POLL: Just to see where everyone stands on Bush

[swifty3]

Originally posted by: Corn

Liberals will do/say anything to achive comfort in their own political bigotry...

I certainly delight in the irony of the forum morons who waste their lives starting these moronic threads/polls whining about some supposed moron who has the guts, conviction, and the power to make history--right or wrong--while hiding behind their disabled profiles taking potshots from behind their anonymity.

Shut up .....dumbass hypocrit.

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This forum is, by its nature, contentious. Take a chill pill, and lighten up before we have to make your rest period manditory. You might also want to invest in a spell checker.

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[NightTrain]

Originally posted by: swifty3

dumbass hypocrit.

i·ro·ny ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-n, r-)n. pl. i·ro·nies

An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

Originally posted by: Shanti
Nah, theres enough options for Bush supporters. Just pointing out that the options clearly showed your opinions.

The results actually look pretty split if you group together similar answers. Which makes sense really, since the split between conservatives and liberals moves back and forth but never gets too far away from 50-50.

Just a general thought:
I think politics in this country will always pretty much balance out.
There will always be a certain number of die-hard conservatives and there will always be a certain number of die-hard liberals.
It is the people in the middle that make the difference in which way the country swings. And the people in the middle react both to the current political climate and to specific events like 9/11. Once we have swung very far to either the right or left, the people in the middle will feel like it is too far and they will drive us back in the other direction. So I think it will be cyclical and we will continue over the years to move back and forth from right to left. Of course, events like 9/11 can also drive a temporary shift in a certain direction. I think Bush's high approval and the high approval for the war is due to 9/11 in many ways. But that effect will not be permanent.

In other words, if you are a liberal, don't worry too much. You'll get your turn again. You can hope it's sooner and I'll hope it's later. Just remember, the great thing about this country is we can have these arguments and discussions without fear of punishment, and both liberals and conservatives should be thankful for that.

Well put.

 

[Tripleshot]

Originally posted by: IGBT
Liberals will do/say anything to achive comfort in their own political bigotry...

And conservatives are different? How?

 

[Corn]

Shut up .....dumbass hypocrit.

LOL, that must have been a rather ugly reflection in the mirror to elicit that response.

How about I don't shut up and you continue to keep making a fool of yourself? Yeah, that's the ticket.

 

[Corn]

Hitler had the guts, conviction, and power to make history too.

Yep, because the euro-pacifists let him.

George Washington made history, as well as Martin Luther King.......what's your point?

 

[NightTrain]

before we have to make your rest period manditory. You might also want to invest in a spell checker.

 

[etech]

It seems to be spreading.

before we have to make your rest period manditory. You might also want to invest in a spell checker.

The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling suggestion below or try again using the Dictionary search box to the right.

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People that don't have any thing else to attack Pres. Bush on will fall back on the old democratic election ploy of trying to insinuate that he is dumb. It didn't work all that well during the election and all it proves now is that by not having any other points to disagree on him with that he is doing a fairly good job.

 

[OneManArmy]

Originally posted by: etech
It seems to be spreading.

before we have to make your rest period manditory. You might also want to invest in a spell checker.

The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling suggestion below or try again using the Dictionary search box to the right.

Suggestions for manditory:
1. mandatory
2. mandatary
3. minatory
4. mandators
5. mandatories
6. mandatorily
7. mandator
8. monitory
9. monitored
10. maintiendrai

Merriam-Webster


People that don't have any thing else to attack Pres. Bush on will fall back on the old democratic election ploy of trying to insinuate that he is dumb. It didn't work all that well during the election and all it proves now is that by not having any other points to disagree on him with that he is doing a fairly good job.

He is dumb...just like you.

 

[etech]

OneManArmy

He is dumb...just like you.

Calling the mod "dumb" is not the smartest thing I have ever seen done on this board.

Your throwing of mindless insults does put you in the same class as the people that for no reason other than following a mindless crowd call the President of the United States dumb.

