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I voted for Bush in 2000 - I didn't realize and admit to myself for a few years that I had made a big mistake in voting for him...
His pushing of the Patriot Act, his destruction of so many of our liberties, his lying and deceiving us into invading Iraq, his patronizing obsession with serving the rich... it all left a terrible taste in my mouth for him and for his Republican minions in the Congress that backed him each and every step along the way...
I admit I was wrong to vote for Bush in 2000 - terribly wrong...
I tried to make up for that mistake in 2004 by voting for Kerry...
Does anyone else out there who voted for Bush regret having done so? And why?
Last edited by HubbleRules; 11-22-2008 at 03:49 PM..
Not really. The circumstances were much different in 2000. And based on the two choices at hand, Bush was the lesser of the two evils. The two past Democrats at that point hadn't always turned out so well (Carter, Clinton), and I didn't feel that I would risk it.
It's Kerry by the way (ah ok, it has been corrected..). In 2004, I was too wasted to get out and vote, but I probably would have voted Bush again (once again, that was 2004, things were different).
Now in 2008, I cast my first Independent vote, and felt quite liberated.
So no, I don't believe I was wrong. Times change, people change, and politics certainly change.
I didn't vote for Bush, either Bush. I know that was a mistake, Bush 41 was actually a pretty good president, in retrospect, but I went for Perot.
I wonder when the people will start saying " I can't believe I voted for Obama." Its already started, disillusionment over his cabinet choices and his backtracking on promises. Many expect miracles from him and will not be able to accept the reality that he's only a normal guy, maybe kind of odd, with ideas that aren't what we need right now. If the economy gets worse, those that hate him now will hate him even more. And those that casually threw their support to him on a whim will turn on him just as fast.
Add to that any kind of terrorist attack, any kind of US intervention in a foreign military crisis, and even more people will turn on him. Clinton skated through the best possible times, Obama is now dealing with the worst possible times, far worse than even Bush dealt with. Obama had his career built on luck, maybe it will continue. But the stakes are now higher than ever. If his luck runs out, he will fail spectacularly.
I voted for Bush in 2000. It was my first time voting (19) I was raised in a clinton despising, Republican household, and I felt Bush was a clean break from the Clinton years. He also seemed like a good guy. As an evangelical christian, I liked his professed faith. I enthusiastically supported Bush.
He began to lose me during the run-up to Iraq. I couldn't quite reconcile pre-emptive war with my faith, and didn't see the logic in going after Iraq when we hadn't caught bin laden yet. Still, gave him the benefit of the doubt and rolled with it.
In 2004 I held my nose and voted for Bush because I thought it unwise to change horses midstream, and felt that withdrawing now--when we were so entrenched--would make things worse. Then when I learned about wiretapping, guantanamo, and the massive expansion of wasteful government. The continuing bad news from Iraq got me most, especially since they didn't seem to think that anything needed to change. I was glad Bush announced the surge, but thought it interesting that he didn't suggest it until Rumsfeld was gone, and Gates got in there
I'm happy Iraq is going well. A tyrant is gone, and they're more free than they were. But still, we shouldn't have gone in the first place. While I don't think Bush is evil, I think he bumbled his way through most of the past eight years with the help of truly horrible advisors. If he were my employee, I wouldn't renew his contract.
So yes, I do regret voting for Bush in 2000. I should have voted for McCain in the primaries. I don't know if I would have voted for Gore, but part of me thinks he would have made a better president. Then again, maybe not. I'll never know.
I voted for both Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. and I do not think I made a mistake. I voted for McCain, and I know I didn't make a mistake there. Everyone keeps screaming about lost liberties but they never seem to explain. Did someone come to your house and stop you from doing something? I'm still allowed to watch what I want on TV, eat the food I want to eat, buy the house I want to buy, travel the country to visit the places I want to see.
I think Bush did a great job, and I am proud that I helped get him into office.
I voted for both Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. and I do not think I made a mistake. I voted for McCain, and I know I didn't make a mistake there. Everyone keeps screaming about lost liberties but they never seem to explain. Did someone come to your house and stop you from doing something? I'm still allowed to watch what I want on TV, eat the food I want to eat, buy the house I want to buy, travel the country to visit the places I want to see.
I think Bush did a great job, and I am proud that I helped get him into office.
As you, I'm still waiting to hear from those who feel they have lost their liberties, just exactly what liberties they have lost. Mistakes? Hardly. Good post, sir!
I agree with Frankie...different times, etc. I voted for Bush twice and no, I do not regret it!
I've said it before and I'll say it again...Bush had to deal with things than no other President has had to deal with in recent times, and I think he did the best he could given the situtation. I truly believe that he had the welfare of the American people at heart, and I am thankful to him for keeping us safe since 9/11. AND I don't believe he's the bumbling idiot so many try to make him out to be!
I voted for both Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. and I do not think I made a mistake. I voted for McCain, and I know I didn't make a mistake there. Everyone keeps screaming about lost liberties but they never seem to explain. Did someone come to your house and stop you from doing something? I'm still allowed to watch what I want on TV, eat the food I want to eat, buy the house I want to buy, travel the country to visit the places I want to see.
I think Bush did a great job, and I am proud that I helped get him into office.
I hate to break it to you, but you are in a VERY SMALL minority nowadays.
Regarding liberties lost - that's an easy one. You have lost your right to privacy. Your phone calls, credit reports and e-mails can all be monitored - legally and without a warrant by any relatively low-level member of Homeland Security or other law enforcement agency for any virtually reason they choose - all without any checks and balances on what they do or why they do it.
That kind'a sounds like old East Germany to me.
Ken
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