I think I'm Speaking For All Repub

[Deacon]

I am a republican and I think GWB is doing a suckish job, anyone else agree?

[FucangLong]

It doesn't take a scientist to figure that out...

[F34R]

Explain what he's done wrong please. What is he doing a "suckish" job at ? Can you elaborate ?

[Nitrus]

I don't think he is doing that bad of a job, or surely he wouldn't have been re-elected, or was that the case of "Kerry is even worse, let's keep Bush"?

[Deacon]

Kerry is gay

[Nitrus]

I'm sure that there is a better way of putting that without sounding immature, try this:

"His policies are really bad"

lol.

[Deacon]

And he is married to the lady whos family runs Heinz

[sonyking]

I agree with you 100 percent.He does not know how to
be a president at all.He got like hudreds of soldiers
killed.And he keep making the dept of U.S bigger and
bigger.I think its like over 50billion dollars now.I think we
should remove him from the seat of the president right now, And
try to get someone that knows what they are doing.

[bigboy]

I can't really aggree with all of it. I wouldn't go and say he is doing a good job. What I think is that he hasn't had all of the luck. Vice president shooting hunter, and it has been all down hill since sept 11. I just think some people are maybe pushing it a little to far on how bad he has been.

[cocaine]

I dont agree. he is not doing good job

[Deacon]

I can't really aggree with all of it. I wouldn't go and say he is doing a good job. What I think is that he hasn't had all of the luck. Vice president shooting hunter, and it has been all down hill since sept 11. I just think some people are maybe pushing it a little to far on how bad he has been.


It was downhill even before that! His first month in office the crisis when an American Radar plane landed in China, and they thought we were Spying on them, also the downfall of the market

[IRoNiK]

i disagree that he is doing a bad job. I am still alive, so as far as i am concerned, he is doing a better job than John Kerry, who probably would have already made big enough mistakes to kill everyone in america. I think GWB is doing a good enough job considering what he was left to work with after the Clinton Era.

[justanotherstayathomead]

well he is doing a good job protecting the wealth of the top 3% who provided 95% of his election monies. heck Waren Buffet said he was getting too big of a tax break and he wouldn't "spend it" to juice the econimy but invest it. the bigest chunk of his tax breaks help people making $300,000 or more. they bought his election, and got paied for it, they think he did a great job, ask haliburton about how well they cleaned up with ole dickie boy in the VP chair? I think he did what he wanted, and looks to me like him and the other republicans have changed our governemnt into a true comerce system alowing lobbyests to write the laws they vot in congress. some gal in NY was goin on about how its beyond criminal but the promoted the justice before he could hand down the indictments on all these fags.

[tim]

We voted him back in because of being at war, but now that war is getting old. And we are not much safer, then we was 9/11 but have spent trillions of bucks.

Oil prices are still very high, people that spend so much on oil get upset easy. Bush said he did not want Iraq to pay us back with any oil, it seems like a dumb move that oil prices are so high.

[Abraham]

it is very misguided to say that Republicans are doing a good job when they want to intrude even into our private lives:(

[PittsburghAfterDark]

heck Waren Buffet said he was getting too big of a tax break and he wouldn't "spend it" to juice the econimy but invest it.


The majority of your post really isn't worth responding to, being nothing but talking points and all, but this part is.

Investing money is the same as spending it, if not better, for the economy.

Warren Buffet is the shrewdist investor in American history. Do you know how investments work? Do you know how an investment snowballs economic effects?

Chances are someone out there has a better overall solution than Microsoft Office, they may have a thin web client that could replace any OS with web based applications. They aren't employed by Apple, Sun, HP, MS, AOL, Verizon or any other major player in consumer IT products and services.

How do they get funded? Private investors. Investors like Warren Buffet.

Someone has an idea that good in a startup company they have little overhead. They may be able to bring a technology demonstrator to market for >$1,000,000 with a staff of less than 12. After that they may need $50,000,000 to bring a working product to market. Where do they get money? Investors like Warren Buffet.

In 5 years a company like this may capture 10% market share. It may have revenues in the billions, a market capitalization of 10's of billions and employ 20,000 people. It was all done with money put back in the private sector from those tax cuts. That's better than giving back money for people to spend. Now you're creating true wealth and value.

Just think of all the companies that didn't exist 20 years ago or weren't even close to the size they were 20 years ago. How did they grow? Good ideas and private working capital.

That's what investors do. They bankroll the American economy, innovation and growth.

