Why is President Bush so Stubborn?

Question

mission viejo...so Presidents are supposed to ignore what most people want and do whatever they want. Isn't is the job of the president to represent the people and not his own agenda?

Answer 1

I think he has never really been in charge of his own Presidency...

I think he relies a little too much on that ear-piece when he speaks.

I can't understand any other reason for him to do so many things that the majority disagrees with.

This Veto was TOTALLY outnumbered... and it is a veto... which already means he is objecting to the will of the people...

The majority was just shy of 14 more votes needed to re-override his protests...
He is the foot-stomping child that America has just lost their gumption to deal with...

Many people (on these discussions) will cite "liberal congress" as being the culprits - but they conveniently forget that half of them are Republicans. (who also tried to over-ride the veto).

Answer 2

I think my first clue that Bush doesn't care about the will of the people came in 2000 when he stole the election with the help of the supreme court (among many others). It was a bad sign for the majority of Americans. I too thought the President was supposed to represent all the people of the U.S., not just the rich.

Answer 3

Actually, the job of the president isn't to represent the people like u stated its to do what he thinks is right for the country. Representing the people will get you re-elected but it isn't required to be known as a good leader. I don't agree with a lot of things that Bush has done but he surely stands up for what he believes is right and i think that is very courageous. He definitely doesn't send mixed messages to the world.

Answer 4

I really never lived under a President that did anything thing for the people. They did things they thought the people needed. All Presidents have tried to do our thinking.At the end of the day we are only a number to anyone in Government.

Answer 5

It's not really that he's stubborn. It's that the will of the people is of no importance to him. He doesn't care that his approval rating is low. Being despised by the populace is nothing to him. The only thing that's important to him is carrying out the orders of his superiors. Our President is simply a mouthpiece for the ruling elite, and they tell him what to do. If he disobeys their orders, the punishment will be severe and he knows it. But he is also a willing servant and has no qualms about evildoing.

Answer 6

It's all he's got.

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In March of 2005 I noticed he was trying to bring on a different quality. As if his wife or a couple of peope had encouraged him to bring out some of his less snarky side that new year.

I actually liked it. I thought to myself "Why not just try to look-up-to-him for a while?"

Then he noticed harsh questions and disagreements were still starting to come his way again. So it was all over. Enough of trying that. And he was going to dig back into his old Presidential petulant child mode.

He's done his homework on the-formula-that-applies-to-everything. It's really all he knows.

You can replace him with an emotional robot, he's that predictable. To him it seems like pure strength, of course. And he actually feels called to such strength "by God".
He's that comfortable, almost blissfull with it.

I doubt he ever carries so much greif in his whole being for Americans under his command taking casualty in Iraq, as Eisenhower could fit on the nail of the little finger of one hand.

I would be pleased to one day learn otherwise.

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He's gone so far as to describe to a baffled non-judging war-mom that her son was "a victim of terrorism".

Troops under his command are "victims"? This phrase "victim of terrorism" actually seemed like a good phrase to extend to people he had sent into the line of fire.
-when she was apparently hoping the president felt her son died for something that would seem reassuring to her when the president spoke to her.

He probably gave her a hug too, or thought of essentially handling that, too, essentially with a hug and "compassion".

She couldn't find it in herself to express bitterness on the that film I saw a couple years ago. Only a kind of somber confusion. A mother's pensive bewilderment.

She didn't disagree with it, she just felt, in her greif, she wanted to not be left with such a hard time trying to understand. Her husband, others, dealing with it by feeling perhaps they didn't want to understand. The son was gone, the loss being felt. Perhaps it is just years too soon to be satisfied with the "why".

Answer 7

He has integrity. Also, he is doing the right thing, and this is tough when it is unpopular.

Agendas, everyone has an agenda in politics. Their mission is to fulfill their agendas.

Answer 8

He's not Stubborn it's called having integrity..... When you believe in something you are not going to change your mind b/c some people may not "like" it.....The democrats don't know of such a thing.....They are too worried about what "others" think.....Dem's don't have any integrity or morals. Because if they did the war would 'end'. the dem's could simply "defund" the war, but they don't want to look like "losers" when the region goes in choas....It's just easier for the Dem's/Lib's to blame Bush for everything. for their LACK of WORK!!!

as for your comment about what "most people want"...What most people want is to "win" NOT LOSE this war..... Most people know and realize that if we "pull out" now that the area will become choas and much worse...What's even more funny is the simple fact that some democrats fell the same way....They don't want to pull out!

Answer 9

Democrats call it stubborn. Republicans call it
keeping your convictions and not wishy-washy. He
really believes this Nation is important enough to
fight terrorism over there so we won't have them on
our soil again. People act like this is the first war
this country has ever been in......ah, too young to
remember? There have been many we've been
involved in....go read your history books if you're too
young to remember. I just don't think our own citizens
should be siding with the enemy just because they
don't like the president and don't like war. We all
really need to hang together and defeat the enemy.

Answer 10

In a time of war, a President has to have resolve. In prior generations this country had great resolve. Today many in our country want to turn tail and pull up stakes when things get tough. If we were like this years ago, the country would have split for good during our civil war, and we would have given up World War II after D-Day.