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pan6467 · 11-13-2005, 07:42 PM

I don't irrationally hate Bush, I despise his policies and the abuses of office, the lies, the corruption and the way he took 9/11 and instead of promoting world peace and keeping allies and new friends close, he chose to play "cowboy" and threaten and attack other leaders that did not want to do as he told them.

His "you're either with us or against us" speech will go down as one of the world's most divisive. He took every other countries goodwill and peace overtones and used them to benefit his own interests, not the country's.

As an individual, I do not know Bush to judge him, nor is that my job. History and his God will.

HOWEVER, as a citizen, it is my RIGHT and DUTY to judge the man's policies and whether or not I believe he is helping America move forward or hurting America and regressing our society. My judgement is the latter.

It is unpatriotic, unAmerican and IMHO more filled with hate and anger to believe those that dislike his policies and speak out against him do so just because they simply disagree with you.

We have freedom of speech, freedom to question the government and it's policies, freedom to say "we don't like this", freedom to compare past leaders to present...... with those freedoms comes the duty to use them and to make those judgements so that in the end we do not lose them.

To me the people who blindly have followed (or followed but knew that Bush was and is abusing his powers) and then dismissed any discussions that point out opposing views as "irrational hatred" is admitting there is something there but not wanting to truly debate and defend rationally because they can't.

And in the end the American people are starting to see for themselves and the polls are dropping for Bush like a lead balloon. And yet again, instead of looking at what the vast majority see and trying to figure out how to correct what has gone wrong, the Administration and Bush supporters take to the name calling, anti-patriotism, anti-troop, anti-God, anti-everything attack mode, hoping that works instead of having to legitimately answer to the people, and explain the lies, coverups, leaks and contempt for the right to speak out and question and hold leaders accountable.

11-13-2005, 07:42 PM	#25 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I don't irrationally hate Bush, I despise his policies and the abuses of office, the lies, the corruption and the way he took 9/11 and instead of promoting world peace and keeping allies and new friends close, he chose to play "cowboy" and threaten and attack other leaders that did not want to do as he told them. His "you're either with us or against us" speech will go down as one of the world's most divisive. He took every other countries goodwill and peace overtones and used them to benefit his own interests, not the country's. As an individual, I do not know Bush to judge him, nor is that my job. History and his God will. HOWEVER, as a citizen, it is my RIGHT and DUTY to judge the man's policies and whether or not I believe he is helping America move forward or hurting America and regressing our society. My judgement is the latter. It is unpatriotic, unAmerican and IMHO more filled with hate and anger to believe those that dislike his policies and speak out against him do so just because they simply disagree with you. We have freedom of speech, freedom to question the government and it's policies, freedom to say "we don't like this", freedom to compare past leaders to present...... with those freedoms comes the duty to use them and to make those judgements so that in the end we do not lose them. To me the people who blindly have followed (or followed but knew that Bush was and is abusing his powers) and then dismissed any discussions that point out opposing views as "irrational hatred" is admitting there is something there but not wanting to truly debate and defend rationally because they can't. And in the end the American people are starting to see for themselves and the polls are dropping for Bush like a lead balloon. And yet again, instead of looking at what the vast majority see and trying to figure out how to correct what has gone wrong, the Administration and Bush supporters take to the name calling, anti-patriotism, anti-troop, anti-God, anti-everything attack mode, hoping that works instead of having to legitimately answer to the people, and explain the lies, coverups, leaks and contempt for the right to speak out and question and hold leaders accountable. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"