If you are allowed to and do stick around please try to improve on your posts. It helps keep it interesting to the rest of us.

 

[Corn]

He is dumb...just like you.

You're not too bright either for having multiple nicks.........couldn't take your vacation like a man, eh?

 

[Zebo]

You're a mod etech Since when? I thought elite was needed>>>.

 

[etech]

Originally posted by: Carbonyl
You're a mod etech Since when? I thought elite was needed>>>.

Nope, I?m not a mod, I assumed he was referring to the spelling mistake by the mod.

I?d be willing to be a mod for about one week. There?s some trash that I?d like to take out.

 

[sMiLeYz]

Not voting for Bush next election.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Corn

Hitler had the guts, conviction, and power to make history too.

Yep, because the euro-pacifists let him.

George Washington made history, as well as Martin Luther King.......what's your point?

"Guts", "Conviction", and "Power" is not a justification.

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

"I think he is the fairly elected leader of this country and I will stand by my Commander and Chief through thick and thin as he probably knows best."

I'm debating with myself whether or not I am surprised that 19% of people would be ready to blindly follow Bush off a cliff.

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: glugglug
I picked that he is a complete moron. But this one also works for me:

In the next elections, even if the Democrats run a blind, gay monkey with Turrets, they will have my vote

Not that I'm a die hard liberal (actually I'm registered independent and voted for a republican governor), but it would be really hard for them to find something worse for the economy than the last 3 republican presidents, GWB especially, and if a convicted criminal ran against Bush I would vote for the criminal.

If you honestly think GWB has been bad for the economy, you need to learn just a little about economics.
Firt you have to realize that the economy moves slowly. There are many things in the economy that the president and congress have very little if any control over. Any economic effect of government policy changes will not occur immediately. It may be several years before the policy change has a noticeable effect on the economy. So if you really want to blame anyone for the current economic recession, blame Clinton. The recession did start during his administration. Although I don't blame him at all. I don't think he did anything particularly bad for the economy.

The recession started with the crash of the tech sector. In the late 90's all you had to do was say your business was on the internet and venture capitalists would be throwing money at you. This bubble was bound to burst and it did in 2000. 9/11/2001 further hurt the economy and prolonged the recession. If the economy sucks in 2 to 4 years from now, feel free to partially blame Bush. I won't argue with you then.

By the way, from 1982 to 1989, from 1 year after Reagan took office until he left office, the unemployment rate in this country went from 9.5 % to 5.2%.
If that's an example of a Republican administration being bad for the economy, I don't know what else to say. And don't start with the federal debt argument. I think it's clear that we've grown our way out of it. At least I haven't seen any of the doomsday predictions about running up the debt come true.

And you're both cruel and a homophobe for making fun of a monkey's disabilities and sexual preferences. The liberals and PETA should be all over you.

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

Originally posted by: Shanti

Originally posted by: glugglug
IAnd you're both cruel and a homophobe for making fun of a monkey's disabilities and sexual preferences. The liberals and PETA should be all over you.

I think we were complementing the monkey by suggesting that even with all its physical and social shortcomings, it would still be a superior president than Dubbya.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce
"I think he is the fairly elected leader of this country and I will stand by my Commander and Chief through thick and thin as he probably knows best."

I'm debating with myself whether or not I am surprised that 19% of people would be ready to blindly follow Bush off a cliff.

I'm debating whether or not I'm suprised with the fact that 27.56% (at the time of this posting) seem to think that they are better than Bush and feel it is neccesary to call him "a complete moron", as If they are more qualified/smarter than him

CkG

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce
"I think he is the fairly elected leader of this country and I will stand by my Commander and Chief through thick and thin as he probably knows best."

I'm debating with myself whether or not I am surprised that 19% of people would be ready to blindly follow Bush off a cliff.

