Why is it that people seem to hate bush so much?
91790
Because he got us into a war without any decent exit plan. \n\n Because he never caught Osama Bin Laden, and went after Saddam instead. \n\n Because, our economy went into the stinker after he was elected. \n\n Because he won by the electoral college vote the first time, and not the popular vote.  \n\nBecause since he has been in office the gap between the rich and the poor in this country seems to have widened.\n\nBecause he steps over the lines of his presidential authority, first with getting us into this war without the approval of congress, and secondly for wire tapping Americans in an unconstitutional way.\n\nBecause he has not paid enough attention to what is going on in his own country.\n\nBecause he creates more problems for us internationally, because he does not know how to approach international situations.\n\nBecause he supports the shipping of US jobs to other countries.  \n\nBecause his family has so many ties to the oil industry, and they seem to be the only people benefitting from his presidency.\n\nBecause he and his family have never had to suffer, and have never known what it is like to be without.  He cannot relate to the common every day American and he and his family have shown it time and time again.  \n\nHe is the president of big business, and not the people.  \n\nNow, to be fair, if anyone else was in office right now, they would probably be hated too.
451494
I do.  I don't understand why 80+% of people thought he was a good president when we were going to war and dealing with terrorism and now half of the population has decided he shouldn't have gone.  Where's the consistency?  I guess popular opinion is fickle and that's why I support Bush, because he doesn't just base his decisions on popular opinion.
927396
i don't hate pres. bush i respect him because he is our pres. i just don't like his politics.we are spread thin & were losing our loved ones quicker than you can say reelection.yes find bin laden-stop terrorism if we can-he got his murderer from iraq they don't want us there let them rebuild them selves.when they are ready to let us help we can come back,to much blood shed already.
180625
Historicly,   People respected the president even if you didn't like or vote for him simply because he was the president.\n\nThe idea of President bashing is a new one.
1046483
YES it is because of KING BUSH! That is why we are SO hated!
375183
His ratings keep plummeting. He is at less than 30% approval, down there with Nixon when he resigned. There is a good article in the latest Rolling Stone that shows why prominent historians rate Bush as one of the worst presidents in American history.
608808
No, I don't hate George Bush.  But I don't like people like you who like to hate!    Hate is not a good thing... You should refocus your energy!!!!!!!!
321246
It sounds like most of the President Bush haters are either children, uneducated, or forgot that sterling example of the democrats, President Clinton - who was almost impeached.\nIt is always proper as a citizen to call our president - by his title & name President Bush. If not a citizen - shut up & stay out of our politics. God bless our Troops & the USA.\nWar does not always work out the way we hope but I believe it was entered into for what we thought were just reasons. As a mother of a Army Lt., my sacrifice could be much greater than yours and I still pray for President Bush daily.
1123756
I find that frustrating as well. They seem to behave like spoiled bad-sports about everything, and they just argue the surface points with as much justification as they can muster (even to the extent of bringing in conspiracy theory) rather than adding depth by getting to the deeper causitive details. Very Immature!\n\nI really don't understand why they hate Bush so much PERSONALLY. You could hate all his policies & so much of what he's done, but why is it personal? And, just for the sake of argument lets say a Republican wins in 08, are they then going to hate that guy like this too? Why all the hate? Is it about not being able to win an election? That might have something to do with running liberal candidates that swing voters won't go for, or the fact that most of America doesn't agree with their agenda. At some point they have to accept reality and shift their party closer to the center. In the meantime, how many elections do they have to lose before they realize they aren't the mainstream? Those are all serious questions by the way.
166847
He's not.  Many people feel like they need someone to blame. Often, it's because of low self-esteem, and they feel better by complaining about someone else, even if it's not for a legitimate reason. However, I think people blame the president because he is the central figure of power in this country. Even though he doesn't really have total power, many people are ignorant of that fact, and for that matter, many of them CHOOSE to remain ignorant about it!  Questions like this show this blissful ignorance of all the good things he has done during his presidency.  Please don't take a one-sided view of things.  If you don't like him, then I suppose that's your choice, but you don't need to go around trying to make people hate him.  And now I step off my soapbox.
70768
George Bush could bring world peace to the world and some people would still hate him.  i guess just because they are haters. since Bush has been president:\nUnemployement is lowest in 5 years\nEconomy is booming\nWe have lower taxes\nMore money given to the poor\nWe are safer than before\nSounds like a good president to me.
1119382
There are many examples like this.  It is actually just the "hate Bush no matter what crowd" that is getting all the negative press.  Unfortunately too many people aren't able to look past their emotions and the media networks know this and they play to it.  If these same people were offered unbiased views (including all the good that is going on) they would have different opinions.  I personally think that it is scary that too many people are willing to believe what they are spoonfed on the nightly "news" instead of sitting back and looking critically at the issue.  Saddam Hussein has always been a threat to stability in the region and the rest of the world.  If Clinton had gone in no one would have said boo just like Bosnia and Kosovo.
789452
The issue is that it is so much hate for Bush that they don't care how bad they destroy America to get to him
710301
Though I'm not fond of Bush, you have the right to feel the way you do, you just have to develope a thick skin cause when it comes to politics, it's a cut throat game.  Besides, only history will tell if he was good or bad, & by then we'll have new people to bash.
884656
The main problem is that somebody with clearly very little intelligence can have so much power and can get away with blatantly abusing that power. He has so much blood on his hands I don't know how he can look himself or his fellow human beings in the eye. "Annoying/frustrating" barely scratches the surface of many, many peoples feelings about Bush and his government - despair and anger are nearer the mark.
383131
1.  Americans don't necessarily hate Mr. Bush; they hate his sick policies, both domestic and foreign.\n\n2.  People voted for Mr. Bush before it became apparent he was a cheating, lying, stinking, bombing fraud.  Oh, and a war criminal.  \n\n3.  Mr. Bush did not "win" either election - he was put in power by those who are actually in charge and trust me, it ain't us Americans...\n\n4.  God blesses good Patriots - of which I am one. (Patriots stand up for their country against a crooked government).
352535
People hate who ever is in the White House. It just get's a little worse every year. Nothing against Bush personally he's just the man to blame for now. Wait til the next President people will look back and say thing were better when Bush was in there. They say the same about every President.