what is your opinion of George W. Bush?
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It's a waste of time to answer a question like this when the person asking the question (no offense) will most likely choose the answer that best fits their opinion as best answer.  So I'll only say this:  I don't think he's the best president we've ever had.  I believe that title would go to FDR.  He's also not the worst president we've ever had.  I would say maybe Kennedy would have been (if he hadn't been assassinated and therefore immortalized forever in the eyes of society) because he was the one who initially started the Viet Nam war.  I guess as a close second to Kennedy, I would choose Harding because he had no spine or Clinton because he had no morals.\nI don't think President Bush is a saint, nor do I think he's the Antichrist, the spawn of Satan, a "war criminal", or another Hitler.  I also think it's ridiculous how our President gets blamed for everything, from the exorbitant gas prices (which are higher in Germany and always have been!) to Hurricane Katrina (which was the governor of Louisiana's responsibility, not the President's!) to 9/11.\nIt's also ridiculous how, when a political question like this is asked, people start calling President Bush names and make ridiculous statements like "He should be impeached."  Then, if a person dares to argue with those people, or ask them why, or use reason with them, they call us narrow-minded rednecked Rush Limbaugh fans.\nI voted for President Bush, and I have yet to hear a single good reason for why I shouldn't have.  I ask some of my friends, who are very anti-Bush, why I should regret my decision.  They usually give me ridiculous answers like, "Because he sucks."  So then I push harder, "Okay, he sucks.  Why?"  And then they give even more stupid answers that either have no logic or no grounds and no proof.  Even if they have "proof", such as the friend who told me that President Bush was trying to repeal the 22nd Amendment, when I find out it's not "proof" at all (it was Democrats trying to do that, and President Bush's name was nowhere on the bill), but simply more of a smear campaign, and I can prove it, they don't want to listen.  Then they call me narrow-minded.\nSo what's the point of arguing my reasons for not hating our President?  Why waste my time?  I know, I already have.  But hey, the illogical and unreasonable shouldn't be the only ones to express themselves.  Not all of us believe Michael Moore or Loose Change, and I don't feel the need to blame our President for everything.  I took civics, and remember them; I understand there are three branches of our government, and that the President is not all-powerful.\nI just think it's hilarious when people say "Bush is a dictator" and then they say "Why doesn't he do this or this or this?"  If he was truly a dictator, he wouldn't have to answer to anybody, now would he?  And the other two branches of the government would be defunct.\nI hope all this answers your question, though it's probably not the answer you want to hear.\n\nEdit:  To stupidity_of_pride:  Thank you for your response...I'm a female though, lol.  Also, Bush did not "lie" about WMD's.  He was mistaken, he listened to false intelligence reports.  Or at least, as it stands now, they were false.  President Bush is not the only one who believed that Hussein had WMD's.  From www.truthorfiction.com:\n"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them.\nThat is our bottom line."\nPresident Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998-Truth!\nThis was a quote from President Clinton during a presentation at the Pentagon defending a decision to conduct military strikes against Iraq.\n\n"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear.\nWe want to seriously
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Ask George W. Bush personally.
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Can't completely evaluate his presidency right now.  We will have to see what becomes of all the things he has set in motion.\nKeep in mind that some of our best presidents were wildly unpopular in their day - Jefferson, Lincoln, and T. Roosevelt.  I am not suggesting he will ever be in that league, just that there is a good chance that all the rhetoric about what is going on is short sighted and prevents us from properly evaluating the long term impact of his presidency.\nAs a man I guess he's a good guy.  He cares for his family; doesn't seem to lie, cheat, or steal (I can't listen to those panty-wearring sisies who think he lied everyone into war - if they're not even smart enough to read the actual words he used and pay attention to the UN Resolutions).  I think he's a little creepy sometimes, but I'm not inviting him to any cook-outs.\nAs a world leader?  Hmmm.  I don't care.  If the euro-weenies and insecure Canadians don't like him what do I care?  If the presidency had to answer to all those constituencies then we would be in real trouble.\nMy opinion about his presidency in generic terms:  C- on domestic issues (the brutal expansion of the federal government) and grades are still out on foreign issues (if I had to guess it's probably going to be around a B-.
