What's everyone got against him? Being a non-American I know hardly anything about him.

Somebody care to explain their problem with him? Or somebody else care to explain why they voted for him?

It's strange because it seems to me that almost every American hates him, yet he still won the election.

And I know that the American political system is differant from ours in the fact that people actually like the person they vote for. Over here all politicians are despised.

Because he won't sell out to his country men, and most importantly is comfortable in his own skin!

I'll try to be fair.

He's very easy to pick on. He comes across as a complete, blithering idiot. For a politician, his ability to say words that fifth-graders have no problem with is sorely lacking. Is he really that stupid? I don't think any of us could know for sure, but he hasn't done anything to suggest otherwise. Even Lokil, in other posts, has replied to those who say he's a moron with, in effect, "he's smart enough to put the right people around him".

I don't hold his cocaine use of the past against him at all, some people do. Same with his DUI that came to light. To his credit, he faced up to it.

Really, I think the guy reeks of puppet. That's as bad as it gets. If someone's gonna fuck us up as leader of the free world, I want to know who it is. Even those people who believe he really is in charge, though, recoil at the thought because he so often seems utterly incapable of the task.

I still think the "I never inhaled" thing is ludicrous. Who'd want a president without the force of character to either say no to marijuana or admit to smoking it.

So either

A - He lied about not inhaling

or

B - He pretended to smoke marijuana to save face, an utter act of cowardice.

People usually make negative comments about Bush, not out of knowledge , but out of ignorance. I couldnt care less about anyones political views, democrat, republican, libertarian..whatever, but people who maligne him usually only do it because they dont fully grasp the situation and believe that everything should be utopian. If your going to blast someone, have facts. These are usually the people who dont bother to vote but still manage to bitch about everything. Im a registered republican and have been since I turned 18, but I dont particularly like Bush. He has some good ideas and we are stuck with him for 4 years. Lets just hope the next election offers some better candidates. But for Christ's sake, give him a chance...hes only been in office for a few months and hasnt managed to get us into a nuclear holicaust yet.

Yer right, Trippy, but that wasn't Bush.. besides, that's relatively small compared to all the ammo Bush has given people to pick on him with.. of course, Gore wasn't any better, just different.