Posted on Thursday 18 May 2006
Here’s a well-written essay that is probably indicative of why Bush’s approval ratings are so low: An Apology from a Bush Voter.
I’m saying today, I was wrong to have voted for George W. Bush. In historic terms, I believe George W. Bush is the worst two-term President in the history of the country. Worse than Grant. I also believe a case can be made that he’s the worst President, period.
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You can make a case that Abraham Lincoln did what he had to do, the public be damned. If you roll the dice on your gut and you’re right, history remembers you well. But, when your gut led you from one business failure to another, when your gut told you to trade Sammy Sosa to the White Sox, and you use the same gut to send our sons and daughters to fight and die in a distraction from the real war on terror, then history will and should be unapologetic in its condemnation.
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In fairness, I don’t believe a Democrat president would have gone into Iraq. Unfortunately, I don’t know if President Gore would have gone into Afghanistan. And that’s one of the many problems with the Democrats.
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I believe that George W. Bush has taken us down a terrible road. I don’t believe the Democrats are offering an alternative.
The question is who can harness the “We Don’t Want Bush, Hillary, Hasert, Pelosi, Frist, Kerry, DeLay, Feingold, Rumsfeld, Kennedy, Cheney, or Dean” vote? I sense that voters aren’t too pleased with the state of either party right now.
In the latest Survey USA polls, Bush only has three states in the entire country that give him an approval rating of 50% or better. Even Texas gives its native son a -14% disapproval spread!
Tags: bush, News and Politics
I think the whole political system is in a shambles right now. It seems like no one is looking out for the interests of the people. Without sounding cliche’ I think a revolution would do the trick, however those usually involve bloodshed. Either way, I think a smaller more efficient government would do wonders across the board. However government trying to downsize itself is like the morbidly obese going on a weight loss program. With that said I think we could start by changing the tax code. Baby steps Shamu.
We definitely seem to be in the seasons of discontent. It seems like Giuliani or McCain are the most likely candidates to come somewhat close to building a consensus. If either of them doesn’t make it through the primaries, then who knows what will happen. Having one party in control of the White House and the other in control of Congress seems to be the best way, in practice, for our government to operate most efficiently.