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As someone from Europe, observing the US objectively, I seriously wonder why anyone would vote for Bush. And I don't write this to offend. I just seriously wonder why!

What I have seen from the guy is this;

He took more vacations then any president in the office ever.

He turned a large budget surplus into a large deficit. He also gave tax-cuts to the rich.

He invaded Iraq despite the UN's objection, based on claims that there where weapons of mass destruction, which weren't there. Either he lied, or he believes lies, neither seem good qualities for a president.

He wants to constitutionally ban gay marriage, which is just pure evil, if you ask me. Not to mention a blatantly populistic move, trying to appeal to I guess, uhm.. backwards people. (Sorry, but I hold people who want to ban gay marriage in contempt. And I am not going to pretend I have a shred of respect for their opinion.)

He insulted just about every country allied with the US. I an definitly tell this here in Holland. Under Clinton people respected the US. Now the US is mocked, hated, looked down upon and what not.

Under his wing, employment has fallen 0.5% whilst the working age population grew 2.4%

Libertarians seem to like him, but as written on Zompist.com;

Bush's tax cuts are not matched by spending cuts, nor is he reducing the size of government; quite the opposite. Over two terms, Clinton raised non-defense discretionary spending by 10% total. In less than half that time, Bush has raised it by 25%. Bush's open-ended expansion of government powers should also be worrying to libertarians.

Evangelicals also seem to like him, but again, as written on Zompist.com (where it can be found in the rants section); The Republicans control all three branches of government; have they made any serious moves to ban abortion, reinstitute prayer in schools, or reverse gay rights? (which would be respectively misguided, a breach against the seperation of church and state and evil anyway.)

The Republicans apperently want to US to work like a Latin American nation. The fruits of the economy under Bush are more and more exclusively going to the rich, with the middle class barely staying where it is, and the poor getting worse off.

Now, and I really am not trying to troll here, I'm just seriously wondering. If anyone is pro-Bush, then why? And what counters do you have to these arguments?

I'm not trying to troll here, I'm just honestly curious. I noticed some here are pro-Bush, and I wonder what defense they have for the guy. I simply can't see any good points to him. Maybe I missed something?
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Author:	woddfellow2 [ Sat Oct 30, 2004 4:56 pm ]
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Cheatcake wrote: YEAH, MAN! I'LL KNAW YOUR FRIGGIN' FACE OFF! Kerry's abortion and gay-marrige makes him a no-go. If I sound <CENSORED> off, I AM, thank you very much, Pardilas! Didn't the rules say not to swear? TOTPD!

Author:	InterruptorJones [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:57 am ]
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Cheatcake wrote: YEAH, MAN! I'LL KNAW YOUR FRIGGIN' FACE OFF! Kerry's abortion and gay-marrige makes him a no-go. If I sound ticked off, I AM, thank you very much, Pardilas! Actually, you sound irrational, desperate, and uninformed. And just so you know Bush and Kerry's positions on gay marriage are extremely similar. Bush said in an interview just the other day that he believes all people should have a right to some form of civil union, and that he disagrees with his party's platform. (Sorry I can't find the link right now, I'm not on my compy.

Author:	thefreakyblueman [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:23 pm ]
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InterruptorJones wrote: Bush said in an interview just the other day that he believes all people should have a right to some form of civil union, and that he disagrees with his party's platform. Well, remember at the RNC Convention? George Bush wrote: Because religious charities provide a safety net of mercy and compassion, our government must never discriminate against them. Because the union of a man and woman deserves an honored place in our society, I support the protection of marriage against activist judges. And I will continue to appoint federal judges who know the difference between personal opinion and the strict interpretation of the law. Yet they still call KERRY the "flip-flopper"

Author:	Didymus [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:58 pm ]
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Here Bush is walking a fine line. Basically, he's saying he wants gays to be able to get married, he just wants them to call it something else besides marriage so the right wing won't get upset about it. It's a very cleverly concealed flip-flop which he calls a compromise.

Author:	Brunswick Stu [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:00 pm ]
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except that Bush also supported the FMA, which included ambiguous language that could have been used to ban civil unions.

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Author:	meeko [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:38 pm ]
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Bush has a bald spot. Enough said.

