# NON-US dopers. A poll. Do you dislike Bush **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 4, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585 "2003-06-04T13:35:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![WaryEri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ea666f/32.png) [@WaryEri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WaryEri)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/81 "2003-06-08T18:53:22Z")
Canadian. He frightens me and I don’t trust he or his motives. His inner circle scares me far more, though. Rumsfeld is an evil little man, and Cheney probably bleeds money if he knicks himself shaving. They managed to corrupt or coerce a man I did respect, Colin Powell, which bothers me too. He makes my mother sick to her stomach, but she always did take the whole liberal thing farther than I do. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/82 "2003-06-09T00:31:00Z")
Aussie. George Bush is a very bad man. ---
**Author:** ![gmarkstephens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gmarkstephens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gmarkstephens)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/83 "2003-06-09T02:11:21Z")
I am a United States citizen so I don’t count in this, but I don’t trust him or like him at all. I long for the days when the leader of this country is lying about getting a hummer rather than lying about reasons for going to war. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/84 "2003-06-09T02:59:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tastycorn \* > \*\*Ahhhh!!! Too many windows open. > > Admin, please delete. > > Sorry sorry sorry \*\* No, I think I’ll just throw this little rant fest disguised as a poll into the BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![jesleigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jesleigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesleigh)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/85 "2003-06-09T03:25:58Z")
American here…I like him. I like the fact that he has carried through on the issues that got him voted in…such as making partial birth abortions more difficult (after all, that is what he did. Parital birth more difficult, not abortion in general as some want to think). I would feel better if they find WMD in Iraq, but I think Saddam should have been taken out years ago and the liberated Iraqies dancing in the street with joy just strengthens that belief. I can’t wait till 2004 so we can vote him right back in. I respect him, and it is nice to have a president I share views with and not one that is too busy playing with cigars to get the job done. Thanks for listening, and you are free to tell me why my beliefs are wrong now. ---
**Author:** ![Vote\_Bakunin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ce7236/32.png) [@Vote\_Bakunin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vote_Bakunin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/86 "2003-06-09T04:52:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by qts \* > \*\*UK/Bedfordshire. > > I think Bush is much under-rated. He seems to be a straight-talker which confuses people who expect politicians to double-talk. His verbal mistakes don’t help. > > Like Reagan, he’s the right man at the right time. Just as Reagan had the guts to stand up to and so initiated the fall of the Soviet Empire, so Bush has had the guts to and so initiated the fall of radical Muslim culture. > > Now, when America speaks, the world **will** listen. Just like the UK after the Falklands War. > > **Vote Bakunin** , Bush hasn’t just acted tough, he’s followed through. He has shown that he and America are worthy of respect. And if the worst you can throw at him is that a museum got looted - by Iraqis, not Americans - then that speaks for itself. \*\* (1) Or he could just be simple. Intelligence and articularity are not synonymous with double talk. (2) I always confess at the outset that I was wrong about Reagan. He may have been a domestic policy monster and Star Wars may have been an expensive flop, but he did have a vital role in the fall of State Communism. If you want to look at the ‘right time’ elements then it becomes clear that he didn’t do it alone. There was the wonderful Gorbachev working from within. And people power had a large hand in tearing down walls as well. Do I think that Bush may one day be retrocongratulated for making us safe against Moslem fanatics? Well I don’t think starting a war; effectively making a preemptive strike against the wishes of the world community and on illegal grounds (no WMD no right to invade Iraq Q.E.D unless you think the US can be big cop that decides it can override a sovereign nation’s rights on a whim or on the basis of internal human rights abuses. If it can do so then I think we should ratify it and be assured of what this might mean) (3) Other nations have been listening to America all along. Listening as it hypocritically rails against abuses that it commits, listening as it threatens them with its military or commecial might, listening as it tells them what kind of government they can have, who they can trade with, how much of the world economy they can access. America has always been great at speaking for its position. What it has not been so good at it is listening to the views of others. There is no country in the