Do you like George Bush? Why/why not?
91419
no, i don't. george bush is an evil bastard. that's all i have to say.
523151
We could do hours on this subject.  But it boils down to this:\n\nIf you are one of the many who HATE George Bush with a passion, you will see everything as bad and all of it as his fault.\n\nIf you are one of the many who LOVE George Bush with a passion, you will see everything as good and all of it due to his leadership.\n\nBut if you are one of the middle group who simply preferred George Bush to John Kerry or Al Gore in the last two elections, you will see some things as good, others as bad and much of it not under the immediate control of the chief executive.\n\nThe fact is that politics have become so negative, so biased in favor of a predisposed point of view, that most people find themselves just parroting the talking points of "their side". (And BOTH sides have talking points, believe me).\n\nOur president is NOT the legislative branch and he is NOT the judicial branch of government.  But, he does have access to the "bully pulpit" and as such, he should be helping to lead public opinion, NOT "respond to it". (George Bush is only "OK" at this). \n\nOne of the areas where the president MUST demonstrate leadership is as Commander in Chief of the military.  When you are president and our citizens are attacked, as they were on 9/11/01, you must act.  Not blindly strike out, but take action (militarily if need be) to protect our country.  George Bush did that, first by removing the Taliban in Afghanistan which was a safe harbor for Al Qaeda and then by deposing Saddam Hussein for possessing (we ALL believed) and using (we all KNOW) WMD's.  \n\nIt's also hard to deny that Saddam's open and aggressive anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-Kuwait, anti-Iran adventurism played a big part in our decision to depose him.  He had already demonstrated a willingness to use his military and WMD's (if he had them).  And he unquestionably (albeit passively) allowed terrorists to operate freely in Iraq.  \n\nAnd yes...he threatened the stability of the area and the world's oil supply.  It's not "just about oil"...but oil surely played a part in our thinking.\n\nWhere George Bush and his defense department and his allies (mainly Great Britain) were wrong was in their assessment of what resources - time, money and personnel would be needed to truly have a "mission accomplished".\n\nSo now we have Americans' short memory of the horror and national unity of purpose after 9/11, coupled with the media's fixation on every negative (and Iraq is a BIG negative) and the political "out party" smelling possible big gains in the mid-term elections of '06 and the presidential election of '08.  \n\nThis alignment of forces causes even reasonable people to see everything as wrong.  (It's not)\n\nI guess I'd close by saying that most people have some underlying agenda that goes a lot deeper than the issue that they're discussing (or criticizing).  It's hard to examine all the issues and form independent judgments about each.  The temptation to pile on is too great... \n\n(Especially if you had your mind made up before you started to think about all this).
310223
It is a knee jerk reaction from the liberals to hate President Bush;)\n\nThough I do not like everything my President is doing, I do like him and I know he is a good Christian man doing the best he can in a very difficult job.
957312
To be perfectly honest, no. No I would not. I think he's a blithering idiot and shouldn't be in the presidency. But I do like your penguin.
1084234
I like him because he has the facts to back himself up..he is very intelligent- is an MD too, I believe...  I am a conservative, I like his views on politics...he doesn't hold back when he disagrees, doesn't simply follow along.  He is more of a social conservative then I am, but he definitely gets you thinking.....
1019205
I HATE HIM. \n\nDon't listen to the poor brainwashed Americans.\nIt is a great question as it shows youm what the evil propaganda has done to their minds.\nTrying to convince an American to dislike Bush is like TALKING TO A WALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1049509
Do you have a particular reason for asking this?  Osama Bin Laden is a terrorist and Bush is a President.  It is a difficult question as disliking one does not include liking the other.  I dislike Osama for many reasons much more serious that the ones I have for disliking President Bush. Likewise, I have some sense of patriotism that nudges me to help support our president from a national point-of-view when I think it appropriate.  While, at the same time, I have nothing but ill-will towards Al Quaida and other groups that take the beautiful religion of Islam and slander it to create hate around the world.
