Once again, if President George W. Bush is so hated, then why was he elected President of the United States TWICE? the media just makes up crAP.
You said — “Once again, if President George W. Bush is so hated, then why was he elected President of the United States TWICE? the media just makes up crAP.”
Well, there have been FReepers posting to me that hate Bush for what he has done and they are sorry that they ever voted for him.
Some cite the idea that Bush (and Cheney said recently that they would have to sacrifice free market principles in order to save the economy...
Bush says sacrificed free-market principles to save economy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2149830/posts
That has caused some hatred to be vented. Along with that goes the bailouts, too.
Then there is the immigration bill that the President supported. A lot of people vented hatred on that basis.
And then some FReepers have vented hatred because Bush is not a conservative or not conservative enough (according to what they say).
The list keeps getting bigger and bigger by the day — even around here on Free Republic. Many are glad to see Bush go, according to what I read. This doesn’t appear to be media “made-up crap” from what I read from FReepers, right here on this board.
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As for me, I even still support Bush in his statements that perhaps free market principles may have to be sacrificed in order to save the economy. Sometimes emergency measures must be taken. BUT, that will generate a “lot of hate” around here.
And I support Bush for going into the war with Afghanistan and Iraq, but I don’t think the “freedom” has made a real difference in Iraq like freedom is here (and that’s because of the false and evil religion of Islam).
I don’t support Bush for what he’s doing in trying to “divide the land of Israel”, because I believe he’s totally wrong in that regard. But, I’m not hating him because of it. He’s just going to be on the wrong side of God on that issue.
Also, I think Bush is totally wrong for saying that the god of Islam is the same God that we worship in Christianity. That’s totally false — *absolutely* false. So, Bush is misleading a lot of people in that issue.
So, even as one who doesn’t hate Bush, I still see that he’s not been right on a lot of matters...
This does not say everyone hates him. It says a certain hate-filled, mob mentality has consumed the Left and the Media. I would add that some conservatives also hate him, but for different reasons.
In 2000 the Left and Media had not yet coallesced against him (from an old political family but a new national personality - everyone thought it would be Jeb but George surprised them) yet clearly wanted Al Gore. When they did not get Al Gore and could seize upon the Florida recount confusion and Bush’s popular vote loss but electoral vote win, they came at him with a vengeance.
By 2004 they had the death toll in Iraq and no weapons of mass destruction found to use against him. But John Kerry and his wife helped Bush by being who they are. The Swift Boat Vets advertising helped, too. Rove engineered a magnificent campaign outreach into the blurbs - beyond the suburbs and found new voters with conservative values to turn out -
Even with all of that and a strong popular vote margin, Bush is President by only 100,000 votes in Ohio. Flip Ohio and Kerry would have won.
The economy thanks to the tax cuts held Bush up. The insurgency in Iraq and war mismanagement almost sank him. Then the Surge allowed him some breathing room. Then the economy tanked, for which the Dems rejoiced - appropriately, since they engineered the collapse and always rejoice in bad news for America.
Returning to the point - the Left and Media’s behavior (NOT most Americans) after the Shoe Incident is beyond reprehensible and is driven by Bush hatred and mob mentality. So, although low in polls and ungratefully shoved aside by the American people, Bush isn’t (and this doesn’t claim) hated by most of us.
Rush said this several times. He said Bush is an unpopular President but most Americans don’t hate Bush the man. The two things aren’t one and the same.
However, there is dripping, smoldering hatred for him expressed on this conservative site. By people who can’t disagree on some issues without becoming consumed by hatred and wishing that we had had Al Gore/John Kerry all these years just so Bush could retroactively lose two elections in their minds.
The first term he was elected because of Clinton fatigue and his pedigree. He had a dork for an opponent and he still barely won.
The second term, security was the main issue, the economy had started to improve due to a tax cut written by congressional Republicans, not W. He had a dork for an opponent and still barely won.
W is the worst two term president in history and easily in the bottom half of all presidents.
His popularity dipped after his reelection.
Anyway, I hate him for kneecapping the Republican party. Obama and the rat congress are the fault of him and his administration (along with RINOs in Congress). Such a waste of on opportunity. He’s the RINO Emperor. Spend spend spend spend. Illegal immigrant? Welcome aboard!