What do you think of Bush NOW?

[Divinus Arma]

Why a new thread? Because I hate the S.O.B.

Yes. Me. A Republican. I was borderline with his spending.

He crossed the line with his support of illegal immigrants.

[Ronin]

hated his guts before.....hate his guts now.....

same old stuff really.


P.S.- Let me just say that you are just now jumping onto the "I hate bush bandwaggon" because it's popular now.....I've been hating Bush for like 4 or 5 years....I'm an old school Bush hating guy :P

[Lemur]

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

Don't like him, thoroughly disappointed.
I find him less worrisome than that tit Kerry though.

[Divinus Arma]

P.S.- Let me just say that you are just now jumping onto the "I hate bush bandwaggon" because it's popular now.....I've been hating Bush for like 4 or 5 years....I'm an old school Bush hating guy :P

Sure. Cause I'm the type that really "jumps on the bandwagon" with other idiots 'cause its popular.

Nice observation, buddy.

[doc_bean]

Not only does he talk to God, a clear sign of insanity with any person who isn't in office or can walk on water, he seems to have no idea as to what a 'budget' actually is, let alone knowing how to balance it. And he uses US soldiers to fight a war for personal glory (upstaging daddy).

[Kraxis]

I have gone from disliking him to

[drone]

Disaprove. The sad part about this is that I still think Kerry would have been worse. Jeez, the Dem leadership sucks...

[Divinus Arma]

Disaprove. The sad part about this is that I still think Kerry would have been worse. Jeez, the Dem leadership sucks...

Agreed. That guy is nothig but political ambition. I also think that Hillary would be worse too. And so would Harry Reid.

Oh Colin Powell, please run!

[Goofball]

Why a new thread? Because I hate the S.O.B.

Yes. Me. A Republican. I was borderline with his spending.

He crossed the line with his support of illegal immigrants.

Want to know what's really funny? I have pretty much hated everything about his presidency until I read this article:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12034586/

where he said this:

“No one should play on people’s fears or try to pit neighbors against each other,” Bush said. “No one should pretend that immigrants are threats to America’s identity because immigrants have shaped America’s identity.
“No one should claim that immigrants are a burden on our economy because the work and enterprise of immigrants helps sustain our economy,” the president said. “We should not give in to pessimism. If we work together I am confident we can meet our duty to fix our immigration system and deliver a bill that protects our people, upholds our laws and makes our people proud.”

Then I thought to myself, "Hey, Bush is actually making a little bit of sense for a change..."

[Hurin_Rules]

To paraphrase Lyndon Johnson, if Bush has lost Divinus, he's lost the country.

[Viking]

Bush is fun. We need more Bushes.

[Banquo's Ghost]

I can't say I ever much approved of him, mainly because he was so clearly the creature of corporate interests. From what I read, his immigration policy is also dictated to him by big business rather than listening to the impact on ordinary people. Bush also seems to utterly disregard the Constitution, which disturbs me.

It's a pity he got that second term - this writing was on the wall then - but I can see why he was the lesser of two evils. If the Democrats could find so much as a woodchuck with a single principle, they would have a stranglehold on the next election, but it doesn't look promising.

Dr Rice seems both intelligent and politically astute - perhaps that's the death knell - is she likely to run, and if so, has she a chance?

[Xiahou]

Disaprove. The sad part about this is that I still think Kerry would have been worse. Jeez, the Dem leadership sucks...

Amen. As bad as Bush is, Kerry would've been that much worse. Pretty much everything I think Bush is doing wrong, Kerry campaigned on doing worse during his campaign.

[Craterus]

Bush is, and always will be, a danger to humanity.

[Kanamori]

Gah! I actually liked his stand on the Dubai issue until his gave in (probably by asking them to give up behind the scenes). Other than that, Iraq has been terribly mishandled.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I actually slightly less disapprove of Bush in comparison to two or three years ago. His foreign policy has matured a bit. A lot, frankly. There's less of a 'with us or against us' mentality, less of that sophomoric 'let's bomb them into a first world democracy' view of the world, less paranoia. The foreign policy during his second term has been much more mature and realistic, more experienced.

[Lemur]

I guess he is sort of sexy when he does his Dr. Evil pose ...

[Sjakihata]

I find it so funny that people begin to speculate that Kerry would have been worse, first of all it is speculation, it cannot be prove and secondly, it matters little whether he would have done a better or worse job, so why bother? Trying to put miscredit/discredit (what ever it is) on someone else instead of facing the problems.
And yes, I too have been anti Bush all along.

[Byzantine Prince]

He is a terrible American president but I am not necessarily disapproving of him.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Lets make him president of San Marino. He'd do less damage.

[Kralizec]

“No one should play on people’s fears or try to pit neighbors against each other,” Bush said. “No one should pretend that immigrants are threats to America’s identity because immigrants have shaped America’s identity.
“No one should claim that immigrants are a burden on our economy because the work and enterprise of immigrants helps sustain our economy,” the president said. “We should not give in to pessimism. If we work together I am confident we can meet our duty to fix our immigration system and deliver a bill that protects our people, upholds our laws and makes our people proud.”

Wich would have made sense if he talked about immigrants, period. But from what I gather he said that to defend protests from illegal immigrants.

[Quid]

What!! Bush is still in power??!! You ******** me, right!

Nah, I didn't like him when he first came to power, I don't like him now. I care little, in fact. I don't think he will have much of a place in history anyway. In ten year's time he will be forgotten...

!!!GAH!!!

Quid

[Devastatin Dave]

Love 'em...

[Goofball]

I find it so funny that people begin to speculate that Kerry would have been worse, first of all it is speculation, it cannot be prove and secondly, it matters little whether he would have done a better or worse job, so why bother?

So that they can try to ease the burden on their own consciences for having voted for him.

[t1master]

i was led to believe that armageddon would occur the instant bush was re-elected... being curious......

....i'm still dissapointed.

[Soulforged]

¡¡¡Mr. Danger es un asesino y un genocida!!!

[Al Khalifah]

Is Bush really such a terrible president, or has he just had to reside over some very terrible times?
America hasn't become in the state it is in purely because of the events of the last 5 years. Bush has had a lot of bad events happen on his watch that were often out of his control.

I didn't (don't) like Bush, but I didn't have a clue who Al Gore was apart from the Vice President and I thought Kerry was a tool. I can't really see how America would be in any different a state to that which it is in now with one of the other choices.

I mean really, were any of the following truly great leaders of a nation?
LB. Johnson (wasn't elected)
R. Nixon (forced to resign, scandelous)
G. Ford (wasn't elected (AT ALL!))
J. Carter (need I say more)
R. Reagan (consumerist, Iran-Contra Affair, Beirut, scandelous administration)
GHW (Fathered GW Bush)
B Clinton (Scandal, shagged about managed to get impeached)

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Reagan was!

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The only beacon of hope for Bush's presidency seems to be the judicial appointees. From what I can tell, they've been spot on.

Spending: sucks.
Immigration: sucks.
Foreign Policy: questionable to sucks.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Disapprove...

What a moron...