Why do you hate George W. Bush?

[Cyrano]

There are probably a couple of thousand reasons why anyone could despise this miserable excuse of a human being. But if you had to pick just one action that pinpointed the lack of grace, caring, or decency in this man, what would it be?

The lies that led us into the countless mutilations and deaths in Iraq? The torture of human beings? His desecration of our constitutional rights and freedoms? The lack of conscience that resides in his unused mind? His dragging us into a divided country in which hatred now thrives?

Yeah, there are many reasons to hate his very existence. But if you could narrow it down to one that pinpoints the essence of this man, what would it be?

To me, his defining moment was when he mocked Karla Faye Tucker who was executed while he was governor of Texas. And he mocked her in front of a reporter (Tucker Carlson or all people) who wrote about it.

"Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me." Those are the words that came out of the mouth of the creature named George W. Bush. He was doing a sobbing imitation of a woman who had just been put to death by the "wonderful" state of Texas. Thousands of letters, including one from the Pope, had asked him to stay the execution and convert her sentence to life in prison. But to no avail.

To me, that was a moment that defined his lack of humanity. It was an early clue that this man should have never been put in a position of authority over any living creature that walks, swims, flys, or crawls.

How will history judge this monster? We can't know that, but what do you think was his worst moment?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I can't think of any good reasons not to.

[Book Lover]

2. Because he is a child of privilege who always gets his own way and

never suffers the consequences of his actions. Everything else flows from that well.

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. Hate is too strong a word

I consider him beneath my contempt. If anything, there is the occasional moment when I pity him: it is very clear that he is little more than a figurehead who is in the shit far deeper than he can swim.

What he and his puppeteers have done to the United States, however... that is worthy of hating.

[peaches2003]

45. Hate too strong a word?

Not for me. I have hated very few people or things in my life, but I despise Bush because he is truly evil. He sends thousands of American soldiers to their deaths or mutilation for purely personal selfish reasons- money for him and his friends, avenge Daddy, to prove he's a tough guy, pure power, and on and on, and he could care less.

[TechBear_Seattle]

46. I don't believe that it actually was Bush

I believe him to be too stupid to be any more evil than a schoolyard bully. The truely evil people are his puppeteers: they are the ones who have orchestrated everything the administration has "accomplished."

[peaches2003]

47. Not that stupid

He may be stupid in some things, but he knows exactly what he is allowing to happen and why. He has NEVER been too stupid to feather his own nest at other people's expense his whole life.

[ixion]

4. here's why

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvpvlooR6hM


Seriously...

[HCE SuiGeneris]

11. that was great! eom

[mnhtnbb]

19. LOL

[rzemanfl]

30. Out bleeping standing! Sending the link to everyone I know. n/t

[Ezlivin]

5. Bush's mocking of the imminent execution of Karla Faye Tucker

http://www.slate.com/id/2131451/

[evilgenius602]

6. the tissue of lies regarding his "religious beliefs".

"God wants me to be President". Actually that may be true. Because it's a fucking miracle this man's station in life rose above assistant football coach at Crap State. No wait, it's the otherway around, he's sold his soul.

[valerief]

7. He commissions unnecessary death and destruction.

I could give a rat's ass that he gloats in this. He does it. That's enough.

[sandrakae]

8. This question could cause the server to crash.

There isn't enough disk space in the world to list of the gripes against him.

[tularetom]

9. I used to hate him then I realized doing so was consuming

far too much psychic energy. I'm too fuckin old to hate him or anyone else but I can still find him beneath contempt. Truth is I'm beginning to understand how irrelevant he has become.

[Hav]

22. .

Same for me. Really, it's just not worth it.


"It just doesn’t take long to live a life. And every day is such a precious opportunity that to waste a day trying to hurt somebody else just doesn’t seem to me worth doing."
-William Jefferson Clinton

[leveymg]

10. Is it even legal to publicly say you hate the man?

Let's put it in terms diplomats will recognize before policemen: we feel some intense displeasure at his continued public role in our lives. We desire to sever that relationship with all due speed. :nuke:

[Avalux]

12. Those minutes in the classroom on 9/11.

The look on his face, the way he just sat there and did NOTHING - without knowing if we were getting nuked or what - that's was the defining moment for me. I could point to earlier instances, but that one did it. Of course it reinforces what you've already said - the man doesn't care about anyone but himself. No empathy. Selfish to the core.

[Sleepless In NY]

15. 9/11, Iraq, Katrina....to name a few

His neglect of all pre 9/11 warnings, his sitting there like a dummy while it occurred, his disgusting exploitation of 9/11 itself, especially his "Lucky me, I hit the Trifecta" "joke" about 9/11 has angered me beyond words. His total disregard for human life after Katrina & his lies & incompetence that lead to the war & fiasco in Iraq.

