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Originally Posted by asaris
Really? You really think that the only reason over half of the country dislikes Bush was because he was a republican?
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You should really reread what I wrote.
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If you remember back to the early part of his first term, Bush was not especially disliked by the democrats, and he had virtually unprecedented support after 9/11.
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He only had voice support of the Democrats because they knew it would be political suicide to not go after the hoodlums that took out the twin towers. Only after the Iraqi invasion and the changing tide of public opinion did the Democrats change their tune. The Democrats waited until a few days after the invasion to start denying support. Suddenly they was against it before they was for it or however that shit went down. Nice work as it enabled a community organizer to be elected President of the United States.
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But he squandered whatever affection he had on unnecessary wars, torture, and countless scandals. If he had governed the way he claimed in the first campaign, as a compassionate conservative doing no nation building, he wouldn't have ended up nearly as unpopular as he did. (R) or no (R).
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The Patriot Bill and liberal spending probably cost him more politically than anyone would want to admit. The Democrats taking control of both houses was a direct result of the Patriot Bill and their promise to repeal it, a promise they broke btw. The Republicans pushing NAFTA through and the Democrats idea of everyone in America, regardless of credit worthiness, should own a home has gotten us in this fine mess. I just hope our community organizer and his advisors are smart enough to get us out. There is a lot riding on our Presidents shoulders at the moment and we all better hope the decisions he makes are correct as there is little room for error.