why is it that americans being such wonderful people elect war loving people like George Bush?
402414
A lot of people will do whatever they are told to do, if the orders come from a pulpit.  The Religious Right co-opted God, and told the old, the religious, and the gullible that Dubya was the "moral" choice.\n\nOh, and also- Bush/Rove hired the people who counted the votes.  The electronic voting machine firm guaranteed Bush a victory long before the election.\n\nBy the way, more people voted for the last "American Idol" than voted in the last Presidential election.
243783
It is an unfortunate thing that our President chooses to act like a dictator. However, I really would not think it to be a wise thing to let non-Americans vote for our leader, since Americans are now hated by half the world's populace. It could be a very ugly state of affairs for us!
56272
Most Americans do NOT like George Bush!  Most didn't even VOTE for him!  He's crooked and he doesn't care about anybody who isn't filthy rich like he is.\n\nThere are plenty of things wrong with America, you just don't know.
980802
i may be going out on a limb here but i would guess it has to do with the fact that we're in iraq and lots of people are thinking about that, the fact that US elections are comming up, and i would guess the majority of people on Y!A are americans.
22007
for the same reason 35% of the people in the us voted for bush, they are idiots who dont think ahead more than about an hour, and will do anything that they think will save them 20 cents. Many people dont do this actually, but the ones that do use up a disproportionate amount of resources.
491630
I'm very glad I voted for President Bush a second time. Of course no rational person would be happy over the deaths of American soldiers (with the exception of some liberals here in the US). I wonder why you blame Bush for their deaths instead of the foreign terrorists inside Iraq that are killing them and causing that country so much grief.
1183136
Because George (or his advisors) are brilliant and have brainwashed a majority of the American people to believe that they must defend themselves against the war on "terra""!\n\nThey have the American people living fear-based lives and have convinced them that their government knows what is best and that they should be left to make all the decisions.  Soon, there will be no individual rights or privacy left for the average American citizen.  (Or any other countries if the Bush administration has their way.)  World and economic domination is the primary goal of this government.  Not the good of the American people.  \n\nSounds a lot like the early church leaders manipulating the bible and church rules in order to control the masses and ruling by fear.
78508
He got elected for a second term and when it's up he can't ever get elected again.The people who support Mr. bush  and approve of what he is doing are the one's who are getting rich.It's all about oil and money.If they run a monkey for president and oil and money was backing him up ,he'd get elected.Even if you didn't vote for the monkey.
118121
I think "Dubya" is a terrific president. He has done a lot for the safety of the nation from foreign countries, unlike Clinton. Our gov't is always shown to be the bad guy, but that's because of the liberal media. Conservatives are condemned for ridding the world of the evils, but liberals are praised for sparing them, consequently causing more turmoil. I don't really want to get started, so I'll cut it short. President Bush is wonderful.
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How fickle people are, these polls out today are a joke. I would like to see this question posed...what don't you like about Bush, factually, not just off the cuff running your mouth...give me facts.\n\nIsn't it interesting that some 96% of the US population approved of the war in Iraq 4 years ago?  Yet, they don't approve now, sorry folks, you don't just change your mind about war in midstream.  It doesn't work that way.  We didn't have it easy during many wars, and didn't give up and pull out, eventually the tables turned and we were very successful.  I think of the Revolutionary war, WW1 and  WWII.  People seem to forget that we activly fought WWII for 4 years (after it was already in progress for 3 years).  It was awful, it was tough, but we got dragged into it by Japan, just like the terrorists draged us into this one.\n\nSo why is Bush great?  Number one, he has named his priorities and goals and stuck with them.  The economy is very strong, growing so fast the Feds can't raise interest rates fast enough.  I can't see what it is that Americans can blame Bush for when it comes to the economy, most of the damage was done by the terrorists on 9/11.  Bush said he belived in tax cuts, he didn't want new taxes and he wanted Americans to have more money in their pockets so they spent more.  All of the above happened.  I didn't see anyone complaining when they got their $300.00 a few years ago.  The democrats are dying to use taxes to lower the deficit...okay, that means our money folks, you okay with that?\nThere is a time a place for everything, raising taxes during war is not the way to go.\n\nWe have not had another attack on American soil.  If you want to keep the terrorists from attacking innocent Americans, send the military to the terrorists, keep them occupied and kick their asses somewhere else.  The men in the military are all for being out there kicking terrorism in the butt.  That is their job, they signed up for it and trained for it.  They don't just want Americans support they want success, that means letting them finish the job.  Some of these men and women are on their 4th and 5th tours, and wanting to go back for more.\n\nBush tells it like it is.  If he screws up he acknowledges it.  He doesn't mess around with anything.  He gets to the point and moves on.  You can tell how much he learned from his dad and President Regan.  Sometimes he so reminds me of Regan it's astonishing.  \n\nI'm sorry but when Hurricane Katrina came and Bush got the report on the dykes a few days before landfall..what was he going to do about them?  Send peple out to dump dirt on them?  It was too late to rebuild, it was not feasable to get everyone out of the City, hell that shouldn't even be the governments job to do that.  We have been through 3 direct Hurricane landfalls in 2 years where I live in Ft. Pierce, FL (not to mention the 4 indirect storms and depressions) and we took care of ourselves.  This is the land of the elderly.  If we had waited for the government we would have been standing in waist deep water for weeks.   Bush came and saw us, he gave us support, it's more emotional than anything else.  That is what we needed, when you dont' have TV, radio, phone, you feel very isolated.  Having your President come to see you is a great moral booster.  He is very good at that.\n\nBush has reached the point where he really doesn't care what everyone thinks about him.  He is out for doing what he thinks is best for America, not whats best for the social circle.  So if the other countries don't like it well, I'm sorry, but that is the way it is.  As soon as everyone begins to wake up and realize that we are all targets, we will be better off as a nation and a world.  If your President doesn't look after you first, then what good is he?  It's like having a dead beat dad...no thanks, I'll take GW!