[Virginian]

13. I strongly dislike him because he

doesn't show any respect to the average, middle class, American. OK, I dislike him because he hates Americans.

[wellst0nev0ter]

14. Funny Thing Is Bush HAD Our Support After 9-11

Whether you were a liberal or a Democrat you supported Bush's WaronTerra and approved of the President himself.

And what did that evil monkey sonuvabitch do? He spat on us, campaigned against us, divided this nation between his Republican supporters and the Democrats he says are "soft on terror". Instead of allowing us to share in this struggle, he tried to use it as a club to consolidate his power.

The Eye-Rack war is important, but it was the product of this mindbogglingly arrogant path that the evil son of a Bush has chosen to take.

[napi21]

17. I guess I'm the only one who wasn't a Shrub supporter after 9/11.

I saw through his arrogance and fake actions even then! I admit, he had a lot MORE support then, but managed to let that arrogance surface and invade Iraq!

I never did trust that SOB.

[Virginian]

33. A 10%er

We are part of the ten percent who didn't rally around him.

[renate]

35. you're not the only one (and I suspect a lot of us here are with you on that)

September 11 didn't improve my opinion of him. Why on earth would it?

That we found out later he'd been warned has nothing to do with the way my disdain for him was just as strong afterwards as before. Why should his popularity increase when all he'd done was to be president when our country was attacked? What's the logic in that?

I do have a Democratic friend who liked Bush better right after the attacks than she had before. :shrug: She's the only person I know who ever felt that way, and she changed her mind back pronto.

[reichstag911]

44. Just look at my nom de DU,...

...and I think you'll realize you're not the only one who didn't buy into Bush after 9/11, even for a moment.

[irislake]

42. It just boggles my mind

that America treated him as a saviour and Churchillian leader after he sat out the terrorist attack in that school in Florida then flew every whichway on Airforce One for the rest of the day! What were you thinking?! I swear that wouldn't have happened in my country. If that had been the man responsible for protecting our country in the same circumstances he would have been asked VERY tough questions and heads would have rolled. I have NEVER been able to understand how that sleazy little liar was transformed into a great hero just because he grabbed a mega phone and hugged a fireman. 90% approval rating? Please explain.

[wellst0nev0ter]

43. We're Idiots. End of Explanation (n/t)

[peace13]

16. I don't want to hate anyone.

I dislike him because he has no respect for life. Peace, Kim

[terrya]

18. That "looking for WMD" at the White House Press Assoication thing.

So many to choose from...but creating a "comedy skit" when you're basically making fun of the servicemen and women who died for his lies was inhuman.

[Cyrano]

23. I have to agree. This is a man who dwells in the lowest sewer imaginable and

thinks he's getting a go-ahead from some Almighty Being. I think the word for that is "insanity."

And just as bad is the audience of journalists who laughed. Anyone of them with an ounce of human dignity would have stood up and walked out in disgust.

[warrens]

20. "What's she going to say to me," he smirked. "Pweez don't kiw me?"

About Karla Faye Tucker, the day before she was executed, when asked by Tucker Carlson if he planned to talk to her before her death.

The origin of the nickname Smirk.

[Virginian]

36. She thought she could do more good in prison.

She had found religion and was appealing to the governor who also had found religion. He wanted us to forget everything he had done before he found Jaysus. She just wanted to try to help other prisoners.
It only goes to prove, what's good for the goose is not good for the gander or Do as I say do, not as I do.

[Sugar Smack]

21. Because of his complete lack of humanity;

because he squandered the good will of the world to live out his cowboy fantasies; because he spits upon the people of our country and brazenly shows nothing but contempt for them. He's a very small man with a lot of power; there's so much he could have done, for instance, to help Katrina victims. We had to believe our eyes when we saw the pictures of him at John McCain's birthday one day and posing with a guitar another. Because he sent innocent Americans into Iraq to kill innocent civilians. Because he's hateful.

[William769]

24. I hate lying, thieving criminals! Thats why.

Nuff said.

[RiverStone]

25. His narrow minded cowardly arrogance....

Starting this tragic corporate war in Iraq! It has not only killed and injured countless numbers needlessly, but BushCo has forever changed the world in which my 2 beautiful children will live and grow.

I remember during my 'backpack through Europe days' so many years ago, how I as an American was welcomed warmly into the homes of folks all over Europe I met hitchhiking. In a few years, my daughter wants to do the same thing (with a Eurail Pass this time), and my son after her. How will they be greeted as Americans thanks to BushCo? Will we repair his damage in a generation? Or will it take several generations to heal the legacy of Bush/Cheney?

