[Stormbinder]

Originally posted by vigabrand:

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Originally posted by Arryn:
Viga,

Hatred? For starters, his gutting of environmental protections. His misleading the nation (by all definitions of the word 'mislead'). His pandering to corporate special interests, especially energy. His smug, self-righteous, holier-than-thou attitude. And, of course, that detestable smirk/sneer he's fond of.

The above list is by no means complete. But it's more than enough.

Environmental issues and the special interests are viable, debatable issues (normal party line issues), misleading the country is not true. The information he used to make his decision is the same information Clinton touted, Kerry touted, 74 other senators touted, Britain touted, Russia touted, do I need to go on? Misleading someone is a willful, knowing act, this is not the case, and the 9/11 commission and British commission report have concluded the same. The rest of your reasons are of a perceived attitude and facial gesture. Aside from standard party line issues, I find those to be a pretty weak arguments.

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Few other points:
Bush is severely hurting the most vital reseach in medical field for the Last several decades, that could lead to millions of lives being saved in USA and in the entire world in close future. This is nothing but the crime before humanity. His efforts will not prevent any of this reseach, since there are other countries with smarter leaders. But due to his efforts the advances are much slower that they could be, if USA, who is is clear leader in this field and with its powerful biotech industry, would take take the appropriate role in this reseach. And hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people will die or suffer from their conditions, because of this decisions. And do you think Bush will lose even one night sleep because of it? Nope, no chance in hell. Why? Because he knows that he is right, and the entire sciencific world is wrong. >;(

The various ecological protections that were in place for several decades are being disenmantled. Another thing is that Bush is just simply too crude and too unsubtle for the foreing relationships. What much worse is that unlike good leaders, Bush surrounded himself with people and cabinet in his own image, people who that instead of covering his weaknesses are multypling it. (With sole exception of Cohen Powell, who is serving the the sad role of "figus leaf" in this administration)

[ July 28, 2004, 20:27: Message edited by: Stormbinder ]