hmmmm .....
1.) Iraq wasn't linked to any attacks on the USA and Bush still convinced enough people to agree to attack Iraq (though I believe MANY were at fault for this)
2.) He does a very bad job with international politics (how many people in the world hate us now compared to 4 years ago? how much more do they hate us? how much more trendy has anti-americanism grown in other countries?)
3.) After the war was all approved, he should have perhaps had some additional planning done (you know, so things didn't turn out so piss poor)
4.) He should not have declared victory in the beginning of the war
5.) I know the economy doesn't have too much to do with the president, (though I know the president does have some influence over things) but damn, WTF happened, things were going so well under Clinton, and then BAM ... things take a steep decline
6.) He seems to want everyone to always talk about terrorism and be concerned about it all the time. There was what, one major attack in the states, and the idiots that pulled it off got lucky. IMO that's not a reason to blast it on the media 24/7 and add a new department to the government and
7.) I heard the Bin Laden family was in the states at the time of the whole airplanes crash into buildings incident and that the Bush 'administration' did what they could to get the family back home to Saudi Arabia ASAP. They didn't ohh say, interview them, detain them, find out information as to where their family member Osama was. They would probably have at least a few tidbits of information as they were family members.
8.) I don't claim to be a genious, but I want the president to act and look smarter than I think I am. Clinton did it, Bush Sr did it, Reagan did it, Bush Jr ... he doesn't really have any respect from me. He is a terrible public speaker. He looks like a lost child that doesn't know what to do whenever I see him on TV.
9.) He is a bit too arrogant IMO (see also #1,2,3,4)
10.) He kinda overplayed this whole tax cut thing, I didn't get anything more back than usual.
11.) There seems to be a lot of stuff going on. Everyone needs a vacation once in a while, but the job of the president reqiures a LOT of responsibillity. Bush seems to be on vacation almost as often as he seems to be doing his job. Perhaps if he were to spend two weeks of the year on vacation, and 50 weeks working, he may actually be able to acomplish something.
12.) We were actually starting to do good and pay off the national debt. Then this guy named bush came around. He increased spending and created the biggest deficit of all time with his wonderfull budget planning skills. (see also #8). It is stupid to carry a debt, since paying interest on money you already owe when you don't have enough money and need to borrow more is ... well, stupid.
13.) I recall hearing comments that he was guided by god. That means that his actions as president are decided by faith/belief rather than sound reasoning. This is horrible. Its one thing to have your own beliefs, but another to make decisions based upon your faith in a (most likely nonexistant, though it hasn't been proven) god.
14.) Hmmm ... I recall hearing many stories/reports about how troops in Iraq were not given the equipment that they needed. (such as armor for their humvees). Though this may not have been directly his fault, he should certainly have stalled his war for a little while to at least get some kind of makeshift armor for the humvees.
15.) Where are those WMDs? Ohh yea, Korea has them .... lets attack Iraq. It makes logical sense now.
There are many more things that i disapprove of, though many others are opinions rather than facts.
I SOOOOO wish McCain had won the primaries last time, because I believe he would have made one Hell of a great president.
Bush reminds me of a deer standing in the middle of the road, with its eyes fixed straigt at the headlights of the Semi truck heading his way at 70mph.
I hope Kerry does a good job when he becomes president, but guess if he doesn't then maybe we could get a good republican in 4 years time .... (perhaps McCain will run again?)
in time we will all see ....
EDIT: If I am wrong on any of the facts, please correct me, I watch too much TV and I tend to watch both CNN and FOX news ... to get both sides of the story, however, since they both skew things their way, I sometimes put the pieces together wrong in my head and misinterpret something.
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