What is PResident Bush doing wrong?

Better question: What has he done right?

Better question: What has he done right?

Harper wrote:

Better question: What has he done right?

The ONE thing that comes to mind - the Do Not Call Register. My Mum used to get more than 20 calls a day...now days go by without a telemarketer calling to sell everything from long distance to insurance to funeral services. Wish we had the same type of thing in Canada! Don't tell Dubya though 'cause I can even stand the sound of his voice anymore.... He doesn't deserve the honour of being your president fo another 4 years dear neighbours!

NorthernNeighbour wrote:

Harper wrote:

Better question: What has he done right?

The Do Not Call Registery has so many loopholes in it I don't think it can be all that effective. For example, businesses excluded from the registry are: Banks, credit card companies, political campaigns (of course), pollsters, businesses you have had previous contact with (such as home improvement, exterminators, cemetery/funeral homes)....etc. The only calls the DNC registery prevents are 'cold calls', which, I admit, will stop some of those annoying calls to your house at the dinner hour.

Like you NN, I can't stand the sound of Bush's voice either. But, annoying as it is, it's Bush's dictorial and dangerous style of leading is why I don't want him to have four more years in the White House as a lame duck president. I fear four more years for Bush will be more catasthropic than the first four have been.

Mornin' DL,
Of course, not living here full-time I couldn't understand the full effect of the law. I just know that when we first got our little pied a terre in the sun, the phone was rininging off the hook. It was ridiculous...I mean to be afraid to pick up the phone because you're never at peace! Didn't know it also excludes those with whom you have established contact. That part doesn't seem to make sense.

Re Dubya...unless that percentage that is still supporting him live in caves with no access to news media - print, radio, internet or television, I don't see how they can. I don't particularly like John Kerry either (he supported the war intially too), but the idea of giving that man another 4 years just boggles my mind.

Have a great day!

I know what kerry supported are saying..."Bush did an aweful job! He should not be re-elected". I want to know...what exactly did Bush did wrong? or what exactly did Bush didn't do?

I don't mean simple answers like, "he put us in war". I mean for more specifically, what should he have done in situations like today!

I hate Bush as much as anyone, but there are a few things that he has done right.

- His plan to offer guest-worker visas to Mexican immigrants.
- His fairly quick, clear condemnation of the prinsoner abuse in Iraq ("This does not represent America").
- His actions the two weeks after the 9/11 attack which included reaching out to Arab-American leaders.
- Not tapping into the Stregic Petroleum Reserve.
- I am sure there are a couple other examples I will think of with a bit more time.

There now, I guess I am not the leftie I feared...

I still think Bush's administration has been disasterous for the nation, but no one can be all wrong.

Also Tarantulus, (I think we can agree with this).

Kerry (to my dismay) has absolutely nothing to do with this election. He is a placeholder. Nearly everyone voting will either vote for Bush or against Bush.

But that is for another thread. Your comments about Kerry were a bit out of place.

Bush has done nothing that is what he has done wrong. He allows his subordinates to run government.

Most presidents are more involved and I suspect that is why they take responsibility for their actions. With Bush he does what he is told therefore he is confident in his ability to deny responsibility.

No matter what the Bush administration does, the left-wingers will say it's wrong.

And since A2K seems to be pretty much leftie territory, you will get non-specific answers like "what did he do right?" instead of real dialog.

Sometimes they will think for a moment and come up with something like the USA PATRIOT Act or the opposition to gay marriage, forgetting that both issues have broad bipartisan support in Congress.

Good morning to you too Northern.

Unfortunately there are still many of our citizens who choose to wear blinders when it comes to George Bush. Then there are the big business guys who want to keep Bush in office because he looks out for their interests and portfolios.

I think that as the summer progresses and the Bush administration continues to fall on it's sword more and more average Americans will wake up and see Bush for what he is...a deceptive, inept and immoral leader who does not have his nations best interests at heart. I think Kerry will be elected in November unless the election results are skewered by Bush with the help of the courts as happened in 2000.