[Love America]

Am I the only one who is aware that the troops in Iraq are all people who joined the armed forces by choice? They receive a paycheck, and benefits.(Sounds like a job to me?) I must say I do have the utmost respect for those men and women who choose that as their profession and protect our freedom daily. Still it does not change the fact that this is a choice, and each and every person over their made the decision at some point and time to become part of our armed forces. Not to mention that even the liberal websites will tell you that 25-28 innocent persons are dying daily in Iraq. What they fail to mention is that 3 times that 75-84 people daily on average were being killed under Saddam's reign of terror. That alone is enough for me to see huge progress has been made.

[BoogyMan]

President Bush is doing exactly what every president since Washington has done, he is dealing with the flurry of political garbage tossed his way daily and trying to get his agenda in front of the American people and the congress to get it voted on.

We have pundits however, who want to assign motives and hidden agendas to everything he does, and who on a daily basis pass out talking points that are taken as fact by those without the will to open their eyes and take a fresh look for themselves.

Is the president doing a good job?Â*Â*In my estimation he is doing as well as can be expected in a climate where the media has taken a side with the enemy and where political discourse is now defined by emotion and political correctness rather than fact and reality.

[Labrocca]

I think Bush has spent a bit too much imho. The debt is a problem and more should be done to control it. However I am happy overall with the economy and I support the war effort. My sons are only 8 years away from being able to serve. I would be proud if they joined the armed forces to defend America and freedom.

If I was to put a rating on bush...I would give him a 65% approval.

I just wish he did better PR.

[utahraptor]

I am a republican and I think GWB is doing a suckish job, anyone else agree?


I think you are wrong and doubt you are even a republican. One of the dems favorite tricks is to paly at being a righty while denigrating our leaders.

[utahraptor]

I can't really aggree with all of it. I wouldn't go and say he is doing a good job. What I think is that he hasn't had all of the luck. Vice president shooting hunter, and it has been all down hill since sept 11. I just think some people are maybe pushing it a little to far on how bad he has been.


It was downhill even before that! His first month in office the crisis when an American Radar plane landed in China, and they thought we were Spying on them, also the downfall of the market


Last time I looked the Chinese hit our plane in international airspace. How you can make that a BUsh cirsis is beyond me. Did he also make it rain on your birthday?

[Nathan Brazil]

The Chinese "attack" on our EP3 in international airspace was indeed Bush's first crisis, and he bungled it badly.

The Chinese force a collision with our survelliance plane...actually the incompetent Chinese pilot was attempting to fluster the American pilot and he flew too close under the EP3's wing, which wrecked the wing's lift and the EP3 rolled onto the enemy airplane, nicely causing the death of the enemy.

Bush's response was totally inadequate and Carteresque. We even paid the final Fed-Ex shipping charges when the Chinese and Russians finished their leisurely examination of our plane and shipped it back to us in pieces.

The correct thing to do? Once we'd determined that the flight crew was off the airplane, we should have sent a flight of three or four Tomahawks in to obliterate the plane, giving the Chinese a three minute warning to clear out.

I mean, if they're going to attack USAF aircraft in international airspace and then proclaim that the US was violating sovereign Chinese airspace, that does give us a free ticket to violate their airspace at least once, right?

But Bush let WalMart call the shots, or lack thereof.

[utahraptor]

The Chinese "attack" on our EP3 in international airspace was indeed Bush's first crisis, and he bungled it badly.

The Chinese force a collision with our survelliance plane...actually the incompetent Chinese pilot was attempting to fluster the American pilot and he flew too close under the EP3's wing, which wrecked the wing's lift and the EP3 rolled onto the enemy airplane, nicely causing the death of the enemy.

Bush's response was totally inadequate and Carteresque.Â*Â*We even paid the final Fed-Ex shipping charges when the Chinese and Russians finished their leisurely examination of our plane and shipped it back to us in pieces.

The correct thing to do?Â*Â*Once we'd determined that the flight crew was off the airplane, we should have sent a flight of three or four Tomahawks in to obliterate the plane, giving the Chinese a three minute warning to clear out.

I mean, if they're going to attack USAF aircraft in international airspace and then proclaim that the US was violating sovereign Chinese airspace, that does give us a free ticket to violate their airspace at least once, right?

But Bush let WalMart call the shots, or lack thereof.


Which would have started WW3 for sure. Thank God you aren't in a position of power.

[Nathan Brazil]

Which would have started WW3 for sure.Â*Â*Thank God you aren't in a position of power.Â*Â*

Would it have? After having shown that we were willing to escalate the conflict after they disrespected us, do you think CHINA would be willing to further the escalation?

