Re: Why Do You Support Bush?
squinney wrote:Please, if you support Bush, would you tell me why?
I'd appreciate thoughtful responses with clear explanations of what you like about what he/ his administration has done or why you support him as the president.
I just can't seem to get my mind around why some here argue so fervently in his favor.
Thank you in advance for keeping it civil.
I can't speak for all of his supporters, but for me:
Sometimes I am arguing more for the policy or principle that he and his administration are advancing than for him personally.
Sometimes I argue fervently in his favor because I consider the attacks against him so outrageous.
In certain circumstances I support him because he is our President and Commander in Chief, just as I did prior presidents, regardless of their party, under similar circumstances.
Specifically, I support his approach to combating what I believe to be real and present danger to this country: Islamist fascism, and I support his neo-con strategy for the Middle East.
I support his domestic policies like, cutting taxes, tort reform, No Child Left Behind, and social security reform.
I support his proposals on dealing with illegal aliens.
I'm disappointed that he hasn't done more to fight congressional pork, and I'm not sure what I think about the Medicare prescription plan (I need to see how it works).
I'm happy that he has never tried to run for president of the world, as I believe Bill Clinton did and John Kerry would have.
I think he's a sincere family man and I like that. His wife, kids, siblings and parents obviously love him very much and that says a lot about someone. I also like that he threw a strike as the first pitch in Game I of the post 9/11 World Series. I like that he gives people affectionate nicknames, and that he is loyal to his supporters.
I agree with the majority of his policies.
I don't think he's the greatest president we've ever had and I don't believe he is only man that I could have supported for president over these last 5 years.
I can understand why some people don't agree with his policies.
I can understand why some people don't find him likeable.
I can't understand why some people hate him.
Frankly, I also can't understand why some people hated Clinton or Reagan either. Now, Teddy Kennedy and Richard Nixon, there's a pair I understand how someone could hate.