Opinion of the President

[TheTinMan]

NOTE: IT APPEARS THE MAJORITY OF THE POSTERS HERE ARE AGAINST THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE OFFENSE. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A LESS SERIOUS AND FUN DISCUSSION, JUST CLICK ON ONE OF "STINKY'S" ADMINISTRATION THREADS...GUARANTEED LAUGHS THERE! :) Have a good day everyone!

edit: I changed the title of this thread from "Argentinians opinion of Bush" to "Opinion of Bush"

Here's a pic I snapped while in Buenos Aires, quite a bit of anti-Bush graffiti down there. I made sure with the people I met down there, like the guy that took me fishing, etc., on where I stood with our president. When asked where I was from from strangers, always said Canada. Sucks to lie where you're from because you're totally embarassed of your leader.

C'mon RAP....sure you have something to add.

[willy]

Yea they have demonstrated wonderful leadership thru the years, Their ability to lead the world in such dangerous times is very impressive. The liberties their citizens enjoy is amazing and their economy remarkable. Yea I think we should pay close attention to what they think about things, could be important. ::)

[Pipe_Dream]

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[TheTinMan]

Unfortunately it's not just the Argentinians, it's the majority of the rest of the civilized world, including 61% of our own country ::)

I'm with you Tin Man, I've been a Republican my whole life but am damned unhappy with the man in the White House. I'm lucky though. There's a family in my old neighborhood who needlessly lost their son in Iraq. I couldn't imagine.

As for the Argentineans, they had no use for us before Bush. The hell with 'em. The folks in Chile are much nicer.

[bigshrimpin]

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I had a similar experience when I was on my honeymoon in Greece.
Almost everyone we met (from greece and elsewhere) were really concerned about the direction of our country and the war in Iraq.

[TheTinMan]

What's everyone's opinion on the war on Iraq?

I for one feel like we were terribly deceived. If they HAD WMD that would be one thing. Was Iraq really an imminent threat to us? Sure doesn't look that way to me??? And Bin Laden is still walking around planning more massive attacks after we were "promised" he would be caught. We got our priorites all F'ed up.

[willy]

I don't think so Tin, I'm not happy with somethings going on with Bush either. But what is going on in Iraq is not about just wmd's or oil. Thats what the opposition would have you believe and the gullible listen to them. Whats going on there is about establishing a democracy in what was once the most brutal dictatorship in the middle east. Setting an example that has instilled fear in the other dictatorships in the region because a free people are dangerous to their plans. Resources that would have been used to harm our interests on our soil are being used to try and stop this democracy on their home turf and a lot of brave men and women that are there know that. They also know that if the other sh!tbird had been in office we would have been hit again and again while he was busy getting photo ops and buying hunting licenses. Bush ain't perfect by any means, I personally have not seen or heard of a politician worth his weight in whale crap since Teddy left office. But he ain't no pu$$y and he will do what has to be done to go after this sh!t and thats the most important thing to me. If you had access to the teletypes I read every day it would be to you too.

[willy]

And as far as the Argentinians and the rest of South America are concerned, frankly I don't give a crap. Most of the latin people there are wonderful souls, but they are generally lazy, sheepish in the thought processes living in economic sqaulor and as corrupt as it is possible to be. We are looked at by much of the world as "cowboys". We are independent, free thinkers do not bow to rulers, liberty is sacred and we will fight to secure it. H@ll we have sent hundreds of thousands of our men to preserve those things for others, and we have never taken their lands though we easily could have, tried to enforce are politics on them and in fact we went into debt to help them get back on their feet. The only thing we ever asked for was a piece of land to bury our dead.
Yea I'm concerned about the third world and what they think of us. Actually I know what they think of us. It depends on wether they are in trouble and need help or are comfortable living a socialist life and letting their people suffer. When times are ok we are cowboys and Bush where's a ten gallon hat on all the front pages. When cuban infiltrators are disrupting their elections and they are losing in the polls and drug money runs the honest people to ground Bush is that knight on the white horse. Et tu brutus

[TheTinMan]

Good stuff, Willy, really. *This is the purpose of this thread. *I'm trying to get peoples opinions, that's all. *Let's not turn this into any personal attacks, not that you are, but for future posters. *We are all friends here and let's keep it that way. *We are ALL entitiled to have our own opinions, what makes our country #1. *I love my country and wouldn't live in any other.

I'll respond more when I have the time. *Keep it coming guys and keep it friendly ;D