First of all, Bush wasn’t on the ballot in 2008. The media sure tried to convince you he was, though. President Bush had clarity, that’s the best way I can describe it. Now, because the method for most is to bash that good man, everyone seems to need to add the caveat that “I didn’t agree with everything”. BS. I’m far beyond that.
During the election 2008, my son was on a college campus. I visited that campus and you saw Obama signs everywhere, and it was fueled by who those kids listen to, Colbert, Stewart and stuff on the net. Oh, and just trying to not be their parents. These kids really thought the draft was coming back and just as it was frightening for my generation in the 1970s, they too were nervous. Have times changed? Oh yes. Those same kids are now out there trying to earn a living, they understand the burden of taxes and they realize that enabling another generation to rely on the government for everything isn’t what makes this country great.
One of the reasons I lurked here for so long was the bashing of Bush. It’s tiring AND it’s fueled by the nonstop media hatred and lies told about that man. Some bought into the lies. I never play the game of “tell me why you liked him”.
You’ve made up your mind. That’s fine. I’m old enough to remember an actor from California attacked by the media as well. The difference - then, we had only the big 3 networks to report, along with liberal based newspapers.
This current administration *IS* my concern. This current administartion *IS* a total disaster, there is no leadership anywhere, the economy is in tatters and the world doesn’t love us as was promised. And, oddly enough, I never see the same negative passion directed at Obama as I see directed at Bush and/or Palin. The conservatives who voted for Obama, are they asked to defend their vote? Or, is it just okay for you to hear that they didn’t like Bush? I have never had an Obama voter explain how he or she would vote FOR Obama, knowing he was an avowed leftist, just because they didnt’ like Bush. I would accept that person not voting, but to vote FOR an avowed leftist...it’s never made sense.
And this is why I lurked for so long, BDS/PDS is real and it gets old very quickly.