Hello and a belated welcome to A2K, kjvtrue.
There are more than a few eloquent, thoughtful, and intelligent Bush supporters here; I'm sorry (for you) that none of them seen to have shown up yet to post in support of your thread's topic.
(Oh hi, cjhsa and McGentrix. No, wait; never mind. :wink: )
I would never be able to support GWB for Chief Dogcatcher of the City of Crawford, TX. I have seen him up close and personal for a number of years now, as Governor, campaign operative for his father, and now President.
I believe I could make a convincing case that he is the worst President our nation has ever been forced to endure.
The most convincing evidence is his (and the lickspittles he has appointed to various posts in his Administration) unadulterated contempt for the truth. Here are some examples, regarding the 'threat' posed by Saddam Hussein's 'WMD':
Quote:"There's no question that Iraq was a threat to the people of the United States."
- White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan, 8/26/03
[quote]"We ended the threat from Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction."[/quote]
- President Bush, 7/17/03
Quote:Iraq was "the most dangerous threat of our time."
- White House spokesman Scott McClellan, 7/17/03
[quote]"Saddam Hussein is no longer a threat to the United States because we removed him, but he was a threat...He was a threat. He's not a threat now."[/quote]
- President Bush, 7/2/03
- White House spokesman Ari Fleischer answering whether Iraq was an "imminent
threat," 5/7/03
Quote:"The threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction will be removed."
- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 3/25/03
Quote:"It is only a matter of time before the Iraqi regime is destroyed and its threat to the region and the world is ended."
- Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke, 3/22/03
[quote]"The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder."[/quote]- President Bush, 3/19/03
[quote]"The dictator of Iraq and his weapons of mass destruction are a threat to the security of free nations."[/quote]
- President Bush, 3/16/03
Quote:"This is about imminent threat."
- White House spokesman Scott McClellan, 2/10/03
Quote:Iraq is "a serious threat to our country, to our friends and to our allies."
- Vice President Dick Cheney, 1/31/03
Quote:Iraq poses "terrible threats to the civilized world."
- Vice President Dick Cheney, 1/30/03
Quote:Iraq "threatens the United States of America."
- Vice President Cheney, 1/30/03
Quote:"Iraq poses a serious and mounting threat to our country. His regime has the design for a nuclear weapon, was working on several different methods of enriching uranium, and recently was discovered seeking significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 1/29/03
Quote:"Saddam Hussein possesses chemical and biological weapons. Iraq poses a threat to the security of our people and to the stability of the world that is distinct from any other. It's a danger to its neighbors, to the United States, to the Middle East and to the international peace and stability. It's a danger we cannot ignore. Iraq and North Korea are both repressive dictatorships to be sure and both pose threats. But Iraq is unique. In both word and deed, Iraq has demonstrated that it is seeking the means to strike the United States and our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction."
- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 1/20/03
[quote]"The Iraqi regime is a threat to any American. They not only have weapons of mass destruction, they used weapons of mass destruction...That's why I say Iraq is a threat, a real threat."[/quote]
- President Bush, 1/3/03
[quote]"The world is also uniting to answer the unique and urgent threat posed by Iraq whose dictator has already used weapons of mass destruction to kill thousands."[/quote]
- President Bush, 11/23/02
[quote]"Saddam Hussein is a threat to America."[/quote]
- President Bush, 11/3/02
[quote]"I see a significant threat to the security of the United States in Iraq."[/quote]
- President Bush, 11/1/02
[quote]"There is real threat, in my judgment, a real and dangerous threat to American in Iraq in the form of Saddam Hussein."[/quote]
- President Bush, 10/28/02
[quote]"The Iraqi regime is a serious and growing threat to peace."[/quote]
- President Bush, 10/16/02
[quote]"There are many dangers in the world, the threat from Iraq stands alone because it gathers the most serious dangers of our age in one place. Iraq could decide on any given day to provide a biological or chemical weapon to a terrorist group or individual terrorists."[/quote]
- President Bush, 10/7/02
[quote]"The Iraqi regime is a threat of unique urgency."[/quote]
- President Bush, 10/2/02
[quote]"There's a grave threat in Iraq. There just is."[/quote]
- President Bush, 10/2/02
Quote:"No terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq."
- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 9/19/02
Quote:"Some have argued that the nuclear threat from Iraq is not imminent - that Saddam is at least 5-7 years away from having nuclear weapons. I would not be so certain. And we should be just as concerned about the immediate threat from biological weapons. Iraq has these weapons."
- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 9/18/02
Quote:"Iraq is busy enhancing its capabilities in the field of chemical and biological agents, and they continue to pursue an aggressive nuclear weapons program. These are offensive weapons for the purpose of inflicting death on a massive scale, developed so that Saddam Hussein can hold the threat over the head of any one he chooses. What we must not do in the face of this mortal threat is to give in to wishful thinking or to willful blindness."
- Vice President Dick Cheney, 8/29/02
Frankly, I think it's just sad that we're still having this conversation, really.
When President Bush says that a guy with a moustache who doesn't like us much is a
'threat' that has weapons of mass destruction, I consider that to be an imminent, immediate, clear and present, Oh **** We're All Going to Die,
threat.
Unless, of course, the weapons aren't there.
Then I consider it a trumped-up, fraudulent, 50-pound bag of bullshit.
I could give you several more reasons why I cannot vote for him. Let this suffice, in the interests of bandwidth.