No. I’ll never accept the kind of ignorance and spitefulness Bush represents.
I wonder if Kerry wins if Bushites would “support” Kerry ? If attacking President Kerry means “supporting terrorists”.
No. I will not accept Bush any more than the French Underground supported Hitler. The only silver lining from the tyranny imposed on us by Buckeyes and Crackers is that the mess in Iraq is now Bush’s to deal with.
No.
I’d much rather have a divided nation then an entire nation of Bush supporters.
Of course Starving Artist has a garret - it’s perfect!
Like even sven, I will accept George W. Bush as my president. The people have spoken, and I’m relieved that, while there are some issues, our election isn’t the debacle it was four years ago.
This does not mean I will give him a free pass to do as he pleases. And this does not mean that I am not deeply disappointed that the people have elected the way of discrimination.
I’m saddened for my country right now. But I accept our elected president.
I, too, am disappointed. But all I can really do right now is make lemonade out of this lemon of a president, and do everything I can to profit and benefit from his policies.
That’s the spirit. The UK elections of '92 were like this for me. Dreadful government that had outstayed its welcome, lacklustre opposition, the hope against hope that they could win anyway. The kick-in-the-teeth result.
I thought, ‘Well f**k the lot of you. If everyone else thinks it okay to be selfish bastards I can be too.’
Totted up my annual charity donations and spent it all on a big, flash TV. 
Helped for about ten seconds. :mad:
Hell, no! No democracy is worthy of the name without a loyal opposition. It is what is supposed to keeps those in power honest. On the other hand, I will continue to resent furriners who make fun of him. He may be a chimp but he’s OUR chimp–the Brits, French, etc should get their own houses in order and leave us to fix ours.
Other people have essentially said what I’m about to say, but the OP seemed to be polling, so:
I will accept that Bush is president. I will not ‘join forces’ unless Bush does a single damn thing to acknowledge that there is more than one point of view on any issue.
Ain’t gonna happen. His response in the debate to the question about the dividedness of the nation was, “Uh, it was like that when I got here.”
I will accept Bush, but then again I have little choice in the matter. I am among those Democrats who don’t think he is evil, just lousy at his job. Those of us who did not support Bush need to do many things better in the next four years, and uniting with Bush isn’t one of those things. Bush has control of the presidency and both houses of congress, how much more help does he need?
I do think that the ‘stolen’ election nonsense kept Democrats and liberals from honestly assessing their party and their values and figuring out what they need to do to win. The more the other side is villified, the less likely they become to switch sides next election. I hope the party does a better job appealing to all of America in 2008. It just amazes me that after these four years Bush won by a larger proportion of the vote the second time around.
It is the business of the rest of the world in the same way that whoever was appointed Roman Emperor was important for the rest of the world, even the Persian Empire. We’re all in the USA’s long shadow. We are directly affected when the USA decides to attack random countries, abandons international treaties etc etc.
Ummm… so?
The French, Germans, Italians and Russians are our ALLIES.
I think MadSam means to say that other nations like to see the US split. Though I did understand at first he was mocking anti-Bush sentiment.
MadSam I think the need to avoid anti-Bush sentiment… lies squarely with Bush, not with Americans shutting up and not dissenting. Foreigners hate and fear Bush for very good reasons… he might be your “leader” … but he hasn’t been leading anything beyond US borders (or much within).
To quote a famous American patriot, “I have not yet begun to fight.”
So long as the right-wing politicians continue to suppport bigoted, boneheaded, and billionare-lovin’ policies, I’ll be here raising hell.
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That’s what I get for staying up past my bedtime.
I figure that Bush has got enough friends amongst old KGB spooks and corrupt media moguls around the world. He neither needs nor wants my support.
Even so, I’ll support him whenever he does something right. I’ll oppose him whenever he does something stupid or evil.
I’ve got no interest in “joining forces.” I’ve got an interest in the world’s being a better place, and think that the whole “joining forces” mentality creates many of the world’s worst ills.
Daniel
Of course I’ll accept GW as the President. He won, he’s in the office. What I won’t do is blindly support him. If Kerry won, I wouldn’t have blindly supported him either.
Saying that no Democrat would support any Republican is as inaccurate as saying no Republican would support any Democrat. As for myself, I vote for a person, not a party.
I accept that Bush is going to be president for four more years.
But since he refuses to accept that I am a human being worthy of equality and dignity, since he built his reelection campaign on destroying the lives of people like me, I will never support him. I will work day and night to thwart him, harm him, defeat him and ruin him. I will never give him an inch, never give him the benefit of the doubt.
And if something terrible should happen to him, since we now have four more years for the x0 curse to come into effect, well, the party will be at my place.
That’s a complex question. However it does illustrate one aspect of the administration’s behavior that drove me away from it. So in that sense, at least the question is instructive.
Join forces? Curious way of putting it, and I’m not sure what you mean. If you’re asking whether I will all at once become one of the “with us or against us” crowd, of course not. I wouldn’t have expected that from any Bush supporters had things gone differently yesterday, either. I’ll continue to uphold my civic responsibilities of keeping my elected officials honest and supporting worthy causes regardless of which party likes them best. I will continue to talk with people about issues where I think Bush is mistaken (Iraq) while also talking about those issues where I feel he has the right idea (multilateral NK talks).
But then, I’m a social liberal and economic moderate, so I don’t have to worry about party loyalty blinders because there is no party that truly espouses my viewpoint. I was originally for McCain in 2000 and voted against Bush primarily because of the virulence of his smear campaign against McCain. I was for Kerry this election because I felt Bush needed to be held accountable for the hasty Iraq decision that cost our country the valuable support we need so badly there now.
In short, yes, I do accept the fact that GWB is my current and next president. I accept it more than I did in 2000 because of the clear popular majority this time around. I said before the election to my friends and family that I would prefer a clear Bush victory over a hotly contested Kerry squeaker. My acceptance, however, does not absolve me of the right and responsibility to decide and take action on the issues I feel strongly about.
Does that answer your question?