract voters from more important issues. ( Gay marriage, illegal immigration,flag burning) He panders to corporate America, shamelessly while denying he is doing it. He and his Administration have led the charge on calling those who question his policy Un-American.Lastly the Iraq conflict. Congress never actually declared war, instead giving him authorization to use military force, yet here we are years later still sucked under by the quagmire that is Iraq. He lied to the American people about how long it would take. He lied to the American people about how many troops it would take. He lied to the American people about how we would be greeted once Saddam was captured and Iraq was under our control. He continues to lie to the American people every time he says the surge is working. He tries my patience every time he yet again goes on the air and pleads with the American people to have more patience and give Iraq time to work. He baffles me as to how he thinks cutting taxes and racking up trillions of dollars in war debt is somehow sound fiscal policy. I dislike how he turned a large percentage of Americans against the French b/c they did not approve of the Iraq war. ( freedom fries?) I dislike how he says the UN is useless and we do not need to listen to them, yet he sent the man with the most respect to plead the case for war with Iraq to the UN leaving Powells credibility in shreds. I dislike how he employeed Rove to tear apart and destroy his competition in his elections. There is more I'm sure but that is all I can think of for now.

Answer 5

1. Imputing Libby
2. Protecting Gonzales
3. Decided to give the SURPLUS that Clinton had when he left to the richer people, and placed us in a DEFICIT
4. Almost sold our seaport security to bankers WHO SUPPORTED TERRORISTS
5. Allowing Halliburton to steal BILLIONS of dollars under the Iraqi War
6. Deciding to GO TO WAR IN IRAQ when the job wasn't finished in Iraq. Now Al-Queda is getting strong again.
7. Did not capture bin laden WHEN HE HAD THE CHANCE
8. The "trickle-down" theory he is using, which didn't work for working class people in the reagan administration. It only helped the rich

Here are some of the reasons why...

Answer 6

Because Bush isn't really a Republican. He is a Democrat in a suit pretending to be Republican. I dislike him because he refuses to build the fence and ignores our immigration laws. Impeach him. (and I'm a Republican!)

Answer 7

Last time I checked, his tax cuts have been nonetheless tacking cash onto the deficit each and every yr. The Republicans are nonetheless attempting to resume them in spite of this reality. Stop extending his insurance policies and he may not be introduced up anymore.

Answer 8

History will remember G.W. Bush as a great leader and the Democrats will be remembered as poor pathetic political opportunists.

Sorry if the truth hurts.......... but then the dems could never get elected on truth.

Answer 9

I tried this before. They couldn't give a actual valid reason other then the War in Iraq if they tried.

Answer 10

truth?

downing street memos

"but the intelligence and facts are being fixed around the policy."

Answer 11

The PATRIOT Act, his foreign policy in general, and making government larger, not smaller as true Republicans are supposed to do.