I'm debating whether or not I'm suprised with the fact that 27.56% (at the time of this posting) seem to think that they are better than Bush and feel it is neccesary to call him "a complete moron", as If they are more qualified/smarter than him

CkG

If IQ were the issue, there is no doubt most of the people who call him a moron would be right. As for qualified, you would have to be a neo-conservative, right wing, born again Christian hawk who can take advantage of the ignorance and gullibility of the average American, so that would exclude most of us.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce
"I think he is the fairly elected leader of this country and I will stand by my Commander and Chief through thick and thin as he probably knows best."

I'm debating with myself whether or not I am surprised that 19% of people would be ready to blindly follow Bush off a cliff.

I'm debating whether or not I'm suprised with the fact that 27.56% (at the time of this posting) seem to think that they are better than Bush and feel it is neccesary to call him "a complete moron", as If they are more qualified/smarter than him

CkG

If IQ were the issue, there is no doubt most of the people who call him a moron would be right. As for qualified, you would have to be a neo-conservative, right wing, born again Christian hawk who can take advantage of the ignorance and gullibility of the average American, so that would exclude most of us.

I think a few of you synapses are misfiring You really think those ~35 people who called him a moron have a higher IQ? You do know that you are basically on ATOT-WAR right?

As for qualified - what does any of the jibberish you posted have to do with being qualified to be President of the USA and to make the decisions he has to make on a daily basis?

CkG

 

[alchemize]

How about this one:

"While I may not necessarily support every George Bush policy decision, and generally consider myself driven by the issue rather than the political party, I'm so disgusted by the left's attempt to call him every inflammatory insulting name in the book that I'm being pushed to the right and will probably vote for him again just because I'm tired of seeing long haired uneducated idiots on TV calling him a "Nazi" and his policies "facist" and proceeding to break the law then whine about it when they are arrested".

That might not fit though.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce

Originally posted by: CADkindaGUY

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce
"I think he is the fairly elected leader of this country and I will stand by my Commander and Chief through thick and thin as he probably knows best."

I'm debating with myself whether or not I am surprised that 19% of people would be ready to blindly follow Bush off a cliff.

I'm debating whether or not I'm suprised with the fact that 27.56% (at the time of this posting) seem to think that they are better than Bush and feel it is neccesary to call him "a complete moron", as If they are more qualified/smarter than him

CkG

If IQ were the issue, there is no doubt most of the people who call him a moron would be right. As for qualified, you would have to be a neo-conservative, right wing, born again Christian hawk who can take advantage of the ignorance and gullibility of the average American, so that would exclude most of us.

I think a few of you synapses are misfiring You really think those ~35 people who called him a moron have a higher IQ? You do know that you are basically on ATOT-WAR right?

As for qualified - what does any of the jibberish you posted have to do with being qualified to be President of the USA and to make the decisions he has to make on a daily basis?

CkG

I do believe if he tested, his IQ would be below average. He's been alive for a long time, attended the best schools, and still hasn't grasped simple English words and grammar rules.

I believe intelligence and knowledge are a big part of making the right decision. You can have the best advisors, but ultimately, you have to decide which advice is best.

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

Originally posted by: alchemize
How about this one:

"While I may not necessarily support every George Bush policy decision, and generally consider myself driven by the issue rather than the political party, I'm so disgusted by the left's attempt to call him every inflammatory insulting name in the book that I'm being pushed to the right and will probably vote for him again just because I'm tired of seeing long haired uneducated idiots on TV calling him a "Nazi" and his policies "facist" and proceeding to break the law then whine about it when they are arrested".

That might not fit though.

Actually most liberals hail from college campuses and are very educated. A good chunk (not generalizing here, but can you deny this?) of conservative America stems from the south and includes that section of white America that is high school educated, lived in small towns their entire lives, and are generally oblivious to the way the rest of the world works. This is why they are so willing to trust the decisions of the gov. Of course there are exceptions to both sides.

 

[etech]

LilBlinbBlahIce

Which of the candidates in the last Presidential election flunked out of divinity school?