Author:	Cheatcake [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 7:41 pm ]
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Why vote for kerry when all his answers are flip-flops, a flounder and a waffle? (Meaning he changes, will post source when found.)

Author:	Brunswick Stu [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 8:23 pm ]
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a person who changes his mind? oh my God, that's horrible! certainly worse than a person who continues to insist he's right even when all the evidence points to the contrary!

Author:	Cheatcake [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 8:44 pm ]
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Here's the link! http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/2004_debate_1

Author:	meeko [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 8:45 pm ]
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Kerry or Nader! w00t! Bush don't stayand a ghetto chayance BUD!

Author:	Cheatcake [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 8:47 pm ]
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Meeko, yousa got mind damage! With Bush, America is safer: S-A-F-F-E-R! (See link above)

Author:	meeko [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 8:54 pm ]
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You sound just like Bush.Kerry sucks. Edwards primps his hair. Well, Bush is simply a redneck with a high paying job who looks at male underware models all day. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

Author:	Cheatcake [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 9:17 pm ]
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gives him the bird right back at ya!

Author:	TURKEY [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 9:52 pm ]
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I'm suprised that no one except for me and InterruptorJones knows about Badnarik. Badnarik sounts like a legitimate politician (HA!) and has some really valid points, and all I hear is Kerry or Nader. Ok, maybe he leans a little to the right. But he sure is the better choice for president than what you guys have. P.S. I live in Illinois, so I don't have to worry about endorsing a third-party choice. Swing-State suckers!

Author:	meeko [ Mon Nov 01, 2004 5:55 pm ]
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[taunt]MALE UNDERWARE MODELS! MALE UNDERWARE MODELS![/taunt]

Author:	Brunswick Stu [ Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:57 pm ]
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meeko wrote: [taunt]MALE UNDERWARE MODELS! MALE UNDERWARE MODELS![/taunt] where? where?!

Author:	thefreakyblueman [ Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:22 am ]
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(sigh) If only this thread had reached the rest of America, we'd have ended Bush's rule on the country. But, I guess some people thought that was a good thing... oh well..

Author:	InterruptorJones [ Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:31 pm ]
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Snowthrower wrote: Sounds like you've been Michael Moronized -- Tsk tsk... Hi, and welcome to the forum. The above is what we refer to as "trolling" and is against the rules. Its only purpose is to denigrate another poster or his opinions and contributes nothing to the conversation. Furthermore, the post you replied to is several months old and been followed up with dozens of relevant replies that you clearly didn't bother to read. If you wish to participate in this forum, please read the forum rules and abide by them. Thanks.

Author:	Brunswick Stu [ Sun Oct 31, 2004 10:43 pm ]
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bleah. I agree with the Libertarians more often than the Republicans (although pretty much the only things I agree with them are social issues, drugs, and crime), but I really dislike their ideas that the government should be the size of a thimble, and that privatizing everything will make life better. I don't trust the government much, but I trust them more than corporations.

Author:	TURKEY [ Mon Nov 01, 2004 11:14 pm ]
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Brunswick Stu wrote: bleah. I agree with the Libertarians more often than the Republicans (although pretty much the only things I agree with them are social issues, drugs, and crime), but I really dislike their ideas that the government should be the size of a thimble, and that privatizing everything will make life better. I don't trust the government much, but I trust them more than corporations. Now that idea I can put away with. However, it does seem that the government is a little too big. Just a thought.

Author:	thetofurunner [ Sun Nov 14, 2004 4:08 am ]
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[quote="Pardalis"] He took more vacations then any president in the office ever. And your point is? Everyone likes a good vacation. He invaded Iraq despite the UN's objection, based on claims that there where weapons of mass destruction, which weren't there. Either he lied, or he believes lies, neither seem good qualities for a president. They may not have been weapons of mass destruction, but they did find weapons of, er, destruction there. He wants to constitutionally ban gay marriage, which is just pure evil, if you ask me. Not to mention a blatantly populistic move, trying to appeal to I guess, uhm.. backwards people. (Sorry, but I hold people who want to ban gay marriage in contempt. And I am not going to pretend I have a shred of respect for their opinion.) I really could care less about homosexual marriage and if it is happening or not, but I do see his point in this matter. He insulted just about every country allied with the US. I an definitly tell this here in Holland. Under Clinton people respected the US. Now the US is mocked, hated, looked down upon and what not. Under Clinton, we didn't have people bombing us at the time.

