why do  only 29% like george bush?
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The Resume of George W. Bush\nGeorge W. Bush\nThe White House, USA\n\nEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:\n\nLAW ENFORCEMENT:\n--I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol.\n\n--I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days.\nMy Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available.\n\nMILITARY:\n--I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use.\nBy joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.\n\nCOLLEGE:\n--I graduated from Yale University with a low C average.\nI was a cheerleader.\n\nPAST WORK EXPERIENCE:\n--I ran or U.S. Congress and lost.\n\n--I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975.\nI bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas.\nThe company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.\n\n--I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.\n\n--With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.\n\nACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:\n--I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union.\nDuring my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.\n\n--I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.\n\n--I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history.\n\n--With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.\n\nACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:\n--I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.\n\n--I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.\n\n--I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.\n\n--I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.\n\n--I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.\n\n--I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.\n\n--I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.\n\n--In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.\n\n--I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.\n\n--I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President.\n\n--I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations.\nMy largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. History, Enron.\nMy political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.\nI have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution.\nMore time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.\n\n--I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.\n\n--I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.\n\n--I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.\n\n--I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history.\n\n--I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.\n
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I know why I like him - because he's competitive! He's racing to defeat Truman and Nixon for lowest approval rating ever!\n\nHe's already beaten his dad - the latest numbers say 29%. That's right on par with daddy. Good job Mr. Bush!
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I believe it has nothing to do with luck. More like God ordained. I really like him. He has flaws like all people. But hes a good man. People expect for presidents to be perfect. Well the president doesnt have as much control as some people may think. And economy doesnt evolve over night. Many of the problems we face now are a result of past bad decisions of former governmental decisions. Im glad our president has a back bone. Im glad he stands behind his decisions.  Im glad he is rooted in Christ. And unlike most of the liberals, he respects the soldiers fighting for us. I am so thankful for the men risking their lives to provide safety for this country and others. \n\nWomen are no longer being raped on orders of a government deity over there anymore.... And I dont even want to go into the gruesome details of all the other problems.\n\nPresident Bush isnt afraid of a few hypocrite hippies who would have had a crazy liar, who cant decide what he wants his story to be for a president.\n\nI VOTE FOR maitreg2'S ANSWER\n\nWhat is up with the people who think this war is about oil? You cant take one tiny little piece of the puzzle and zoom in on it and still see the whole picture. Yes people are dying because of this war. When people join the military they know what they are in for. There has yet to be a draft in this war. These people have agreed to risk their lives for our safety...... Oh and by the way, to the asker of this question.... I live in TEXAS too!
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Sorry, I'm an American, but I thought I'd better answer, anyway.  You need to know that we really aren't all like Bush.  I never voted for him, and I've never liked him.  And I get sick of Americans who brag about us being a melting pot, but want to build walls to keep everyone else out.  We need to realize that there are 6 billion people in the world, which makes us a very small minority, and we'd better get along.
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David (above).. I'd like to make a small correction to your assumption, if I may.\n\n90+  percent of the UK population did not support the UK government in its decision to send UK troops into the Iraq invasion.  Hence, you can take it that the UK does _not_ support George Bush today, either.  His only real ally is Tony Blair, who is about to lose his position as Prime Minister mainly because of his support for Bush. If you were to read the serious political commentators, the leaders in many newspapers, discussions on TV and radio, and listen to the conversations of ordinary Brits, you would find that Geo Bush is not supported by the majority of UK people.   Indeed, it would be nonsensical to  support a person whose precipitous and misjudged action has destroyed a sovereign country (forget about Saddam being a bad person - there are plenty of places with wicked heads of state);  whose decisions have led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people; who has (according to his own intelligence people) made the threat of terrorism in the West much worse; who has increased the number of terrorist recruits way above that which existed prior to Iraq;  who has spent over $350 Billion of US taxpayers money on this fiasco of a war (and will probably end up by paying even more in order to rebuild Iraq); who has curtailed the civil freedom of his own countrymen, and who has made America not only hated more intensely by the Muslim world, but diminished its standing in the eyes of its Western friends.    No wonder he got a hammering yesterday!