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I love how the best that most people can come up with is that he is dumb or stupid..............at least if you are going to take a position know why.  I don't agree with everything that George Bush has done.  I hate that he can't admit that we have been in Iraq for way too long or that our budget is in a major state of crisis, however, I think that he has lead this country in a direction that he though was right and that he has lead this country through some of the hardest times that we have ever had.....and if you hate President Bush so much, than maybe you will get passionate about your right to vote.
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Dislike intensely. I do not think he is trustworthy at all. I think he has lined the pockets of his friends (Halliburton!) at the expense of the middle-class. I think he is a big international bully; if other countries did some of the things Bush as ordered done, like invade another country without the support of the UN, Bush would have invaded them, too.  I also find it offensive how Bush and the rest of the Administration think the public are a bunch of sheep--- really, a $100 gas check, but I have to say it is OK to drill in the Alaskan Wildlife Preserve? What kind of deal is that? And how dumb do you think I am, if you think I would accept that?\n\n I think we need to break the Republican stranglehold on power in the upcoming elections.  And I voted, like I always do.  So I am allowed to complain!
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My only problem with President Bush is that he can't run for a third term.  I think he is a wonderful President.  Greatness is not appreciated in its own time.  Neither Mozart nor Shakespeare were considered geniuses in their day.\n\nIn fifty years time, the history books will record that George W. Bush (and his close friend Tony Blair) rid the world of a dangerous evil.  Peaceful democratically elected Middle Eastern governments will erect statues of him honoring him as the man who brought peace and freedom to their troubled land.\n\nI would like to see him veto a spending bill, but has anyone noticed that our economy is doing quite well.  There hasn't been another terrorist attack on our soil.  Perhaps this is because he is intercepting the cell phone calls of terrorists.
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What I think about W is:\n\nI wish Gore had won. Kerry is a joke and W is a rotten best choice.\n\nI think he's not as dumb as his critics think he is. After all he did become President.\n\nI think he's missed real opportunities to impact radical Islam.\n\nI think he's not always been the true face of America.\n\nI think he's a conservative trying to find a middle way forward.\n\nI think he's a lousy economist.\n\nI think time will tell.
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George W. Bush believes he is acting with God's blessing.  He believes he is entitled to lead because God told him to.  He is very dangerous to the concept of America, and if he were to govern for another 8 years I sincerely believe he would dissolve congress, make the Senate a rubber stamp, find a way to pass on his kingly position to his progeny, and rewrite the constitution to suit his own personal vision.  I've believed, since he snaked into power in the first (questionable) election, that his intention was to stay in power, to rescind the law that bars him from running for a third term, and to usurp Congress.  He has never run a business successfully, strike that, he's been successful at it since he's made a lot of money, but he's pretty much driven all the businesses he headed into the ground.\n\nI believe there is a very real possibility of a military coupe in this country if he suspends the '08 elections, or changes the law so he can be president for a third term.
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well i sure dont.his political ettiquette is horrible,as well as his controlling attitude of himself as world leader.\n  his choices are weird and forcing america to stand alone more andm more.\nwe have lost many friends and still loosing more due to his decisions,and it hasnt mattered what the world thought on any thing.\n  im not sure where or what the problem is,but its a big one\ni have never supported g.w.bush and never will.\nthe iraqi war was uncalled for, but now there we must fight it over the mess it drew but it does allow a front for the terriost war in anotehr country now,but there are alot of men dying for errors and false intel.and americans are not thought of well much of any wehre these days because of it,and we the people didnt do it. it was done outside of the un and world backing for false reason,and more has just piled upon them on many fronts in our government.\n  he should be impeached but the rep control will not allow it.\nso what are we to do start another revolution to get our government straight, we would be held as terrorists in guantanomo????????????????
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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!!!!!!!!