Author:	Didymus [ Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:43 am ]
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Quote: They may not have been weapons of mass destruction, but they did find weapons of, er, destruction there. But not of the type that would justify a full-scale invasion of the country. We have weapons here in our country, bigger ones, more destructive, and far more of them. Quote: Under Clinton, we didn't have people bombing us at the time. Not true. You might want to read up on the history of Al Qaida sometime.

Author:	Snowthrower [ Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:01 am ]
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Pardalis wrote: As someone from Europe, observing the US objectively, I seriously wonder why anyone would vote for Bush. And I don't write this to offend. I just seriously wonder why! What I have seen from the guy is this; He took more vacations then any president in the office ever. He turned a large budget surplus into a large deficit. He also gave tax-cuts to the rich. He invaded Iraq despite the UN's objection, based on claims that there where weapons of mass destruction, which weren't there. Either he lied, or he believes lies, neither seem good qualities for a president. He wants to constitutionally ban gay marriage, which is just pure evil, if you ask me. Not to mention a blatantly populistic move, trying to appeal to I guess, uhm.. backwards people. (Sorry, but I hold people who want to ban gay marriage in contempt. And I am not going to pretend I have a shred of respect for their opinion.) He insulted just about every country allied with the US. I an definitly tell this here in Holland. Under Clinton people respected the US. Now the US is mocked, hated, looked down upon and what not. Under his wing, employment has fallen 0.5% whilst the working age population grew 2.4% Libertarians seem to like him, but as written on Zompist.com; Bush's tax cuts are not matched by spending cuts, nor is he reducing the size of government; quite the opposite. Over two terms, Clinton raised non-defense discretionary spending by 10% total. In less than half that time, Bush has raised it by 25%. Bush's open-ended expansion of government powers should also be worrying to libertarians. Evangelicals also seem to like him, but again, as written on Zompist.com (where it can be found in the rants section); The Republicans control all three branches of government; have they made any serious moves to ban abortion, reinstitute prayer in schools, or reverse gay rights? (which would be respectively misguided, a breach against the seperation of church and state and evil anyway.) The Republicans apperently want to US to work like a Latin American nation. The fruits of the economy under Bush are more and more exclusively going to the rich, with the middle class barely staying where it is, and the poor getting worse off. Now, and I really am not trying to troll here, I'm just seriously wondering. If anyone is pro-Bush, then why? And what counters do you have to these arguments? I'm not trying to troll here, I'm just honestly curious. I noticed some here are pro-Bush, and I wonder what defense they have for the guy. I simply can't see any good points to him. Maybe I missed something? [/i] Sounds like you've been Michael Moronized -- Tsk tsk...

Author:	Snowthrower [ Wed Dec 01, 2004 3:46 am ]
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Sorry I didnt even realize the age of the post...

Author:	lumberpeg vegeplank [ Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:42 pm ]
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Wow, so... we lost. And here I thought a forum like this might change things for the better. I really did. I though Americans could reject who, in my opinion, screwed up the country more tahn any other American alive. Americans must need their presidents to be sadistic power hungry men who failed in every business venture they tried. We need to unjustly attack other countries and not admit when we are being unjust. We need to kill other people in far away places to make us feel like big men. I think the crowning acheivment of the Bush Presidency so far is that they can't admit to making mistakes. The man has had only 4 press conferences (with some reporters STILL not allowed to be there) and he stammers for 30 seconds to the Question: What mistakes have you made? I cannot even watch the news anymore. It is hard to love America right now. I feel like the ones who are addicted to hate and fear are the ones who are in majority. Clear headedness is mislabeled as wimpiness or flipflopping or some other word that we have coined to belittle an opposing viewpoint. George W Bush, our hero. A uniter, not a divider. In our fear and hate, we have made America a country to fear and hate. We are no longer the beautiful. But take heart! Four years is not so long. Ha ha.

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