why do people hate bush so much?
473263
Stuff doesn't go the way you want.  You need to blame someone.  Perfect candidate and scapegoat, especially with the "questionable" elections already getting on people's nerves.  Politics is a big hot button.\n\nIt doesn't help that he's got just about zero charisma, unlike Clinton.  So, the media has an excellent time with all of the times that he makes a fool out of himself.\n\nI don't really hate him.  Well, I don't *hate* anyone.  I kind of feel sorry for him.  It's kind of sad in a way, depending on how you look at it.  I don't think Gore/Kerry would have been much better, though.
618280
Every country outside the US hates his guts more than I can put in words. Then again, he's hated here too. Nixon may have been hated on a national scale, but Bush takes it global. He been arguably the most ridiculed and parodied president in history. His face is burned regularly in the middle east and south America, and everyone in Europe thinks of him and Blair as two bumbling idiots. I could go on, but it would be too much.
927396
i don't hate pres. bush i respect him because he is our pres. i just don't like his politics.we are spread thin & were losing our loved ones quicker than you can say reelection.yes find bin laden-stop terrorism if we can-he got his murderer from iraq they don't want us there let them rebuild them selves.when they are ready to let us help we can come back,to much blood shed already.
486868
Better than what or who? \n\nEach President faces a unique set of challenges in unique times and in many ways it is impossible to compare them.  President Bush is clearly dislike by some people almost to the point of being an obsession.  Is this dislike based on reliable facts?  It doesn’t appear to that it is.  And yet there are concerns about some of his actions.\n\nHe is doing what has to be done as President and that is, trying to protect the country from the multiple attacks it has received.  That he is doing things that might be considered by some as extra-constitutional, is true.  However, he is not the first president to do so and is far from the worse.
242471
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.
285635
I really can't understand how anybody could support Bush, he sucks real bad.
989020
I don't hate the man, but I do understand why many people do not like him.  Mostly it is an honest issue.  He's a horribly untrustable person.  Almost everything he said he would do he didn't, and almost everything he said he wouldn't do he did.  Just look at the funding for church based initiatives. He promised lots of money and has yet to give a single penny to any of their causes.  Clinton gave about 15 million to church based initiatives, Bush Sr. about 10 million.  And it's not like he wouldn't have had support for it - the whole House and Senate is majority Republican.\n\nThen there is the war built on bad intelligence, the fact that he stayed on vacation for 3 extra days during a hurricane, hasn't caught Osama Bin Laden, has spent more money the a drunk Ted Kennnedy in Vegas with a fist full of government bonds, said he wasn't doing domestic wiretaps....\n\nThere is quite a lot of reasons to really dislike this president and I'm afraid that history will not be kind to him.  Bush is my president, but he is not a good president.
740484
Pretty much... The whole world hates the US, except for the US itself, who just hates it's president.  The world should hate the man not the country, that's how I see it.  My people didn't make these choices, Bush did.
629126
Yeah, back when the office of President meant something and not getting every nation to hate USA. Bush will go down as the most hated person in the world...his job approval rating is now only 29%...lets see how LOW he can go! \n(Clinton still has a HIGH approval rating!) \n\nCheney has 19% rating...\nBush is competitive...\nwill he beat Cheney \nand go even lower???
95509
Because George W. Bush don't care about America, or any of it's people regardless of race, color and creed. Mostly I think he just hates black people. That's why it took so long to get help for the victims of Hurricane Katrina down South, because they say that the majority of people living down there are black. I hate Bush. Plain and simple and I can't believe that I have to suffer for another 2 years while he's president. 6 years has been long enough. If I was Harry Belafonte I would just say to Bush, "Screw you. I'm not gonna apologize, because it's my right and you can't change that."
624611
Hmmm... nope I don't HATE Bush.\n\nHe's in a no win situation because he created the situation he is in.\n\nI can't think of a single thing in the last six years that he has done that I agree with.\n\nTo make me happy, he could voluntarily resign the Presidency right this minute and apologize to the world for his stupidity.
479863
I HATE BUSH ugh he is soooooo stupid!
294542
I don't hate him, but I disagree with his philosophy, his legislation and his morals. His philosophy is to lift the country by helping those that  have the most, i.e. supply side economics. At the expense of those that have the very least by cutting government programs that are sometimes lifelines for the very poor. \n  Which explains why I hate the legislation that he has augumented since coming into office. The war is a mistake that he pulled the wool over everyones eyes to start with. \n   I hate his morals the most, he will do anything that he can, encluding lie, cheat and steal all under the guise of being a christian man. All in all I feel he is a bad man and a bad choice for president, no matter what your party affilation is. I am not sure if Gore or Kerry could have done better but I am sure that they could have done no worse.
92053
It's all about the oil. Bush and his minons could care less about the religion (Islam). Bush is a lap dog of the rich and powerful. Bush doesn't care how many American and Allied Soliders are killed. He doesn't care if innocent civilians are killed. He is the reason America and Americans are hated all over the world.\n\nCorrection: Bush is the reason why American are hated EVEN more around the world especailly in the Middle East.\n\nBy the way...there is civil war in Iraq so our soliders are caught in the middle while the oil companies make their money.
1103523
As far as I can tell he hates everyone.\n\nAs for people saying we are only reacting to half the story, the President Of The United States shouldn't say such stupid and insensitive things to BEGIN with.
884656
The main problem is that somebody with clearly very little intelligence can have so much power and can get away with blatantly abusing that power. He has so much blood on his hands I don't know how he can look himself or his fellow human beings in the eye. "Annoying/frustrating" barely scratches the surface of many, many peoples feelings about Bush and his government - despair and anger are nearer the mark.
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It's certainly easy to believe that people don't know how (or want to truly debate) when you read the Yahoo discussions and watch a lot of the media. Frankly, I think many people are intellectually lazy. They don't want to take the time to provide defendable reasons why they believe a certain way, so they resort to vitriole and name-calling.\n\nI too believe that Bush is a good man and was right about Iraq, but he is a horrible communicator. That was Clinton's strong-point. Right or wrong, he knew how to get the American people to buy whatever he was selling.