Do any of you Republicans feel let down by George Bush?
962182
if  i was a rep... i would feel let down by GWB..... i dont understand how ppl believe anything he says....weapons of mass destruction???.... iraq is making progress??? meanwhile more and more troops are getting killed! he tells ppl that he's a Christian, manipulating religious faith for political gain..... and it keeps going on and on.....
710301
Though I'm not fond of Bush, you have the right to feel the way you do, you just have to develope a thick skin cause when it comes to politics, it's a cut throat game.  Besides, only history will tell if he was good or bad, & by then we'll have new people to bash.
696840
i saw o'reilly and hannity crying on fox news. and i started crying with them\nwow my neo-con friend who pretends to have a PhD is dead wrong about cnn. he is a disgrace to republicans just like i am
742682
Sometimes I feel embarrassed by our President, because he poorly represents us. Other than that, I don't feel overly proud or embarrassed. In fact, the only time my patriotism rears its head is when others attack our nation and I defend it. No fourth of July barbecue, no nothing.
842824
I think that Bush cost us (republicans) the election. I think that people were voting against bush rather than for a canidate. THAT worries me. I am one of those people that, even though I am a republican at heart, I feel regardless of party affiliation, it should be whoever's best for the job. And I don't necessarily know if those voted WERE best. I just hope those elected PROVE to the country that the voters didn't make a mistake.
420738
You hit so many nails so squarely on the head that it is difficult for me to add to the essay you have written. I don't feel we are a "complete failure" because our foundation is (or was) so strong. I do feel that we are, however, chipping away at that foundation...actually sledge hammering it would be more like it! So many people have been looking out for number one and therefore have become blind to the fact that the very freedoms on which this once great nation was founded are being ripped from us RIGHT and LEFT (pun intended). It is like a repeat of the "rise and fall of the Roman Empire". The greed, arrogance and not just short-sightedness, but blindness of the Bush administration have hastened our downfall tenfold. I am not a bleeding heart liberal, though I am a bit left of center (Neither extreme is good). I do believe that at heart most Americans are good and decent people. But we have allowed our voices to be silenced and become too unwilling to open our eyes and look in the mirror.\n\nAfter 9/11 most of world was behind us. Democrats and Republicans, who were very divided before that dark day, became, for a brief shining moment, once again "united" as AMERICANS. Bush could have led us into the sunlight again. Instead he used that terrible tragedy to further his own agenda...(well actually I say Bush, but the person really running the country is Chaney, with Rove, Rumsfeld and Rice , et al, right along side). Americans have been arrogant for a long time, but the arrogance of this administration has never been equaled. We no longer are a country to be admired...basically, as you have already alluded to in your question, we are no longer a country at all, but a business...and not even a good business, but a corporation like Enron, where the leaders get rich and the workers get screwed.\n\nBoth of the last presidential elections were rigged (this is not the first time this has happened, but certainly the most blatant!)\n \nKatrina victims who have already been devastated by nature (the severity of the hurricane, a direct result of global warming) have been further victimized by the govt. and now won't even be able to vote in the next election! I could go on forever on my tirade too, so I'll TRY to cut this short because I realize with you I am singing to the choir (though we both are going to get blasted on this one).The American PEOPLE, not the government, have come together in an effort to help the victims of Katrina and the victims of the tsunami.(Note to readers who disagree with my views: Please don't quote me the stats on the million$ our government spent on either catastrophe...it wasn't enough. PERIOD!)\n\nI believe the heart of America still beats strongly, but we need to find leaders who are better cardiologists. We need to find leaders who will pull this country back together and not turn our political differences into unnavigable crevasses, or who make our financial disparities so vast...leaders who still believe in the separation of church and state, still believe that our system of checks and balances, engendered by our three branches of govt.(executive, legislative and judicial) ONLY works when one branch does not try to control the other two. We need leaders who recognize that one religion is not superior to another and who won't proclaim that only THEY have a finger on the moral pulse of our nation.\n\n A good leader is someone who ACTUALLY does believe that "all men are created equal" and who remembers that this is a "government OF the people, FOR the people and BY the people" and by this, I mean ALL people (all colors, all religions, all sexes - including homosexuals, all income levels). Whether our next administration is Republican or Democrat , Independent, Libertarian etc., the task ahead is greater than it has ever been...the ideal America as envisioned by our forefathers, the government re-united and rededicated by Abraham
768223
Me...and hoping for the do nothing Republican wipe out too.  I blame Bush for that!\n\nAnyone who doesn't vote tomorrow has nothing to say as far as I am concerned...and how we wound up with Bush in the first place.\nYOU HAVE A VOICE, USE IT.\nSuffragettes worked and died as well as soldiers in all wars...for you to have that right.\nVOTE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7th
756881
I think he's a fool who has made his fellow party members looks like fools as well. I think deep down they only re-elected him because they refused to let a different party prove them wrong. So many Republicans are embarrassed to share the same party with him as well so we are not alone in this. Some Republicans even speak out but are quickly squashed like bugs for talking badly about Bush. There is still Freedom of Speech that is unless Bush can rewrite the Constitution and Bill of Rights to suit his own needs..