world more puffed up and downright pleased with itself. Why do you think its necessary that we listen more than we already do? Are we not drinking our Coke or munching our MacDonalds fast enough? Are we not adopting Americanisms into our language sufficiently well or falling in behind each succeeding US administration with quite the same goofy admiration and incessant support as we once did? Let someone else get a word in for edgewise for a change! (3a) In any case, it’s a pretty lousy reason for listening to someone: “If’n you don’t listen real good I’ma gonna blow shit in yore country up, y’unnerstan’” (4) Oh I know antiquities that have been preserved for thousands of years are of no account compared to today’s priorities. There’s a certain US administration’s oil profits to be considered after all.:rolleyes: More Iraqis looting than Americans :-I Ah, well that’s alright then. Though strangely statistics have shown that there were also more Americans looting at the LA riots than there were Iraqis. I think you’ll find that the warnings to the Bush adminstration weren’t against the threat of a particular demographic looting priceless art treasures; just the overall prospect of it happening given the projected level of bombing/chaos and lack of guards. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/87 "2003-06-09T04:57:57Z")
I find it interesting that Czarcasm believes that a poll isn’t a poll if 9 out of 10 respondents check off the ‘extreme dislike’ box. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/88 "2003-06-09T05:01:32Z")
Australian. Uneasiness and mistrust. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/89 "2003-06-09T05:47:42Z")
Canada-- When he was running I took some cold comfort in the naive belief that his demonstrable ignorance of even the most rudimentary aspects of international affairs meant that, if elected, at worst it would mean a much more insular administration which would only be disastrous at the domestic level. If I disliked him any more I’d be writing letters of encouragement to John Hinckley Jr. ---
**Author:** ![MusicJunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@MusicJunkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicJunkie)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/90 "2003-06-09T05:49:43Z")
I don’t like him and have not met a single person here in Brazil that does. Even from people that supported the war. There are some public figures that like him I suppose but I can’t honestly remenber any opposition politician or celebrity that did. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/91 "2003-06-09T05:57:08Z")
I hate him, beause most of his decisions are gonna end up costing us a lot. And some of them already do. I am Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/92 "2003-06-09T06:19:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by censored \* > \*\*American popping in - why does there seem to be an opinion that he is ‘short’? He seems tall to me. Unless this is just a baseless insult because there’s nothing better to use… > > \ \*\* He’s [5’ 11"](http://www.campvishus.org/PresRelHtAff.htm) – shorter than Clinton, taller than Carter. ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/93 "2003-06-09T07:30:04Z")
Dislike and fear him. Kiwi living in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/94 "2003-06-09T07:45:45Z")
Australia. Can’t stand him or the rest of the administration. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/95 "2003-06-09T09:21:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\*No, I think I’ll just throw this little rant fest disguised as a poll into the BBQ Pit. \*\* That was not the intention but fair enough. So polls can only be postive then? ---
**Author:** ![IcicleFuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@IcicleFuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcicleFuzz)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/96 "2003-06-09T09:36:55Z")
Aussie. Scares the everloving fuck out of me that Bush is the leader of the most powerful nation on earth. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/97 "2003-06-09T09:39:10Z")
English. I repeatedly find myself astonished and terrified that Bush is the president of the world’s largest superpower. I often find myself asking how the hell he got to be president. Very strong negative. ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/98 "2003-06-09T09:40:56Z")
Ireland. I think he’s none too bright. It’s scary when you realise how many Americans think “he’s okay !”… ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/99 "2003-06-09T09:50:19Z")
The man is a blot on your nation. It’s utterly shameful that such a limited being can become President. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585/100 "2003-06-09T09:52:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimbo \* > \*\*That was not the intention but fair enough. > > So polls can only be postive then? \*\* To be fair, you did start with the phrase “I hate and distrust the fucker.” which seems more like a pit phrase than a poll. With regards to the poll, he seems likeable enough as a person, but my massive revulsion at his policies as well as his dubious advisors & running mate all combine to make me dislike and fear him as a president. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-a-poll-do-you-dislike-bush/179585.md?page=6)