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I think Bush is a great guy, just lacking the wisdom necessary for being the president.\n\nHe spends money like a teenager with her parents' credit card trying to impress her friends.\n\nHe cherry-picked info to come up with the conclusion he wanted. (WMD's)\n\nHe made very poor decision for appointments (FEMA's Brown)\n\nHis poor communication skills are no match for combatting the liberal media. (And he's has given them a lot of ammunition)\n\nHey, Shepherd - No president has much control over economics.  What little they can do has little or no immediate effect.
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President Bush is an exceptional leader and a great President. He is the man.
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I think President Bush is a great president.  He is almost as good as Ronald Reagan.  I absolutely love Georgie Bush!
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I really like President Bush. I don't agree with all of his decisions, but I think he is a wise, Godly man who is a good leader. People claim that he is an awful president, but no one ever likes the president. People had problems with Clinton and every president before him. I am sure if some of these people who criticize Bush would have people that didn't like them if they ran the country. Electing a president is more or less electing the person who will get the blame. Running the most powerful nation in the world can't be a day at the beach....
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I cried when he stole the first election & could not believe that US citizen were so uninformed that he was actually elected again.  He has exceeded my expections of his eliteism & sense of entitlement. George Bush has no clue how the "real world" works and has never lived in it.  OUR world is being destroyed while he lives in his own little bubble & listens to dinasours which, I believe, are extinct!?! \nHe will NEVER admit to a mistake if it was slapping him in the face.  I've stopped praying that he will make good decisions & have started praying that the rest of his mistakes won't have the dire consequences he & his followers already created.  In closing, I feel George Bush has a God complex.  He knows what God wants because he feels he IS God.
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George Bush will be remembered as the worst President in America's history, to date. He had to resort to common thievery just to get elected in the first place. Then he did it again just to get re-elected! He embroiled us in an illegal, unconstitutional war that has killed 2,500 American soldiers and tens of thousands of innocent Iraq women and children. \nHe lied about his military service, not revealing that his father made accommodations so that George, Jr. wouldn't be in harm's way (but he still got to fly fighter jets because he thought it would be fun). George W. Bush is a former drug-user and chronic alcohol abuser who was used to getting out of jams because of his family's connections or power. He has never had to be responsible, or accountable, for anything in his life. \nHe presides over an administration strife with incompetency, avarice, and an unhealthy lust for power and status. The Republican-dominated U.S. Congress is the most corrupt, evil body ever to occupy the Capitol Building in America's history. Bush has lied to the American people, granted favors to those rich corporations and special interest groups that support his evil empire, and ignored the needs of America's impoverished, disabled, sick, and troubled. Bush comes from a world of privilege where compromise is not an option. It's his way, or the highway....and that's reflected far too transparently in the way Bush administers policy and issues government mandates. \n\nWatch a new blog at www.blogger.com. The blog is titled "BUSHWACKER! for good reason.\n\nBush deserves to be impeached for all the atrocities he has committed while in office. Just as he has brought Saddam Hussein to trial for crimes against humanity, so should Bush be put on trial. He and his staff should all be tried for high treason, and - if convicted - should face a firing squad. There is absolutely no salvation in anything George Bush has done (of course, he's lowered taxes for the wealthiest people in America, and allowed rich corporations to run ripshod over the laws of the land in favor of increasing profitability. He's done nothing to save our fragile ecology or help our environment. He obviously believes guns and ammo is the solution to everything, and has no problem with murdering people if necessary. He's a cowboy capitalist who puts the almighty dollar above all else, and will stop at nothing to impose his personal believes - such as those on abortion or gay marriages - on everyone else in the country. If one of his daughters mistakenlybecame pregnant, however, you can bet he'd have it 'taken care of'). \nBush is a liar, cheat, thief, con artist, dimwit, and impotent macho-man who has to puff out his chest to prove what a man he is. His Ivy League education was a sham, just like everything else in his life has been a fabrication of gently-weaved truth and fiction. \nSurely there's a special, oil-saturated corner of Hell waiting for Bush, Cheney & Co. in which they will spend eternal damnation for all the crimes they committed during their terms as leaders what they turned into a police state. \nIs George Bush the best president ever? Far from it......on a scale of 1 - 10, with 1 being the lowest rating, Bush rates a 00000000000000000!
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President George W. Bush