I was just contemplating the fact that devotees of the two big political parties in this country(by and large) seem willing to support anything or anyone that their party does. Did Republicans ask Bush to step down after he stole his election and undermined the US democracy? Of course not Did Democrats ask Kennedy to step down after he stole his? nope. Did Democrats turn against Clinton when he basically abandoned his campaign promises and pursued his middle of the road liberal republican platform? nope, they went right along with him. Are Republicans up in arms about Bush's repealing the bill of rights given the parties long history of claiming to be against big government? nope, again, they went right along with him. I began to wonder just how far this goes, so my question is, for Democrats and Republicans, would you support a President from your party making himself president for life? Say, Clinton for the dems, Bush for the reps?
Heck no. A president for life would end up being a saddam look alike, committing suicide, or being assasinated. No good would come of it.
Good lord no...a president like Bush for life....i shutter at the mere thought of it. Now Bill i wouldn't mind...actually it wouldn'r be possible since the poor guy wh oruns the US would die from stress.
Sargentlard, maybe you can explain this to me...why do people like you hate the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? I'm not saying you don't have a right to, because, by all means, you do, but he is in control of 290,779,918 people. I would LOVE to see you try to do that. Maybe he's not the brightest guy in the world, but hey, he sure is trying. (Have you noticed how gray is hair has gotten since he was inagurated? And it's not from age...)
Perhaps you could explain how he 'stole' this election. What happened appears to be totally legal, and is well in support of democracy. According to our system of elections, he won far and square.
Persol, y'know, I don't really want to get into a debate about whether or not he stole the election, I'm well aware that there's no proof either way, and that "legally" he won. All democrats that I know believe that he stole the election and that Kennedy did not steal his. All Republicans that I know(yes, I know some) believe that Bush did not steal his election and that Kennedy did steal his. I still maintain that they both stole their elections. you can disregard the election stealing part of my post if you want. i think the point still holds
I would love to be the permnant us president. I would probably do as well as bush but I wouldn't really want the job. It is not worth it.
I must admit that I'm a bit curious. If there is no proof that Bush stole the election and if you freely admit that the he won legally, how can you justify even making the claim that he came to power by illegitimate means?
It seems pretty clear to me that he didn't actually win the election as he didn 't get as many votes as gore in florida. What he did was have his buddies on the supreme court order some votes not to be counted. The Supreme Court decides what is legal or not in our country and therefore the vote count and Bush's selection are legal despite his not having actually won the election. I know this is an over simplification, but it seems to me to be basically what happend. Again, I really don't want to debate this, I don't think its essential to the point of my original post.
About this 2000 election stuff. The law is the law, Bush won because of the law. The law favored him in this case. It happens, get over it. Democrat's hate Bush because guess what? He's a republican. Can you guess why republicans hate deomcrats? I'll give you a hint: It's not because they rape and pillaged several small towns!
