Forgiving the Bush-Haters(Brilliant read, unless you are pro-ter..er..liberal)

[FromWayDowntown]

like Bush's plans or not...he has done pretty much what he said he was going to do when he went into office. Unlike Kerry who is merely telling people what they want to hear.

You bring absolutely no bias to that statement, do you? You presume that Kerry won't follow through on promises, but, as Kerry pointed out in the debates, there are several promises that Bush made in 2000 (when he might have been telling people what they wanted to hear) that have yet to be followed through. That's the way a government of checks and balances works. The only way we'll ever be able to assail Kerry for not following through on promises is to elect him and find out what happens. Until then, it's all assumption on your part -- a far from objective assumption.

he's done it and he's had to deal with a lot of stuff he wasn't planning on dealing with. Stuff, no president in history has had to deal with. A huge attack and potential war on our own soil.

You mean other than FDR and Abraham Lincoln, of course. I'm amazed at how few who promote Bush are willing to correlate his presidency FDR's. (of course, that would require a favorable comparison of Bush to a liberal democrat). I mean, all FDR had to deal with was getting the nation out of the worst economic depression it has ever faced, a massive attack on American soil, and entry into a world-wide war. That's really nothing compared to what Bush has been dealing with.

[whottt]

FDR is one of the great presidents in history...He didn't have any more thrown at him than Bush did though.

The attack that hit us under Bush was on the continental US and it was more devastating economically than it was in terms of material damage. 911 was the most damaging attack to ever hit the US.

Lincoln was in an entirely different era and the conflict was entirely different, we weren't facing an outside threat, nor was the danger that faced the nation as great as what we face now.

FWDT, I have voted Democrat in the last 3 elections. And Bush kept the major staples of his campaign. Kerry is making conflicting promises. Big ones.

[FromWayDowntown]

FDR is one of the great presidents in history...He didn't have any more thrown at him than Bush did though.

I must have been sleeping . . . . I didn't realize that Bush has dealt with his country's worst economic depression ever, a war-intended attack by a sovereign nation that crippled part of his military, and the immediate entry into a world war involving every major nation on the planet.

Lincoln was in an entirely different era and the conflict was entirely different, we weren't facing an outside threat, nor was the danger that faced the nation as great as what we face now.

Yes, of course -- Lincoln's war only threatened the continued existence of the nation. That IS pretty trifling stuff compared to the issues confronting this administration.

[Duff McCartney]

Somebody shut that jew up.

[whottt]

I must have been sleeping . . . . I didn't realize that Bush has dealt with his country's worst economic depression ever, a war-intended attack by a sovereign nation that crippled part of his military, and the immediate entry into a world war involving every major nation on the planet.

Proportionally the market correction and recession were greater than that of the great depression. We have stoploss mechanisms now that we didn't then, that kept from being the most damaging in terms of impact as well as proportionately...in large part thanks to Bush Sr and his appointment of Greenspan. For instance, after the big crash in the 80's..Black Tueday I think it was...a mechanism was put into place to halt all trading if the market dropped 500 points...just the existence of that mechanism stableizes the market in times of uncertainty. This depression wasn't as bad? Perhaps that is because of Bush...the external and potentially damaging factors at work in this recession were greater than those faced in the great depression.

Yes, of course -- Lincoln's war only threatened the continued existence of the nation. That IS pretty trifling stuff compared to the issues confronting this administration.

If you look at it that way this nation faces that same threat...but the existence of the nation wasn't at risk in the Civil War, the size of it was.

[whottt]

By the way...be sure to give Bush 9+ years to get us out of this recession like FDR was given. Ditto time alloted to win a war.

[dcole50]

and look at the people who have elections signs in their yards...find one Kerry supporter that's got a flag in their yard.

My yard.

This idea that I'm "un-American" for supporting a different candidate still makes no sense to me. I see issues differently than those who support Bush. I respect their opinion but I don't agree with it.

Somebody shut that jew up.

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