Ignorant Dumbasses out there.
It's all a sham the polls, the elections.
http://www.bushwatch.net/bush.htm#fatherPolitics:
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http://chimpplanet.journalspace.com/?cmd=forward&entryid=4928>Why Do
33% Of Americans Still Like Bush?, Trebor Chram
Whenever I watch a TV news show on a conservative station like FOX, I
hardly ever hear any positive attributes about George Bush. I do
hear some on the side of religion, as he politically shows support
for their major causes regarding abortion, gay marriage, stem cell
research, etc. Also some say that his tax cuts (they don't say "to
the wealthy") promote increase in business and employment.
However, most of the time when I read, watch or listen to these right
wing pundits, they spend their time, 1, defending Bush from some
recent catastrophe, or 2. attacking "unpatriotic" Democrats and
Liberals who have spoken out against their leader. In most cases
they will use degrading adjectives to describe their enemies. They
will call them wimps, unpatriotic, and then some down and dirty words
I don't like to use.
Hardly ever do I hear, read or watch them debate the problem at
hand. In fact, it's as if there is no problem.
They act as if all is going well in Iraq, Bush had nothing to do with
the Katrina/FEMA problems, Bush does not approve of torture, The
U.S. does not send detainees to secret prisons to be tortured. It's
ok to hold detainees for years without the benefit of judicial
process since they are "enemy combatants" and not "prisoners of war".
And the latest reason for this war is about regime change and
democracy for Iraq - not WMDs.
If 33% of Americans believe President George W. Bush is doing a good
job, the question I ask is. "Why do these Americans like him?"
In my opinion, the reasons are varied.
1. Many of these people must be hard-core Conservatives or
Republicans, following their leader "right or wrong".
2. The ones who are conservatives and Republicans probably love him
because the left hates him. They elected Bush. Bush is a
Republican. Liberals and Democrats hate him. So, they support
him. They don't make mistakes when electing their leader.
3. In this 33%, you have the very wealthy that may not even care if
Bush is a Republican or a Democrat. All they care is that Bush gives
them large tax cuts. These are people who believe in being rich no
matter what and the more money they get from their president, the
more they love him. As long as the war and his other agenda does not
hit them negatively, they want him to remain in power. This is the
same group throughout the world that always supported right wing
dictatorships. These dictators were smart enough not to disrupt
property and wealth of the upper classes, so they remained happy and
never complained.
4. Even today, many in this 33% still believe the Bush
Administration propaganda infused in them through the media before
the war that Saddam and Iraq were directly involved in 9/11 and that
Saddam was an imminent and direct threat to the United States. Bush
defended them from this tyrannical dictator and now protects them
during his war on terror. They see the Democrats as being weak in
protecting this nation against the evil empires. They believe most
of what the propaganda media of FOX News and other major conservative
newspapers and radio pundits tell them. Many of these are the ones
that see themselves back in the Wild West with a Texas Sheriff who
single-handed hunts down criminals before they even commit any
crimes. Since he is protecting them, these citizens don't mind if he
tortures these possible criminals. if he holds them in his jail
without telling anyone and without judicial protection.
5. Bush is known as a born-again-Christia
n and as such can do no
wrong in the eyes of fundamental Christian groups in this
country. Although we cringe when we hear Arab countries that want to
follow the Islamic Sharia Law in their governments because of the
pain and suffering and death it causes their citizenship, many
Christians in this country would like to infuse Christianity and
religion into government and laws of the US. Bush pleases this group
by citing his religious beliefs by claiming to be against abortion,
gay marriage, stem cell research, and by approving of government
funding for religious charities. Just when he was loosing some of
this support, prior to the coming November elections, he proposed a
constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages. He knew there was no
wide support for approval of this amendment, but that was not his
goal. His intention was to win back some of the religious support he
may have lost by not doing more for Christian groups during his five
years in office. It doesn't hurt whenever he mentions that he speaks
to God and that God has guided him in his work.
6. There is a percentage of people in this country and part of this
33% that are basically ignorant. Not stupid, but just ignorant of
what is going on around them politically. They would even support
Bush if he were a Democrat. These are people who have generally
good-paying jobs and feel secure. They have some leisure time. They
don't have major money problems. They read mainly the headlines and
don't dig any further into the news. They don't hear or believe that
people suffer in this country from hunger or from lack of medical
services. They don't hear or care about suffering around the world
or those wounded or dead from wars, famines, tsunamis, earthquakes,
etc. They have it good. They pay their taxes. The Patriot Act or
the NSA wiretaps don't affect them as "they have nothing to hide".
They don't break the laws in their towns. There are no gays in their
immediate circle. Socially, most of them are a homogeneous
group. None of their children are fighting in Iraq or
Afghanistan. If it's not broken, don't fix it.
7. Finally, there is also a group that is very respectful of
authority, no matter if good or bad. They are the ones I would
categorize as stupid or brain-washed. These believe if someone is
elected to be the President of the great nation of the United States,
they can do no wrong. Anything this president does is only for the
good of its citizens. This president is honest, able and has no
personal gain in this job. He is only there for you. If he attacks,
it's because he is right in attacking. If he tortures, it's because
he is defending us. He would never hurt us. He, after all, works
for us and he does our bidding. He loves us like a father.
Trebor Chram identifies himself as "a liberal Florida resident who
'woke up' when the Bush nightmare was unfolding." This article first
appeared in Planet of the Chimps.