32617
Most of the general populace thinks they could do a better job that Pres. Bush, and most of them are wrong. The vast majority of us have no idea how to play the political games it takes to accomplish anything on Capital Hill (Dems or Reps), we don't know nearly as much about the law and government as we think we do, we overestimate our own ability to speak in public, answer questions intelligently and without gaffes on the fly, handle the stress of leading the free world, deal with the press, etc. All of us have ideas; many of us have good ideas, but it takes more than good ideas to be a good president. I voted for President Bush twice, and I'd vote for him again if he could run!
208143
Putting this question in the Sports category is a bit peculiar, don't you think?\n\nIt's a lot like the question itself.  Elected leaders of any country represent at best the wishes of the majority.  I don't know how things work in your country, but in America, we don't all just fall into lock-step with out leaders.  I think most of us want to believe our president will wisely lead us, but we are certainly not blind to reality.  And in light of recent events and Bush's crumbling approval rate, it appears most Americans have lost confidence in him.\n\nIf you really think all citizens of this or any nation are no more than carbon copies of their leaders, you have a lot to learn about people.
1122147
president bush was legally elected by the american people on a pro-war ticket. if you want to blame someone, blame america.
1082500
Yeah, because Bush is doing such a great job.  ~sarcasm~
237834
People only care about things as much as they need to care. Which means they tend to have incomplete information and make snap judgements. And, since they only have enough information to be able to think a problem through to a given point, they tend to readily accept sophisms.\n\nAt least, that explains how Bush got elected, how he could be right about allowing the port deal to go through, and how he could screw up something as simple as pointing out that Arab-owned companies already run many US ports.
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We do absolutely. "We the people" have chosen our President, our Congress and our local officials by elections held to legal standards. We have a peaceful succession of elected leaders. We have the power to choose who makes our laws and for how long. The answer to this question will depend on which side of the aisle you sit on.\n\nObviously, Republicans and conservatives will tend to say we have a government by, of and for the people. They will argue that Americans were fed up with the Democrats and the Bill Clinton political machine and made a choice to remove it from government and emplace a more conservative government. They will point to the fact that elections work.\n\nMany Democrats and liberals, however, will argue that we do not. They will argue that George Bush stole the election of 2000 and has brainwashed the American people into re-electing him. They cannot believe that there are enough conservatives in the country to vote anyone into national office, let alone enough to have control of it.\n\nI am a conservative Republican, and I believe the government is of, for and by the people. I did so even when the Clintons were at their liberal and moral worst. Clinton was my President, too. Just because I disagreed with him (more in the foreign policy arena than domestic) did not mean I became bitter and began calling him names and de-humanizing him.\n\nIn the past, Americans debated the ideas and chose their President. Didn't matter if your side won or not. You respected the man, backed him up no questions asked in periods of war and crisis, praised or criticized his policies, and did not make personal attacks. A man was judged on the merits of his service.\n\nNow, a man is judged on one or two issues. Bush has reached across the aisle and helped promote many Democrat and liberal ideas. His policies are constantly being criticized by Republicans and conservatives as too liberal. But liberals don't recognize this because they are still so caught up in losing the 2000 election. NOTHING Bush does will ever be right for them.\n\nAmericans need to get back to the basics. Hard work yields results. Look out for yourself and your neighbor. Stop asking, "What's in it for me?" and start controlling your own destiny. Live and let live.\n\nYou win some, you lose some.
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Because bush take america to war with a false reason which americans believe is true although they are also a sufferer\nand the war gives  a high fuel price around the globe because of fuel price transportatoin cost increased and for that reason we all have to pay a high price for everything.\nBush and company got big contract for his war projects so they end up with a huge income \nIf still american love Mr.bush and elect him or his bro\nAround the globe rest of us we have to find a jungle and learn how to live like a Tarzan