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Sadly, most of the people critical of the US don't understand that very few of us are as liberal or conservative as the extremeists they see on T.V.  And they also look at their country's reporting of the President, and assume what he things completely and absolutely reflects what the American people believe.\n\nNatually, this is 100% false.  First off, only 1/2 of the country votes for the President who wins, and then he can lose popularity over time.  Right now, only 32% (roughly) support the President, and also everybody disagrees with the President on at least one issue, and a slew of people don't argee with him on Iraq.\n\nUnfortunately, that's what almost everybody else is judging us on.  They look at the failures of Iraq, look at the President, then assume we're all JUST like him, when we're not.  In fact, most of the people who voted for him aren't even like him.  There are all different types of people in the U.S., but those critical can only go by what their eyes and ears recieve.\n\nI wish all these people would go to some of our news sites, as well as many of the political blogs found in this country, then come here and read the questions, beforew finally coming here and spending a week in the U.S., just to see how much we all differ from each other.\n\nI, nor anyone else, like to be stereotyped.  It's never a good thing, and can often hurt a country in it's world standing.\n\nSimple fact: those who aren't here, just don't know.
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Bush is an awful president and it's shameful to see so many people who like him. \n\na couple of reasons to hate him: \n\n1- He had Bin Laden cornered and had the resources necessary to find him wherever but then he decided to go to Iraq for no valid reason and he is not even trying anymore to bring the greatest criminal to custody. \n\n2- Bush does not appoint people based on their abilities.  Look at Michael Brown at FEMA, his supreme court nominees, etc.  He gives jobs to his friends regardless of the fact they are incompetent for the position.
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it seems that some of the people that answered your question is some of the 32% of the bush butt sniffers still out there\nWith the help of his brother, the governor of Florida, and his father's appointments to the Supreme Court, He became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.
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The funny thing is, Bush's rating is 29%.\n\n29%!!!!!!!\n\nEven at during a time of crisis for Clinton (with the "impeachment" stuff,) HIS approval was OUTSTANDING!!!\n\n"In the wake of the House of Representatives' approval of two articles of impeachment, Bill Clinton's approval rating has jumped 10 points to 73 percent, the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows." ~ CNN.com\n\nEven if Bush's rating DOUBLES, it would STILL be failing. 58%. Not that he can get it that high.\n\nI wonder if it is the LOWEST a President has ever gotten since they started polling...\n\n************EDIT***************\n\nDAR claims he has a life. (See below.)\n\nIf that were the case, why is he "here:?
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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!
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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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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!
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Because they refuse to accept the fact that Bush has done a lot of good things for this country.\nA lot of people accept this because it's the only side they get from the mainstream media.
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I dislike the man because he is a dishonest, greedy man hiding behind the veil of indignation. in reality he isn't a true conservative because actions speak louder than words, and  his actions are quite the contrary to what  the conservatives are supposed to represent. our deficit has ballooned under his watch and our individual liberty has eroded. these are core values of a true conservative(bush is not one people) BUSH IS A WARMONGERING NEO-CON PUPPET. HIS stupidity and lack of diplomacy could possibly lead to WW111 before he is out of office!! this is why i hate the guy!!!!!!
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In the day's after 9/11 his approval rating was 80%, even when he went into Afghanistan it was still high as people were all for this. But after he started the war in Iraq it began to drop, with each bit of information that came out like no weapons of mass destruction, ect. to today's quagmire and Iraqi civil war his approval rating has dropped steadily to near 30%. I personally give him about 0% as any leader that cost 3,000 American lives based on his lies does not deserve to be president and should more likely be tried in a court of law for his criminal behavior.
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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."
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thats what most people do.  In america we contridict everything.  President bush's approval rating was the highest of any president ever at 96% after he said we are going to was after 9/11.  Then we went and people started dieing then people relized the reality and his approval rating went down to 46%.  the right man will always lead this country.  we just need to stop critque things after the happen and pointing fingers.\n\nMatt