989020
I don't hate the man, but I do understand why many people do not like him.  Mostly it is an honest issue.  He's a horribly untrustable person.  Almost everything he said he would do he didn't, and almost everything he said he wouldn't do he did.  Just look at the funding for church based initiatives. He promised lots of money and has yet to give a single penny to any of their causes.  Clinton gave about 15 million to church based initiatives, Bush Sr. about 10 million.  And it's not like he wouldn't have had support for it - the whole House and Senate is majority Republican.\n\nThen there is the war built on bad intelligence, the fact that he stayed on vacation for 3 extra days during a hurricane, hasn't caught Osama Bin Laden, has spent more money the a drunk Ted Kennnedy in Vegas with a fist full of government bonds, said he wasn't doing domestic wiretaps....\n\nThere is quite a lot of reasons to really dislike this president and I'm afraid that history will not be kind to him.  Bush is my president, but he is not a good president.
814361
I have never liked Bush, but rumor has it, when he was governor of Texas, he worked really well with the democrats there.  Let's give him a chance.
1163316
I totally support my president. (and you should too) I believe he has done an outstanding job as our president.\nPresident Bush is willing to take political risks to do what is best for the United States as a whole. That is his job and he should be commended for doing it.
1060664
I don't like him, nor the way he's running the country, but I would not insult him to his face.  He is the elected leader of this country, my country, and I would give him respect.\n\nWhen I leave after meeting him, I would blog about what I really think of him.  But I will not disrespect him in public, not matter how much he deserves it.
1180039
I have problems With President Bush, but I believe that he has gotten some bad advice and has surrounded himself with people who don't have the nation's best interest at heart.  I voted for him simply because I didn't want Kerry to become leader of the free world.  As for my vote, who knows, it might count, it might not.  I still vote with high hopes and low expectations.
196998
i dislike him for the follwing reasons:\n-he is deceitful and manipulative.  \n-his cabinet has promoted and condoned torture and human rights abuse, particularly concerning anyone detained in the so-called 'war on terror', (not actual terrorists).\n-he shows no respect for other countries or their cultures.\n-he has put our country in extreme debt, harming future generations.  \n-he claims to love jesus, who promoted peace, but bush promotes war and fear.  \n-he is not intelligent or articulate, and he makes americans look like idiots to the rest of the world. \n-he doesn't seem to know how to apologize. \n-he appoints people to positions of power who are seriously unqualified for the job, (like the head of fema).  \n-he doesn't read the news.  \n-he exagerrated and falsified reasons to invade another country, against international law.\n-he refuses to answer confrontational questions. (he is more secretive than the nixon administration was.)\n-he conducts business and makes contracts in secret with corporations which cause harm, to benefit his wealthy friends.  (look into halliburton.)\n-he claims to be speaking on behalf of god.  that is a psychological disorder, making him unfit for office.\n\ni could go on, but the list is too long for this post.
686065
FIRST OF ALL, I voted for George Bush, and would do it again, i think he has GREAT policies, BUT, I will not try to hide the fact that he is not the brightest crayon in the box, like I said I would vote for him in 2008, if he could run again, but he IS a little dumb. lol.
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.
270601
I disagree with a lot of his decisions.  I disagree with a lot of his policies.  I disagree with a lot of what his administration is doing.\n\nBut if I met him on the street, I would shake him hand and respect the person and the position.\n\nToo many people go to the extreme in their "disagreement" of the president.
977190
Honestly, I did vote for him.\n\nKerry did not have any proof or way of fixing the war and the problems. He just said he was going to do it without any explaination.\n\nAnd then I asked myself...\n\n"Who would Osama or Hussein want to win?"\n\nObviously, they would want Kerry. So.... I voted for Bush.\n\nThere were several other reason why I voted for him like leaving the desert for offroad racing, etc..... but those are the main reasons to why I voted for Bush.\n\n\nBut let me tell you... I am upset with what is going on now. I don't regret my vote, since Kerry has pretty much shown he is crazy lately, but I am disappointed with how Bush is handling everything.