"Do you like George Bush as a person?"

[kentuck]

Democrats are tricked by this question all the time. Tim Russert asked John Edwards this question this AM on MTP. To his credit, Edwards never gave the response that the Democrats usually give, which is, "Yeah, he's a likeable person and people like him...etc" No, he's not a likeable person! He's a real obnoxious and arrogant person that should not be in the WH. There's no need to lie about him. When asked by media people like Russert and others, Democrats need to be more honest with their response.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. Extraordinary aura of massive smugness.

Must be totally insufferable at social occasions.

[CityZen-X]

82. A Sincere Man

I believe GW Bu$h*t is sincere, and passionate about his vision of America. I feel that he want's to restore this country to what it once was--A barren, frozen tundra of a wasteland, inhabited by cave dwellers.
And in his charming little way I believe that he will fullfill that vision. Other than that I feel that he is a brain dead monkey, and living proof that partial abortions can survive.

[RICHBUM]

85. SINCERE like a FOX

We need Liberal Guard Dogs to watch the HEN HOUSE, otherwise Savage Animals like FOX will take all the Eggs in the Basket!!!

BUSH is as sincere as his MEDIA Counterpart! If Bush wants to rid the world of evil... Why doesn't he start with his Demons???

AL GORE is a likable Character, anyone listen to him on C-SPAN today?

He did a LIVE Speech on the Bush Administrations Policy in regards to Civil Liberties and Iraq.

AL GORE hit a Grand Slam today, strait out of the Yankee's Ball Park.

C-SPAN will Show his Speech AGAIN at 2AM Eastern Time, don't Miss IT!

[newyawker99]

99. Hi RICHBUM!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

104. Hey, watch it. They'll be quoting that on Free Republic next!

Seeing as us DUers are so famous in the media now.

[CMT]

2. absolutely not

but I do understand it when one of our candidates does say "yes" because there are lots of independents out there who dislike Bush's policies but like him (why?) personally.

[beanball]

83. Bush

how can you seperate the man from his policies?Bush is an evil man and his policies are destructive.

[Don_G]

3. Does "Message Removed" Give You An Idea On How I Feel?

:grr:

[Racenut20]

4. 5th Grade Bully who has a rich daddy on the School Board

[Piperay]

5. NO... as a person he

sucks just as bad as he does as a pResident, he is just plain unappealing and unattractive and has the personality of a potted plant (sorry to insult potted plants). :puke:

[mlawson]

12. Don't be so sure.

He had NOTHING to offer substantially in 2000. But he got close enough to Gore to steal the election. That implies to me that millions of voters simply LIKED him better than Gore. As ideologues, we can't understand that, but we had better, before 2004.

[DUreader]

25. You are refering to the fictional media created W*

Propaganda works

[mlawson]

31. Of course.

None of us have personal knowledge of him. Without the media, we wouldn't even know who is in the occupied WH.

And they also fell for the media trashed version of Gore. I am simply talking about the millions of apolitical voters; their criteria are profoundly different from ours.

[MO_Dem]

6. Nooooooo! I don't

Duhb being likeable is another myth from the (liberal?) media.

[Clark Can WIN]

7. Uh........................................................................

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[onehandle]

8. They would look petty....

The correct answer is, "It doesn't matter. America doesn't need a 'pal' in the White House, America needs a President who knows what the Hell he is doing."

[curse10]

9. Ummm. I don't like narcisistic assholes

does anybody? :-)

[mlawson]

10. Sadly, millions of voters choose by that very criterion.

And we had better understand that. We could nominate the perfect candidate, one whose views on the issues coincided perfectly with 75% of voters, but if they don't LIKE him, he will lose.

[LittleApple81]

17. But what is there to like? ignorance? smugness? treating people

with condescendence? Saying a radio journalist "has a face for radio?" Being part of the BFEE? Not answering questions from journalists? Having a smirk instead of smile? Having kids that have added a big 0 to anything good for the country? Having a wife who behaves like a mouse?
What is there to like?
And I am not talking about anything to do with his policies, mind you.

[mlawson]

23. That assumes they think like we do.

Millions do not. To them, elections are like high school class elections. Remember who usually won those???