726890
Before Bush a person could feel safe telling each other how they felt about a sitting President...are those days gone ? I will vote out of fear in november ...just like the Republicans want me to...Fear of their Party running my Country straight down the tubes!!!
1041518
Well, we haven't made it to "absolute Despotism" yet, but you can bet georgie is working on it.\n\nP.S. For those who are convinced that bush is a good President, I feel sorry for you. Your children and your grandchildren will be hard put to correct the mistakes made so far. Most times when a President screws up, you won't see it, but they will, and they will suffer because of it.
86440
I voted for bush the first time too. I wish I hadn't...I don't understand how republicans can't see how much damage bush has done to the economy, our world-image, etc.
1125494
I saw that too and I didn't feel sorry for him one bit . He is the President of this country and represents us all and I felt embarrassed for the USA . I didn't vote for him but some of you out there did . The people of the world see right through him . I think they feel sorry for this great Nation . We deserve better for our money .
969481
I don't know, this is going to be very interesting.  At least he did admit that he was disapointed.  However, someone else must have wrote his speech on how he is looking forward to a bi-partisan relationship... I can't believe he said that.  He was congratulating the Dems, but inside he was probably thinking, Oh My God, why did you put me in Hell.  He no longer has his republican government backing him.  He is like the little schoolboy... one that was taunting the bully with his gang of big friends, then suddenly found himself all alone and about to be beaten, big friends no where in sight.  \nI think we may finally see our much needed change in government, I am excited.  I am sure Bush is about 5 seconds away from having a meltdown.
841908
Some people feel like the Republicans have not lived up to their core ideals, or for that matter, their promises.\nAlso, because the Republicans have been in complete power for quite a while now, they are the target of discontent in our country.\n\nMany people who are being hurt by globalism and a lack of quality/affordable healthcare are angry, and who else can they see to blame? Republicans hold the congress nd the white house, so who else are they going to hold accountable?\n\nThere was a time when Republicans did not approve of running a huge deficit (which is happening now), wanted the government to stay out of religion (even Pat Robertson was leery of the faith-based initiatives), and expected their politicians to do the right thing (unlike all of the folks linked to Abramof, Foley, and others).\n\nPerhaps many people have realized that the Republicans have become drunk on power, and that they needed to be reminded that their followers are not sheep.\n\nThat being said, the same might easily happen to the Democrats once they are in power for a long time. \n\nAnd sad as it is, both sides have been doing name-calling and hurtful chants for quite some time now----you just notice them more when you are on the losing side.
932847
Sure!\n\nI bet BUsh's vote felt very insignificant to him today
306577
I DON'T BLAME GEORGE BUSH FOR THE PROBLEMS OF THE WAR OR OUR ECONOMY.   HE HAS PROVEN OVER AND OVER HE IS NOT SMART ENOUGH TO BE THE MAN IN CHARGE.  I ALMOST FEEL SORRY FOR HIM, HE IS PATHETIC WHEN HE SPEAKS,  NO MAN THAT IGNORANT COULD BE DOING THIS.  OUR GOVERNMENT USES HIM AS A PUPPET.
1029621
Have you heard him speak lately, its hysterical! He was bad enough durring the Presidential election but now he has really lost, kind of like AL Gore did.He cant even keep a store straight in a 5 minute interview. Its a really sad statement about the state of our country that we came close to electing these to idiots as our leader.I am not a huge George W fan, but think that he's done what he has thought best for the country and not what will boost his ratings in the opinion polls... but I guess that is obvious!