does george bush scare you?

[bobtheduck]

when he goes on them mad holy god like rants with those strange little eyes he is like some mad religous cult leader only with nukes behind him whats even more worrying is this is his last term and has little to lose, why dosent he just calm down and sort his own country out instead of bullying other nations any man with limited intelligence in that kind of position is dangerous

[luckyboy]

no..

[stevie21]

Seeing as it's a popular belief that George Bush is a puppet controlled by other people who actually make the decisions, isn't the next guy likely to be just as good/bad?
Either way, absolutely millions of Americans voted for him - they can't all be dodgy votes.

[FP]

He doesn't scare me, bobtheduck.  What does scare me is the amount of support he must have.  I do agree on your comment about his limited intelligence, though.

[Clanad]

Hmmm... does anyone on this panel hold a MBA from Harvard?  President Bush does.  In addition, he was an accomplished pilot of one of the more difficult jet fighter aircraft.  One of the greatest weaknesses of his opponents has been continually under-estimating his intelligence.  It may behoove you to review what he actually stated in his inaugural address... especially regarding fostering freedom in other countries helping to guarantee freedom in our own...

[ianess]

What is this democracy thing he`s forever ranting on about?  Is it the belief that the majority must always be right.......let`s forget law and order and get back to the lynch mob?

A recent comment on national radio was that countries with MacDonalds restaurants don`t wage war on each other.      Ye Gods.......what`s next on the agenda?  Answers please to A. Bliar,  Westminster.

[FP]

Sorry, Clanad, whilst an MBA from Harvard is an indication of academic achievement,  personally, I do not think it means someone wisdom, common sense or superior intelligence.  Likewise with his piloting abilities.  I think he totally lacks any wisdom or ability to think constructively.  Sorry. 

[FP]

error 'someone has'

[andy hughes]

What i find sacry is his ability to tap into the climate of fear that has been engendered and actively encouraged by his administration, with the willing assistance of the media. This 'We must hit them before they hit us ...' philosophy is not based on any credible evidence. Surely American must have learned from the Viet Nam war - they fought, the lost, and the dreaded Comunist 'threat' was found to be meaningless, but not before millions of military and civillian. deaths.

Bush must realse that not everyone's concept of 'freedom' is the same, and democracy doesn't suit everyone, so he should concentrate on far more diplomacy, and a lot less on sabre rattling, and try and avoid tying his country up in another unwinable conflict - I wasn't meaning Viet Nam, I was referring to Iraq!

[Clanad]

Hmmm., again... the original statement said "I do agree on your comment about his limited intelligence, though".  So... we've had the biggest tax reductions ever, the "No Child Left Behind" bill to vastly improve the quality of education, prescription drug benefits enacted for senior citizens, plus liberating millions of Iraqis and Afgahnis... quite the achievements for one with no wisdom or ability to think constructively. While I don't expect anyone to agree with me, I would expect that information be derived from other than anti-American publications only... You know... fair and balanced, so to speak...

[FP]

I don't read many publications Clanad.  I use my own head and make my own assumptions.

[FP]

Clanad.  I hope you don't think I am anti-American.  I most certainly am not.  If I sounded anti-American I apologise.  I would be just as anti if Mr Bush was the UK Prime Minister  (in fact, I don't have much time for Mr Blair either).

[Bangkok]

Yes he does worry me.

Clanad, I just hope that all the non-US and some US (eg Paul Krugman) economists are wrong about the trade deficit and the Medicare bill, otherwise we will all be in trouble. 

To dispell any concerns of bias, I am not anti-American.  I regularly visit the US and enjoy both the place and spending time in the company of Americans. Nor am I anti-Republican merely because of the GOP ticket.

Pointing to Bush's MBA proves little.  I regularly interview MBA grads, some are very clever, some are anything but.  Flying a plane is complex and to be admired.  It does not, however, point to any intellectual prowess at running a country, particularly not when the external affairs of other countries are affected.  I would not say that the Iraqi's are free yet, and Afghanstan is becoming increasingly lawless.

[FP]

Bangkok.  Thanks for putting into great words what I felt and can't put as eloquently.

[newtron]

I am an american and Bush does scare me.  Yes he did go to Yale and Harvard, but I recall that his grades were not the best and I'm sure the fact that his daddy was a president of the US did not hurt his chances of getting into those schools.  Just because you have a degree at a prestigious school doesn't make you a genius.  Also his "no child left behind" is not the answer to our education problems.  It largely relies on standardized testing and punishes schools with low scores with less funding.  This can actually make matters worse because the schools with the lowest scores are usually the poorer schools that need the money the most.  It is also questionable whether or not the Iraquis have been liberated as the election has not taken place yet.  Even if the election is successful, there will always be insurgent infiltration in the Iraquis government and the area will probably be plagued with civil war and instability for many years to come.  I could go on and on about why Bush scares me but I will restrain myself. 

[WaldoMcFroog]

Clanad states that Bush was 'an accomplished pilot of one of the more difficult fighter aircraft'.

 

The most supurlatives you'll find on the matter from his peers is 'competant'. Moreover, having had special pressure leveraged by his father's political friends to keep him away from an active service unit in the first place, and having been trained at considerable expense to the US tax payer, Bush was banned from flying duties in 1972 after refusing to take a medical examination. The reasons for this refusal are openly believed by many to be related to Bush's well documented drink and drug issues. Bush himself is particularly vague on matters regarding his own substance abuse and the matter of whether his father's political influence was again leveraged  to help him avoid a jail term, despite being rabidly pro-jail for other people who do the same thing.

 

Furthermore, there is considerable evidence to suggest that Bush then went awol from a position in Alabama. His commanding officer and personnel officer deny that he ever reported for duty. Bush claims he did.

[Pootle]

Prince Charles went to Trinity College, Cambridge. His bodyguard accompanied him to every lecture, decided to take the final exams at the end and beat the young Prince. Charles got a third.

Sorry, bit of a tangent and no, I'm not anti royalist or anti anything else for that matter.

[Quizmonster]

You say, Clanad, that you "don't expect anyone to agree" with you, but here's one Brit who does...completely. If for no other reason than the fact that - with Tony Blair's support - he finally decided to ignore that useless talking-shop, the United Nations and actually do something about Iraq.

"Give the weapons inspectors more time," the anti-war brigade bleated. What? Another decade? A century, perhaps? And after the runaround Saddam had given them for so long.

Let's never lose sight of the fact that the dossier that Blair supposedly duped us all with - thus, to the satisfaction of people such as Ianess deserving the title 'Bliar' - was published in September 2002. That's a clear two months earlier than UN Security Council Resolution 1441, which categorically stated that Saddam had WMD and was proliferating them and their means of delivery. This was signed-up-to by all 15 member states, including France, Russia and China as well as Iraq's next-door neighbour, Syria. It wasn't just Blair who believed in the WMD...the entire world did, in effect.

The latter four decided not to do anything about their belief...guess which three nations had most to gain from continued trade with Iraq at the time...unlike the USA, Britain, Spain, Australia, Italy etc.

Bush is an excellent man and we might have much more to fear without him, Bob.

[WaldoMcFroog]

If you're going to use emotive phrases such as '"Give the weapons inspectors more time," the anti-war brigade bleated,' can with equal impunity use ones such as, "Don't let inconsequential evidence get in the way of a good punch up,' the pro-war brigade grunted"?

[Quizmonster]

Dear Waldo, how about talking to us about the fact that I highlighted in red in my earlier response?