[suston96]

26. Cannot waste my feelings on him...

But what I do hate is why the American people let this dimwit become their president.

I hate why the American media, the guardians of our liberties, did nothing and continue to do nothing about the greatest outrage that can happen to a democratic republic - the corruption of their elections.

In fact, I am glad something like Bush happened. Maybe now the media and the American people will be attentive to the real enemy of our form of government - their combined apathy and disregard for our democratic processes.

[Bonhomme Richard]

27. Is this a trick question? n/t

[jannyk]

28. Here are 2882 reasons why I hate Bush

http://www.icasualties.org/oif/

[Tony Soprano]

29. Stole the 2000 election

and is an obvious sociopath, ruined Americas reputation. I could go on forever....

[TheCowsCameHome]

31. Because he hates everything America is supposed to stand for.

[northofdenali]

32. Is there any reason not to?

I tried, but couldn't think of one.

[nytemare]

34. Because the man cannot pronounce "nuclear" correctly.

That simple, willing, constant mispronunciation shows an utter contempt for the gravitas of his position.

The nuclear football follows him everywhere. He has control over the world's largest nuclear arsenal, yet doesn't even ATTEMPT to pronounce it correctly. This says a lot to leaders and citizens around the world. And, a lot of that lot is simply that Bush is an asshole. He does not care. He will pronounce it his way, and the people who elected him, and people around the world do not matter. It is an "in your face" attitude from him. It shows that he cannot be reasoned with, and he stays his course with his stupid ass mispronunciation.

The word can be broken down, real simple like, Georgie. Now say "new". Now say "clear". Now, say them together. New-clear. New-clear. Now, just sort of separate the e and the a in clear. Nuclear. There ya have it, Georgie! Now, put the firecracker away, let the frog go, Pugsley, and then you can run for President.

This is just a small example of a behavior that is pathological, and continued because nobody probably ever had the nerve to set him straight. He jumped over a long waiting list in the Air Guard only to go AWOL and miss a flight physical after the government spent big money to train him, then he just fell into a bottle for the rest of his early to mid adulthood. Then he, the only person who could pardon a woman for her crime, could not even take his power seriously. He mocked her. He pumped his fist in the air when the bombing in Iraq started. He is just a sadistic asshole.

He just does not give a shit about people, and it all shows because he can't pronounce the word that he should FUCKING MOST BE ABLE TO PRONOUNCE! And he doesn't care!

That is what it all boils down to.

:rant:

[Bad Penny]

37. because the anti christ's boots fit him perfectly

and he loves to show them off

[Blue_In_AK]

38. What's to like? n/t

[Clinton Crusader]

39. Stole election, did fuck all about 9/11, lied about a war, and because his name is *

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Ksec]

40. Hes a spoiled child that was never told NO and now hes

a spoiled adult that refuses to hear the word no.

We are in the position we are because of this character flaw.

[elperromagico]

41. I don't hate the man. I hate what he believes.

I hate the fact that he took the greatest tragedy of our generation and used it not as a means of uniting the country behind noble goals, but as an excuse to divide this country and win elections.

I hate the fact that he uses it as an excuse for his every failing.

I hate the fact that he uses it as an excuse to torture, to wiretap, and to imprison without trial.

I hate the fact that he uses it to bring out the worst in otherwise decent Americans, encouraging them to act through fear rather than hope.

He has turned 9-11 into a political punchline and I will forever resent that.

[AzDar]

48. I had a strange, visceral reaction to him the first time I saw him

(probably 1999); sort of like the animals at the zoo when Damien visits..:rofl:
I dismissed him, though, as a pathetic candidate proffered by a desperate GOP.
The moment I began to TRULY loathe him, however, would be when his former Professor revealed that Nero snickered and sneered his way through a discussion of 'The Grapes of Wrath'.
Contemptible creep..

[Javaman]

49. Because he's* a lying sack of shit...

I had to live under that stupid bastards* governorship here in Texas and from the start it was one line of bullshit after another. when I saw how he* made funeral-gate go away, I saw the writing on the wall for the future.
He* is a despicable individual

[ComerPerro]

50. he is an arrogant alcoholoic asshole.

And he ain't too bright, either.

[Beelzebud]

51. He and his Neo-Con handlers have set America on the road to ruin. Is that reason enough?

[Lilith Velkor]

52. "Now watch this drive."

[Parche]

53. nsa

His complete disregard for the law, mostly with the NSA illegal spying.