[Kamika]

11. I wonder how Bush is in private

Maybe hes a cool guy? :)

[Dimsdale]

42. Yeah, I wonder...

maybe he's a dick in private as well. He's someone who's never had to face any, as in none, zero, hard times in his life. Ok, his daughters have appeared on some "Girls Gone Wild" videos (well, maybe not yet). His parents are both still alive, brother Jeb is doing just a "fantastic" job as gov. of Florida. Everything is just so fucking wonderful for Boy Bonehead. I think he needs a massive dose of humility to finally get in touch with the real world. He needs to see how everything isn't just going to fall into his lap. I hate this guy with a passion and I'm one who's always thought that hating is such a waste of time and energy.

[mlawson]

43. Well, hitler was *supposedly* a nice guy in private.

Leading his guests through the Alpine heather to the tea house, presiding over the cream cakes and coffee, etc. Except that he kept far different hours than did his retinue, kept them up til 5 AM, and then he slept til noon every day, when they could not.

But of course, we know different about him now. I wonder if bush does the same thing???

[kodi]

13. really, the guy gives royal flaming assholes a bad name.

detestable human being with a phony public face.

in my time, i have worked with more than one guy just like bush, and i could spot bush's phony smart-ass nature a mile away back in '96 as someone whom i wouldn't piss on if his heart was on fire.

[knight_of_the_star]

14. OBJECTION!

RELEVANCE your honour! What does Bush's personality have to do with running the country?

[MoonAndSun]

15. I tell people that actions speak louder then words, and this

"person" started a war that has killed thousands of innocents. So I tell people that I DO NOT like bush*. In fact, I despise him.

[0007]

16. No! cuz he ain't human but only dresses like one of us...

junior enjoys killing folks and doesn't believe that anyone is redeemable.

In the Carla Faye Tucker case, junior one was one cruel son of a bitch, even those Carla Faye Tucker was a killer, junior was wrong and just as sadistic.

I wish him no harm. I want the fucker out of my life.

[in_cog_ni_to]

18. No,

I find him extremely repulsive. His arrogance, cocky cowboy attitude, the way he smugly shakes his head after he thinks he's said something worth hearing, the way he WALKS...UUUGH!...the WHOLE damn package makes me :puke: I NEVER, EVER listen to him when he's on TV...I can't hit mute fast enough. he makes my skin crawl.

[DemExpat]

30. Oooooh, and the way he chews on the inside of his lip

when he thinks he's made a Very Significant Point....
but its his walk and how he carries his arms that repulse me, along with his pointy little head and ears.....:puke:

Seldom in my life have I been more repulsed by a man's appearance and personality.

:thumbsdown:

DemEx

[in_cog_ni_to]

56. Trust me,

I know EXACTLY how you feel! The "arm" thing....the way he holds his shoulders back like he's some real tough cowboy dude! ACK!!!!! I can honestly say, I have NEVER detested a prez as much as I do this one. Everything about him nauseates me. :puke:

[0007]

37. This is what I should have said, instead of saying he ain't a human being.

and that Carla Faye Tucker stuff! Darn it, dadgumit, gosh darn it.

[burrowowl]

19. Noooooo!

In fact I try hard not to hate the man, only the sin.
Even Nixon did not raise as much revulsion as I have for Bu$h.
He is a sociopath, so I guess this may be why he charms so many people. Having known a sociopath, I am not fooled.

[elperromagico]

20. Don't know him as a person

but he seems like an asshole.

[Cleita]

21. How about,

"I don't like how he governs."

[foreigncorrespondent]

22. I would invite...

...him over for dinner, so I could tell him exactly what I thought of him.

I rarely use hate when I talk about anyone, but this is one guy I truly hate.

He is a self loathing rich boy, who has had everything given to him on a silver platter. He has absolutely no idea what hard work and living from cheque to cheque is all about. He values the worth of a persons life by how much money they hold in the bank.

And the biggest thing of all I cannot stand about him is, he is a liar. That is something I loath in people. I have been accused of lying to much, only for the person accusing me of it to find out I was infact telling the truth to begin with.

That is one man who is surely going to burn in hell.

And dinner at my place won't no $25k barbieque that John Howard served up to him at the Australian tax payers expense.

