I want to know what current and previous supporters of Bush43 like about him?
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Sorry I didn't answer before, I just found your question.   Deep breath.  This is going to be a long one.  These are reasons to not hate him, as well as reasons to almost approve of him.\nLet me explain a bit. I'm a proud wife of a soldier in the U.S. Army. I'm a good friend of many other soldiers. When President Bush first ran in 2000, I did not support him in any way. As a matter of fact, I chose not to vote, because I hated Al Gore. The only candidate I even halfway liked was Ralph Nader. In 2004, about six months before the election, I was leaning towards John Kerry. Then I found out some things about him I didn't like. So I started researching Ralph Nader, and I liked him a lot. But THEN I started finding out more about the incumbent. This is a man who took time out to pray with a man he didn't know, for the man's mother-in-law. This President made the 17-hour flight to Iraq and Afghanistan just to shake hands with his troops, and thank them for what they're doing. This is a man who went to church every Sunday that he could, and expected no special treatment. There are eyewitness accounts to that. This man also embraced a young girl who had lost her mother on 9/11, visited injured vets in the hospital without the presence of the news media, who starts each day in prayer, who saluted a soldier and HELD the salute until the soldier (who had been terribly injured in Iraq) saluted him back. As for the last one, for those who don't know, that's usually what lower ranking soldiers do to the higher ranking ones. It's a huge form of honor. And yet you guys say he's this horrible person? Do any of you know him? I doubt it. Have any of you heard these stories? I doubt it, because it's the last thing that the news media or conspiracy websites want to report.\n"Bush lied about the WMD's in Iraq." Sure, he did, along with Congress and the House of Reps, both Democrats and Republican.  Even John Kerry said there were WMD's.  Was he lying too?\n"This war is all about oil." It is, actually. Many who protest the war do not understand the conditions in Iraq before we went in. Hussein would punish his people by depriving them of food, of oil, of water, and of electricity. The soldiers are simply giving all of that back to them. To add to that, did you know that mass graves with over 250,000 decomposing bodies were found in the sand? ALL SLAUGHTERED BY HUSSEIN!!! These were women, children, young men, elderly men and women, people who had done nothing wrong.\n"When is Bush going to realize that enough have died in Iraq and it's time to call them home?!" You people call just over 2000 a lot? Perhaps you have forgotten history. Do you know how many died when D-Day, the day we landed on Normany Beach during WWII, in one day? Nearly half a million! Now I'm not belittling the lives of the soldiers who have died in combat in the last three years. One soldier dying is too many. I ache for their families, I really do. BUT all things considered, when you add in the statistics of how many soldiers are there, and how long we've been there, that means that an average of one soldier dies a day. Out of over 200,000. This is WAR. It's not pretty, no one ever said it was. But one death a day? Liken it to Tacoma, WA, where I grew up. More die in Tacoma than in Iraq, in accidents, in murders, in suicides et cetera et cetera. \n"Bush wants to illegalize abortion." Sure, he wishes it were possible. The fact of the matter is though, he knows it's not. Abortion has been legal for thirty years, it's going to stay that way. He DID illegalize partial-birth abortions. For those who don't know what those are, that's when labor is induced in the third trimester, and the baby is delivered feet first (and at this point, it is most DEFINITELY a baby!). At this point, scissors are inserted into the back of the baby's skull, then the hole made
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i agree completely. I HATE CLINTON. he is the meanest man alive. i will never forget when he drove by my school [a military-base school overseas] and he was supposed to get out and meet some people from my school. but instead, he just whipped by us, not even bothering to open his window. and i think bush is amazing. he's doing the best he can in this situation and he's handling it very well. =]
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let me know how you feel on key issues. you email me and if there any good i'll pass them along. rock out the white house good luck.
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If you are a Bush supporter, you are un American.  Pure and simple.  I so appreciate and respect Dallas Blue for his commentary, honesty and reflections. There are a lot of people who are delusional die-hard Bush supporters - many of them incurably so, but given the trend of the past few  years, even more of them are havng second thoughts about this man. Bush is a failure as a president and probably the only thing he succeeds at is being the worst president ever.  He is not simply the worst president since 1906.  The last 2 years of his failed presidency are already predetermined.  Nothing good will come out of them.
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I'm not George Bush fan, but thanks nonetheless for this question.   Hopefully, some of those who are blinded by their hatred will learn to "simmah down" a little.  To be credible with criticism, you've got to maintain perspective.  I see some have already succombed to temptation, and demonstrated that they can't operate within the constraints of the question . . . sad really.\n\nMuch as I find to dislike about him, I also do find some good things.  He is willing to stick to his principles, even when he fully knows it is politically unpopular.  He has tried (unsuccessfully) to change the poisonous atmosphere in D.C.   He has complimented Clinton, minimized the attention placed on the Clinton destruction and plundering of the White House when they left, made real outreach to include Kennedy, Hillary, and other opponents.  All of which has been reciprocated by nastiness.   As you point out, he is a stellar role model for fitness.  And if you admire his wife Laura, as I do, you have to consider that she chose him for her husband: a pretty powerful endorsement.