No, they would not. They were counting on the West's traditional wimpy attitude.

[utahraptor]

Which would have started WW3 for sure.Â*Â*Thank God you aren't in a position of power.Â*Â*

Would it have?Â*Â*After having shown that we were willing to escalate the conflict after they disrespected us, do you think CHINA would be willing to further the escalation?

No, they would not.Â*Â*They were counting on the West's traditional wimpy attitude.Â*Â*


Back in the 70's I lived over there and had dealing with their military. Asians and saving face. They would have HAD to do something back. There is no way we could smack them like that and have them just sit on their hands.

[Nathan Brazil]

Back in the 70's I lived over there and had dealing with their military.Â*Â*Asians and saving face.Â*Â*They would have HAD to do something back.Â*Â*There is no way we could smack them like that and have them just sit on their hands.

Oh, but we're supposed to shiver like a tree in a hurricane when the Chinese hijack one of our warplanes?

Hmmm???

Since they're so big on appearances, what did they think of Bush's cowardly backing away? The act re-inforced their opinion that the US is cowardly and incapable of standing firm on any issue, an act that certainly helped affirm similar beliefs in our towelheaded terrorist friends just months before they initiated their attacks on September 11th.

No. China was not in a position to wage war with the US, and a show of force would have assisted our position in the region, a position whittled away by idiots like Clinton and his appeasement of places like North Korea.

If it had escalated, that's the way things go. We should NEVER have permitted them to hold that aircraft without military action.

[utahraptor]

Back in the 70's I lived over there and had dealing with their military.Â*Â*Asians and saving face.Â*Â*They would have HAD to do something back.Â*Â*There is no way we could smack them like that and have them just sit on their hands.

Oh, but we're supposed to shiver like a tree in a hurricane when the Chinese hijack one of our warplanes?

Hmmm???

Since they're so big on appearances, what did they think of Bush's cowardly backing away?Â*Â*The act re-inforced their opinion that the US is cowardly and incapable of standing firm on any issue, an act that certainly helped affirm similar beliefs in our towelheaded terrorist friends just months before they initiated their attacks on September 11th.

No. China was not in a position to wage war with the US, and a show of force would have assisted our position in the region, a position whittled away by idiots like Clinton and his appeasement of places like North Korea.

If it had escalated, that's the way things go.Â*Â*We should NEVER have permitted them to hold that aircraft without military action.


Thats the way things go? My friend you are insane and should get immediate help. The possible chance that something could have ended in a full blown war is not that light a matter. And if you think the Russians would not have joined in, you really have a nother guess coming. I thank god folks like you are not in power.

[Nathan Brazil]

The Russians? You mean those people with the rusty navy that can't even rescue their own trapped submarine? Those guys? And 5 years ago they were that much worse. hahahahahahahahaha.

Yeah, I'm insane. It's a natural by-product of having balls.

[utahraptor]

The Russians?Â*Â*You mean those people with the rusty navy that can't even rescue their own trapped submarine?Â*Â*Those guys?Â*Â*And 5 years ago they were that much worse.Â*Â*hahahahahahahahaha.

Yeah, I'm insane.Â*Â*It's a natural by-product of having balls.


Their ICBM's still work well enough.

[Nathan Brazil]

Got any proof of that?

[Alonzo]

Nathan, how exactly would you win in China? They have a powerful military (not nearly u.s. strength, but strong enough) and fighting a defensive war takes much less power than an offensive one, especially when there's an ocean between the two. And, if you managed to win, how would you actually control such a huge country?

[Churchel]

And, if you managed to win, how would you actually control such a huge country?


We have to think out how to control a country after we occupy it? When did that become standard practice?

[Nathan Brazil]

What, does a war absolutely require unconditional surrender and occupation? Historically that's not the case. Even in US history we didn't occupy Mexico or Spain, or any of the belligerants after WWI.

So, no, we wouldn't necessarily have to occupy China. We'd spank them and sign a treaty with them. The end would have depended on the process of the war itself, of course.

[Mayberry]

Post: #1I think I'm Speaking For All Repub Please don't speak for all of anyone, because you're not. I'm not a Republican (or a Democrat) but I take exception to general statements like that. It makes you look foolish. Many Republicans are happy with the President. I'm happy with some things, but not everything. But I do believe the man is doing the best he can with what he's got, which ain't a lot, so cut him some slack, he's not the only one to blame.