[Malva Zebrina]

24. George is too stupid for my taste

sorry there is nothing about him that I consider redeemable. His frumpy wife displays a very poor interest in the way she looks and seems to be under some sort of terrible restrictions. That is not the melieu of a loved and wanted woman. He probably is as cold as ice toward her-he called her a lump and he referred to her as sweeping the porch in Crawford when they were expecting dignitaries and important guests-and she is too frightened or too used to the luxury of being married to a very rich man with a very rich family, to do anything else but be concerned about her nail polish--for sure she is not concerned about how she looks. Ugh--those gowns with the belly bow--ugh those utterly frumpy suits and that hair that always looks as though it has not been washed in a week or more. We pay for her to travel all over th world and she has let us down--with her unconcern and her dowdiness.

[Spazito]

26. NO, he is without conscience and has no conception of compassion.

*

[soupkitchen]

27. I've never liked people who snort when they laugh

Always found that particular personality trait a tad repulsive.

[rasputin1952]

28. No...

never met him, can live without him.

:eyes:

[Name removed]

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[greatauntoftriplets]

32. Does that mean you think you would like him????

What is your first-hand experience???

Check out the Top 10 Conservative Idiots of the Week to see how much DU likes GWB.

Oh, maybe you should donate before you can see this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/03/134.html

On edit: Your post made me spit milk through my nose at the thought that anyone here would consider personally liking George W. Bush. LMFAO.

[elperromagico]

34. Well,

apparently even Hitler was charming in person...

[Maddy McCall]

35. So you know him and you know people who personally know him?

When the populace judges a president, they don't have first-hand knowledge of him; therefore, they must rely on the image he sets forth, and MANY people see him as an arrogant, dishonest, hypocritical asshole--that's my opinion and the opinion of many people here.

Have you met him?
Do you like him as a president?
Planning on voting for him?

[kentuck]

36. I meet him on TV every damn day...

He's an arrogant asshole. :)

[RapidCreek]

50. John Wayne Gacy was a real nice guy

until he got you into his basement. Let's not confuse our dislike of his policy with something we know nothing about....right?

Likeability does not describe a quality limited to superficial traits. At least not to people of depth.

RC

[mitchum]

33. only if he shared his stash...

it's the only way I can tolerate assholes

[don jose]

44. its funny

while I disagree with the politics of reagan and bush snr they dont inspire the same repulsion in me as GWB junior.

[newyawker99]

100. Hi don jose!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[RapidCreek]

53. right on!

and as soon as that stash runs out....I'm gone. Love your handle...hehehehe

RC

[Iris]

38. God no. - short, alcoholic, boring, belligerent, arrogant, cocky

what's to like?

[number6]

39. no

..

[Jacobin]

40. He's a smarmy f**k

I can't abide the sight of him.

[populistmom]

41. The way W strikes me

He seems like an overgrown frat boy who slips roofies in women's drinks. Slick, sleezy, bastard. Wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit.

[susu369]

45. "Trick question"

to quote our "personable" pResident. /sarcasm off

What kind of idiotic question was that poised by GE Russert? I'm not a particular Edwards fan but he handled the stupid question well.

[bleedingheart]

46. He is Vermin not a Person

He is a hippochristian

[RapidCreek]

47. Nah he's the sort of blowhard pussy I like to beat the shit out of

at the bar. Stupid, Arrogant, Swaggering, Big Talking Pansy, Never Worked a Day in His Life, Bully....what's to like?

RC

[robbedvoter]

48. What did Edwards say?

This is indeed a breakthrough! Hooray!
I'll celebrate with a re-post:
So George, how do you feel about your mom and dad?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1033904,00.html
Psychologist Oliver James analyses the behaviour of the American
president
and a pic:

[Lisa]

49. he's a "media creation"! He said so himself!

Karl Rove stated in an interview that because most people are confused by the policies, they are more likely to decide to vote based on whether or not they like the candidate. So the Bushies decided to focus on making George W. appear more personable -- never mind making sure he's competent or informed.

Here is an excellent article about this: "The Selling of George Bush". They are doing the exact same thing this time around!
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/2000/07/17/bush.html

They have spent vast amounts of money and effort. The Bush on TV is essentially a fictional character ... it's like being asked whether you like Frasier Crane "as a person" because he isn't real either.

George W. Bush, before he was made into the GOP figurehead, would have been only just tolerable as a next-door neighbour. Once he was governor/president -- I would NOT want to be anywhere near him. There are certain people who just shouldn't be allowed into public office, and he's one of them.