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All so very true.  I don't know what it was about Clinton.  I know people who truly feel that we should have offered him another term!  When I make points,like you have made, they just call me names like Neo-Con.  They never give me real facts as to why they liked the guy so much.
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actually he isn't a liar\nthat is just some peoples perespectives ..the people that don't like him\n\nI like George Bush, he is a very good president and I support him 100%
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Oh my god, I think I've finally found someone more conservative than me.  Is it possible?\n\nHey, I am firmly against Hillary in the Oval Office.  There are two types of personality.  In the first type, the person rises to the occasion.  He realizes the solemnity and critical nature of the office.  Where once the candidate was flippant or cavalier about the issues, he now realizes he has the weight of the world on his shoulders, and he elevates his attitude and behavior to match the importance of his office.  That is Bush.\n\nThe second type of personality is susceptible to corrupting influences, and becomes drunk on power, even if the person believes his or her actions are altruistic.\n\nI'm afraid Hillary falls under the second category.  I too have heard her say some rather unsettling things.  They were not taken out of context; it is what she really meant to say.\n\nThe funny thing about liberals is they have almost everything completely backwards.  Consider the war in Iraq.\n\nBush once made the remarkable statement about "the soft bigotry of low expectations". I want you to remember that quote. Think about what he is saying. I've talked to a lot of liberals about the Iraqi conflict, and when I bring up the obvious point that millions of people have now been given the opportunity to live in freedom rather than tyranny, they prattle on, objecting with erroneous, irrelevant arguments. If I chide them enough, and make them hot under the collar, they will finally lose control and exclaim, "Oh come on, you don't really expect that a bunch of stupid, volatile, irrational Arabs can handle democracy, do you?"\n\nBush does not denigrate the people of the Middle East with the "soft bigotry of low expectations". Unlike the Democrats, he believes in their potential. He does not arrogantly belive that they can't handle democracy.\n\nThis same concept applies to democrats, especially liberal democrats.  Their whole outlook on life is mired in the soft bigotry of low expectations.  They constantly talk about how loving and compassionate they are, so they're going to make the government "help" us.\n\nMy response is, "If that's how you love me....PLEASE... don't 'love' me again!!!"
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FIRST OF ALL, I voted for George Bush, and would do it again, i think he has GREAT policies, BUT, I will not try to hide the fact that he is not the brightest crayon in the box, like I said I would vote for him in 2008, if he could run again, but he IS a little dumb. lol.
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I have problems With President Bush, but I believe that he has gotten some bad advice and has surrounded himself with people who don't have the nation's best interest at heart.  I voted for him simply because I didn't want Kerry to become leader of the free world.  As for my vote, who knows, it might count, it might not.  I still vote with high hopes and low expectations.
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How the heck would you ever pick a best answer to this survey?\n\n37-I like some of what he does, and dislike some of what he does, just like every President.
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I like bush for the same reason as I believes he loves his country more than kerry.  I also believe Bush knows what capitalism is and the function of the government.  I think he is doing a great job.  The only problem is the dem are doing a better job bad mouthing the prseident and making things look worse than they really are.
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awesome. I like how he pretends to hate liberals and love the bush administration. He does some really clever segments, the likes of which I have never seen, like the word segment.\n\nHave you noticed also how sometimes he goes on a rampage about bears. Here is a paraphrase...\n\n"top of the list is bears, folks. these bloodthirsty monsters have been skulking about in the shadows long enough and I think it's time we do somethnig. If there's one thing that hates freedom, it is these demonic freaks, and they must be stopped..."
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Why do you support him?  Some poeple support him because they think that if they don't, the terrorists will come and kill their family. It doesn't help that Bush and Cheney have actually SAID that.  I would have to know why you do support him in order to answer that question.
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He was ok! Answered even the ruff questions! I don't know- I did not vote for Bush! I am not going to vote for him in 2008! I don't think he is to bright! sorry you ask me!bye
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I wouldn't go have a beer with the guy, but I respect what he's done so far. It's a tough job that most people wouldn't want, and he could have done worse.  He's had a tough road from day one with the 2000 elections, 9/11, then the Iraq war.  \n\nI think he gets a bad rap because he's not as polished as most politicians.  I don't agree with some of his policies (religion, gays, etc), but overall I think he is a patriot with our best intentions in mind.\n\nThe bottom line:  I like him, and I respect the job he's done.
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Bush is awesome.\nHe fights for the lives of people in other countries.\nHe is a real American.\nHe helps America with everything.\nHe helps others to.\nHe makes America a good place to live.\nWithout him,America would end up like Mexico.