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| quote: | Originally posted by The Peach
I'm an independant, but I'm married to a Bush supporter. Bush has been quite reckless with this country and a foul representation of America to the rest of the world. So why do people like Bush?...
1. First of all, he is labeled Republican...that instantly gathers support from the masses of lemming voters (people who side with political parties--repub or democ).
2. Secondly, Bush sympathizes with people who are afraid of losing what they feel are the right (literally) morals for American society. These are typically the church crowd. (Issues like abortion, sexuality, prayer in schools)
3. Third, Bush gets the rich vote for the most part. He is the all-time world record holder for the most corporate campaign donations. Also, The biggest lifetime contributor to Bush's campaign, who is also one of his best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
4. There are a handful of hardworking middle class people who support Bush, but personally their reasons seem to revolve around Bush's "I don't care what you think" attitude and the misconception that Bush supports the military (which being around the military my whole life I can attest to what he has done so far...cut bonuses and is planning to cut 25% of all military bases in 2005).
I could go on and on, but I'll leave it at that for further discussion.
-The Peachness |
There are all of those ... and then there are those core conservatives who stringintely stick to beliefs of small governements, less taxes, and a freer society. Unfortunately Bush is no "conservative" and has increased the size of government, has never vetoed any spending bill, has embarked upon a Clintonesque nation building campaign of monumentous proportions, and is campaigning for religious rights at the expense of civil liberties. I hate the democrats as much as the republicans, however, it's truly unfortunate that Bush embarked upon the foreign policies that he has. I largely approve of his domestic economic policies but I simply cannot ignore all other factors.
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