[in_cog_ni_to]

58. This will probably get me in trouble but,

it never stopped me before! :) I read a Newsweek article about how the shrub decided to bring "religion" into his campaign. He was campaigning at the time and in a speech he quoted some common phrase from the bible. Then Rove started getting phone calls from the Christian right telling him how WONDERFUL it was and told him that religion would be the way to get the RWers to fall in step and win the election. It was soon thereafter that the shrub went to the Bob Jones University....and THAT he how he started being "publicly" religious. He's one big walking facade.

[Lisa]

68. I'll join you then!

Remember when Bush allegedly said that his favorite philosopher was Jesus?

I've always wondered about that. The transcripts don't show the exact context ... I think what happened was that the interviewer asked, "Who's your favorite philosopher?" And Bush completely blanked, thinking "Oh no! Karl didn't tell me about this one! What do I do now? Jesus!!!"

He tends to talk to himself when he's upset, but he was so frantic, only the last word came out -- so Dubya gets the reputation for being thoughtful and devout.


But you didn't hear it from me!

[in_cog_ni_to]

74. Mums the word!

LOL!

Jesus is his favorite philosopher...MY ASS! He also said he reads the bible every day. Ya, OK! I REALLY believe that...uh huh! Sure. sheesh. And to think his little sheeple believe him. :eyes:

[Isome]

51. Now that's putting an end to political correctness run amok!

If you don't like someone, you don't like them and can tactfully say so. It doesn't mean that other assholes won't like him, it just means that you don't. Phoniness isn't synonymous for grace, or good manners.

Good for John!! Dick Gephardt (on Hardball w/Tweety) said he comes across as "likeable", but that he, personally, doesn't like him... good for Dick!!

[lumpy]

52. Nose pickers really turn me off.

nt

[retyred]

54. I don't know

I've never seen george bush the person, that is of course if you're refering to person as a human being with qualities that human beings have, such as feelings, rational thought processes, understanding, and a sense of right or wrong.....No I don't believe I would even like that version of george bush.



Retyred In Fla
So I Read This Book

[Isome]

55. Ha ha ha ha...

You tried to pull a fast one with that opening line... good one!!

[Deb]

57. To use bush and Cheney's quotes:

"major league asshole" "Yeah, big time"

[Cat Atomic]

59. I don't know him.

But he's a horrible president.

[agingdem]

60. Oy!

Bush was the wet towel snapper in the locker room; he was the guy who dropped his pencil so he could look under a girl's skirt; he was the guy who stole the tests and sold copies to his buddies; he was the guy who brushed up against every girl so he could feel their "boobs". He was the rich fuck-off who everyone liked because he bought the keg. Like him as a person...I think in order to achieve "personhood" one much have curiosity, convictions, a heart and a soul. Bush has none of these qualities so the answer is NO!

[RapidCreek]

65. Well said!

RC

[ScreamingMeemie]

61. No. Simple answer.

He'd eat sell my children if it was financially beneficial to him.

[LibertyorDeath]

62. He is an arrogant egocentric sociopathic spoiled little shit who has had

everything in life handed to him and has managed against the odds to still fuck every opportunity up.

He is a pathetic example of a man. A bully a coward and a liar.

There are not enough descriptors in the English language to do this

Shit weasel justice.

No I don't like him!

Or the greed and power obsessed scum that pull his strings as for his supporters they are either ignorant evil or both.

[Madrone]

63. um

No.

Unless in Orwell's America "likeable person" means "arrogant, overprivelged ass with absolutely NO redeeming qualities" - in that case, Yes.

[pippin]

64. is he a person?

[gulliver]

66. Nope. Can't stand him.

[SammyWinstonJack]

79. What a goofy looking .............

MAJORLEAGUEASSHOLEMISBERABLEFAILUREELECTIONSTEALINGLYINGMURDERINGEVILDOINGSHITHEAD! And.....um.......NO I DO NOT LIKE HIM!!!! :mad: :grr: :nuke:

[spanone]

67. I knew a guy like george in high school. To our parents he was

a bully. To my pals he was an asshole.

[not systems]

69. No.

He is a person who would sicken me in person as from afar.

[kiahzero]

70. No, but then again

he probably thinks I need to be burned at the stake.

Let me clarify, however; I don't think he's an "evil" person, any more than I think any other idiot is "evil". I think he's just an idiot.

