If George Bush had actually won the last two elections do you think people would feel the same about him now?
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OF COURSE BECAUSE THEY NEVER LOOK AT THE FACTS AND HOW BAD A PRESIDENT HE IS !!They might not look at him the same if they read these facts!!\n\n      \n\n Economic\n\n    * Spent the surplus provided by the Clinton Administration and bankrupted the treasury.\n    * Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in the history of the world.\n    * Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.\n    * Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.\n    * In first two years in office, more than two million Americans lost their jobs. Cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any president in U.S. history.\n    * Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.\n    * Presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.\n    * Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world.\n    * Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.\n    * Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in U.S. history.\n    * Entered office with the strongest economy in U.S. history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.# Refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. prisoners of war and by default no longer abides by the Geneva Conventions.\n# First president in U.S. history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. elections).\n# Changed U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated U.S. law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts.\n# In the 18 months following the 911 attacks, successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States.\n# Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in U.S. history.\n# In a little over two years, created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the U.S. has ever been since the Civil War.\n# First president in U.S. history to unilaterally attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community.\n# First president to run and hide when the U.S. came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force One).\n# First U.S. president to establish a secret shadow government.\n# Took the biggest world sympathy for the U.S. after 911, and in less than a year made the U.S. the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in U.S. and world history).\n# With a policy of “dis-engagement,” created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years.\n# Fist U.S. president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
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YES !\nI hope I don't appear closed-minded or bigoted, but,\n\nBush doesn't care about people, the environment, world peace, or the image and safety of Americans.\nHe only cares about Big Business and Oil.\n\nHe should be impeached.  Cheney, too.\nBring on John Kerry or another Dem.\nJohn would've worked with European nations to get US out of Iraq and Afghanistan.  This would've kept world sympathy with us after 9/11.  Now, most Arab/Muslim countries and many other countries are not sorry for us and consider US the aggressor, which we are.\n\nSometimes I feel like we are like Goliath, and the terrorists are David.  David is fast-moving, ingenious, and accurate.\nGoliath is slow-moving, cruel, and stupid, and vents his anger upon the wrong person.\n\nWe are very vulnerable to an attack on any of our utilities that make us comfortable in our homes:  electric, natural gas, water.\nGasoline - vulnerable.\nImagine that only ONE of these were cut off.\nIt is not difficult to cut off (permanently or temp.) even 2 of these at the same time.  Much suffering and many deaths.\n\nYes, I feel that we are getting deeper and deeper, and not much is being done fast enough.
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Sure!\n\nI bet BUsh's vote felt very insignificant to him today
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If only we were so lucky. \n\nYes I definitely would. The country did great under his leadership. He could turn the economy around and re-build foreign relations again. \n\nI'd rather have a president that lied about his sex life than one that lied about nuclear weapons.
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I voted for Kerry in the last election.  I think if he were president now I would be able to get health insurance for my children.  I feel that he would have started taking troops out of Iraq.  Don't get me wrong I am all for our soldiers but not for this war. But thats a whole other question.
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Absolutely.  He obviously has worked well within his rights as our president and those threatening various form of legal harassment are attempting to undercut our method of democracy.  I would not put up with that.\n\nNeither would most people.\n\nIf you don't like the decisions Bush is making, than vote against the party in the next election.  But, getting around our representational system with phony charges?  That kind of thing could easily lead to civil war.
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I would too. I think a lot of people would considering he actually won in 2000.
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Hillary should win but with a population that elected Bush once (he stole one election) anything is possible. I'm hoping Bush's debacle as president (especially this term) and unethical behaviors on the part of his colleagues will "wake America up", elect Hillary into office, clean up Bush's mess, and begin the healing process in America.
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Some interesting answers so far. It's obvious that feelings toward Bush are either extremely pro or extremely con. I don't find that surprising considering who he replaced. The country was extreme in its feelings towards Clinton too.\n\nObviously, it will be years before historians can judge him objectively, but I personally believe that Bush will be listed among the very good presidents in history.\n\nWe are going through a very difficult time in our country's history. The consequences of mishandling our enemies are huge. I believe he's handled them fairly well. I also believe that those who disagree underestimate the hatred our enemies have for us. And those who blame that hatred on Bush simply don't know history. The attacks started decades ago.
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In my opinion, yes. He has gotten a dangerous reductions  in our freedoms and has encouraged evil acts such as torture.\nWhen He was elected I was not that concerned because I thought that the checks and balances  in our system would limit the damage he could do. I was wrong. This President has done more to destroy and dismantle the values, environment,laws and Rights of the people of this Nation than the  worst declared enemy could ever have done.
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I believe it would. While the underlying reasons for anti-US sentiment would still be largely ignored, we probably wouldn't have the terrorist recruiting tool that the Iraq War has become. He probably would have continued with a lot of Clintons 'feel-good' programs like AmeriCorp. And he probably would have continued paying down the deficit like Clinton started. As of the end of 2005, $820 billion dollars of US debt was held by China in the form of stocks and securities. This gives them a lot more power over the US economy than people realize.  Security is not just about guns and bombs. Financial and emotional security need to be considered, also.
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some of us saw that at the start.  for the first time, when he was elected,  I actually got really mad over an election result.  the rest of them took some time.  but i think they have caught on, at least a slight majority has.  we shall see with the elections today.
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I think the polls have shown long before the election how much the citizens trusted bush. He will still have that smirk on his face. bush will still find a way to blame Democrates for all.
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I wouldn't doubt that his approval rating would go up? Maybe the damn liberals are finally happy... which is quite rare! Or maybe they are finally realizing that they are wrong and that Bush is really doing a great job as the President of the U.S....
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Because, Bush is all talk, no action--when it comes to helping middle and poor Americans. I'm a democrat through and through, but when I heard his speech on the radio that morning....I drowsily cheered him on...I was HAPPY he was our president, cause he was gonna protect us. But all he did was start a stupid war using 9/11 as an excuse, and secured a second term in office. He did, however, calm the country's fears for about ten minutes. New Yorkers saw that. 9/11 families didn't get much(if any) help form our govt. Bush raised their hopes, only to disappoint them. I guess the democrats came to their rescue. I guess the only republican they were truly happy with was rudy Guliani. The only people who believe the 9/11 crap he was vomitting were the people who werent there...the people who's life didn't really change because of it...who?...Rich white people, or religious elderly who're grappling with their mortality, and last but not least...the one's who believe every word of our leader and thrive in spite of fear that the infidels will attack again...unless a Texas Bush is re-elected.
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No. I think he has done a pretty good job. He has made one big mistake. Supporting Bush in the Iraq war. Everything else has been ok.
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there will never be another bush in office EVER if there is something will 'happen' to him. this country would be fuucking stupid to elect another one.  i;m just gonna say this: IF ANOTHER BUSH GETS ELECETED AS PRESIDENT THEN THIS STUPID FUUCKING COUNTRY DESERVES TO GET BLOWN UP AN INVADED AND EVERY CITIZEN TORTURED AND KILLED.  but that's just how IIIII feel.