[Catfish]

71. He represents everything I loathe

 He's smarmy, obnoxious, shallow, lazy, incurious, incapable
of apologizing, has coasted through life with the help of
Daddy's friends.  So maybe I don't really know him but given
the image he chooses to project I think I have a right to
judge. I never thought I'd live to see one man do so much
damage to this country in so short a time, it seems like a
nightmare.   

[Jack Rabbit]

72. It is a personal matter

I don't think I'd like him. I like people I can talk to an an higher level of intelligence than I believe he is capable. Also, Mr. Bush displays a sense of privilege that I would resent.

However, I am aware that Molly Ivins claims to have known him since high school and says he is, in fact, a likeable fellow in spite of those shortcomings.

[AP]

73. Edwards reply (from transcript):

MR. RUSSERT: Despite the way people may feel about the economy or the war in Iraq, the underpinnings of the polls seem to be that people like George Bush as a person. Do you agree with that?

SEN. EDWARDS: You mean, do I like him as a person, or do I think other people like him as a person?

MR. RUSSERT: Both. Oh, answer them both, yeah.

SEN. EDWARDS: Well, I think other people do generally like George Bush as a person. I don’t know him that well. I’ve been around him sometimes. He seems like a personable guy. But I think at the end of the day, when people get ready to vote in the election, when voters in America get ready to decide this election in 2004, they’re going to be looking at a lot more than whether they like him. He’s going to be held responsible. This is not like 2000. He’s been the president of the United States for four years. He has resided over an economy—he will probably be the first president since Herbert Hoover to have negative job—in other words, to have job loss during the period of his presidency. And simultaneously with that, I might add, he’s driven us deeper and deeper into deficit. I mean, in theory, tax cuts and spending, which puts you in deficit or for the purpose of job creation. Well, he’s managed to lose jobs and drive us deeper into deficit at exactly the same time.

MR. RUSSERT: We have to stop there. Senator John Edwards, thanks for joining us.

This was a great answer. It's not the personality, it's the politics, but you're gonna dislike the person once you look at the policies.

Also, did Edwards intentionally say "reside"?

[grasswire]

78. my answer would be this:

"We have nothing in common."

And then if pushed I would say "I don't like many things he does, and that makes it impossible to consider him objectively."

[Nay]

75. This is such a seemingly innocent and easy question, but

it really isn't. First, as many have pointed out here, we have never met the guy, so we really don't know whether we 'like' him or not. We suspect we would dislike him personally because his actions, speech, mannerisms, and political policies make us sick. And we would probably be correct to assume we would dislike him personally.

But consider the people who say they LIKE him. A co-worker once said to me about Bush: "Oh, I just love him and his family."

I turned around and said without thinking: "Really? When did you meet any of them?" I said this just straight out of my head, which gives you some insight into how I was thinking -- I find it normal to separate out the ideas of "liking/loving" (which belong in the personal and up-close realm of life) and "approving of" (which most accurately can be applied in the case of a politician whom you are talking about). But my co-worker seems unable or unwilling to separate these feelings. And these feelings will lead her like a cow to slaughter -- if she likes Bush, he can't be bad -- after all, she is a good person and would not like a bad person, so he must be good. See how it works? She has the same problem with Arnold as well; she liked him so much in "Kindergarten Cops" and the Terminator movies that she is unable to separate that image from her conception of how he will be as governor of CA.

Me? I have no trouble separating the person from the role, whether that role is a movie part or a staged TV production crafted to make a politician look like a compassionate conservative. I have no trouble looking at persons' actions to evaluate my feelings for them. Many others see the superficial image presented to them and swallow it whole. After all, nearly everyone alive has been advertised to for their whole existence, and it works on them better than it works on us.

There is something we pick up from Bush that makes most of us profoundly uneasy, and we listen to that feeling. We didn't start out hating the guy -- we learned to hate him. But he made us all uneasy first, with his mannerisms, tortured speech, etc. We have better antennae, or are better readers of body language, or something. That's why we are astounded when people watch Bush and talk about how much they like him. We watch him and feel waves of unease and queasiness come over us. I believe our feelings are correct, because Bush and his bunch are aiming to do the country in. But it would be valuable to find out why he doesn't evoke the same visceral repulsion in the rest of the population.

[proud patriot]

76. I don't even think it would be fun to Go Bowling with him

:puke:

[UTUSN]

77. No. n/t

[efhmc]

80. He is the type of male that I would laid low with my intelligence, my wit

and (when I was younger) my looks. He is a loser, a whimp, a nonperson.

[ldf]

81. NO!

there is not one redeeming feature about that man. none.

[ComerPerro]

84. I know what you mean

Personally, I don't like him as a politician or as a person. He is a spoiled rich asshole, he doesn't care about human life, he thinks anyone making less than $300,000/yr isn't a real person, he belives that his fucked up version of Christianity is the only religion, he is a coward and a liar, he is an alcoholic, he is an arrogant asshole, and he is a moron.

What is there to like?

Honestly!!!

[salinen]

87. i love bush

i love the cute way he executes people. it's adorable how he relaxes environmental standards. and when he lies i almost wet my pants. also, if the bastards in other countries don't like him, they must be evil. if you don't love bush, you must be against him.

[ComerPerro]

88. Yeah, I suppose you are right

I don't want to be considered a traitor. Teach me how to love Bush. Where can I be re-educated?

[elperromagico]

94. I love bush too

Oh, wait, you mean President Bush... oh, I can't stand him.

[ComerPerro]

96. Hehe, lol

[TankLV]

86. He is the person I hate the most -

for what he has done,
for who he is,
for what he is doing.

Same for his (rhymes with witch) mother.

I haven't hated a person so much since raygun - and raygun looks good now, in hindsite, by comparison. I no longer hate raygun, I pity him.

[Kat45]

89. Do I like him as a person? No fucking way!

[Military Brat]

90. If he came over to visit, I would remove the Welcome mat

"I hear you knockin', but you can't come in."

[Dr Fate]

91. I would say "I've never seen him give unscripted interviews..."

"..and I've never seen him give an honest to goodness press conference, like Clinton, Bush I and Reagan used to give. In fact, I've never seen him do anything that did not appear scripted, like his flight suit appearance. Another thing is he often says one thing, and then does another. It's hard to say whether I personally like a guy whos image is so closely controlled, I cant say if I've ever seen the real George Bush, so I cant answer that question until I do..."


Well, thats what I would have said...

[ComerPerro]

95. That is outstanding

Great response.

"Well, I have never seen him as a person. He has never really been out of character..."

[Renew Deal]

92. He's great.

JUST KIDDING ;) I like him in the way people like having flesh eating diseases.

[moondust]

93. What's there to like about him?

He's an incurious wastrel. He's never been interested in anything beyond himself and his small circle of BFEE brethren. Wasted his youth driving around on back roads getting drunk when he was fortunate enough to have ample resources to go out and discover every corner of the world. What's so special about being a "nice guy" on a personal level? I know lots of people like that. It's not a qualification for public office.

[LibDemAlways]

97. I intend to e-mail Russert with my answer to the question

which is this:

I don't "like" the idiot as "person." I even question that he's human. His simian appearance and utter stupidity lend me to believe that he's some sort of freak of nature.

Furthermore, there's nothing likeable about him. He's an arrogant, mean, vile pile of shit.

[dsc]

98. I don't like Bush one bit

but to deny the obvious, that a substantial number of people do indeed like him, is something we do at our peril. I liked the answer Edwards gave. The only problem is that if Rove is Rove Edwards will find himself with the President a good deal more so he can't give that very good answer again. I think the best answer to give is that he is personable but just the worst President on earth.

[Bridget Burke]

101. As a Texan, I've had a head start on disliking him.

You've seen the words before: clueless, fratboy, trust-fundie. Just a cold feeling of dislike--I've known his kind.

About all those folks who haven't met him but say they "like" him--is that their real opinion or is that what they think they ought to feel? If people hear something often enough, they tend to go along with it. It's the Emperor's New Clothes syndrome.

A few weeks after 9/11, I was discussing things with a friend. We were both trying to limit our TV-watching time. I volunteered that, even so, I had to lunge for the remote every time Doofus came on. She looked a bit shocked, then said only one other person she knew had that reaction to him. She thought another moment--& decided that she did, too.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

102. he blew up and killed small animals as a child WTF is there to like?

he is a darkman

[samsingh]

103. bush is a dislikeable person

he is evil.

[mmonk]

105. The answer should be

I don't know him personally but I don't tend to like authoritarian right wing fundamentalists.