I trust this is not the general feeling in the US?

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the "silent" majority support our president in full.<br />this is hard to remember when his opponents, while<br />a small minority, are quite vocal. besides, news<br />organizations love to publish/broadcast these<br />controvercial statements in the hopes of higher<br />ratings/circulation.<br />MHO,<br />M.Y.
 
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Well, its certainly not the viewpoint from this American. <br /><br />If Kerry gets elected it will be the worst thing that could possibly happen to this country.<br /><br />For every news article you find to support Kerry there are others against him. I would hope to think that our American's abroad would educate themselves better on our candidates rather than just vote for Kerry just to keep Bush from winning the election.
 
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After 911 americans wanted to hurt someone. Bush tried peacefully to get Osama out of Afganistan. We invaded. Public opinion for bush shot to over 80 percent. In my view the only thing that Bush did wrong there is not do it fast enough. Americans have been worried about Saddam for years. Bush went in and took care of it. North Korea was a potential threat a year ago, but they arent bothering us as much anymore. I think they realize that we are not afraid of them.<br /><br />The economy is showing signs of coming back. We have proved to the world that we will not tolerate being pushed around. All of this happening behind the leadership of George Bush.
 
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Well said...<br /><br />The only thing that has me ruffled with Bush is the immigraton issue.<br /><br />I don't know if he's realized that if he lets that happen... It's over for him.<br /><br />Will I vote for him? Dunno. You have to weight the positives and negatives of what he has done.<br /><br />"Don't judge a man by what he is... Only by what he does"<br /><br />H.
 
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The only thing that has me ruffled with Bush is the immigraton issue.<br /><br />I don't know if he's realized that if he lets that happen... It's over for him.<br /><br />Will I vote for him? Dunno. You have to weight the positives and negatives of what he has done.<br /><br />"Don't judge a man by what he is... Only by what he does"<br /><br />H. <br /><br />My feelings exactly....
 
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Americans living abroad have to deal with the country's image on a daily basis. I understand that much of the world views us as arrogant bullies at worst, and gun-totin' cowboys at best. We don't see it that way; a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. <br /><br />I imagine that a "regime change" in Washington would ease the lives of U.S. expatriates somewhat. Not the case here at home - foreign policy has to compete for airtime with other issues.<br /><br />Personally, I could go along with the US as the world's policeman. But I'm not real comfortable with the US as the world's policeman, prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner. We need to proceed with caution.
 
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There is a lot of resentment in this country by some that Bush is president because of the election snafoo we ran into.<br /><br />These people HATE Bush and would rather see anyone in there but him. This movement is small relatively speaking but they do a good job of getting heard and making it appear the movement is larger than it actualy is.<br /><br />I suppose If Gore had come out on top there would be a similar movement against him.<br /><br />I dont know for sure.<br /><br />But what I do know is we could not have had a better president in the Whitehouse when $hit hit the fan. ;)
 
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LadyFish, The worst possible thing would be for Hillary to be elected :D
 
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Homer wrote:<br />
Well said...<br /><br />The only thing that has me ruffled with Bush is the immigraton issue.<br /><br />I don't know if he's realized that if he lets that happen... It's over for him.<br /><br />Will I vote for him? Dunno. You have to weight the positives and negatives of what he has done.<br /><br />"Don't judge a man by what he is... Only by what he does"<br />
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I too agree with this sentiment. One thing is for sure, Bush has certainly brought to light a polerization in this country. Many of those who would vote Democrat do so primarily to vote against Bush. I would say the same for many who would vote for Bush. They are actually voting against the liberal ideas of the Democratic party. <br /><br />I would be interested in hearing from any Democrats out there. If Bush's foreign policy were completely different and aligned with your vision of what our foreign policy should be, would you vote for him? Is this a vote against the policies of the administration, or a vote against the man.
 
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Amen to that Soulwinner.. :D <br /><br />Aside from bush being a pompus jackass and an extreemly liberal spender with a pitiful excuse for an "economic plan", he and his admins took us to war with iraq on a lie... (bad info from his cronies at the cia, yeah right :rolleyes: )<br /><br />Then this little issue about immigration...<br /><br /> He's gotta go bye bye...<br /><br />"small movement"? Must you all be reminded, bush, I believe (correct me if'n i'm wrong), is the only person in the history of the United States to win a presidential election, WITHOUT winning the popular vote... 500,000+ more voted for Gore... Who says the majority rules? Obviously did'nt happen here...<br /><br /> "Silent" majority my butt... :p
 
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1824<br />won popular vote: Andrew Jackson <br />won electoral vote: John Quincy Adams<br /><br />1876<br />won popular vote: Samuel Tilden<br />won electoral vote: Rutherford B Hayes<br /><br />1888<br />won popular vote: Grover Cleveland<br />won electoral vote: Benjamin Harrison<br /><br />2000<br />won popular vote: Al Gore<br />won electoral vote: George W. Bush
 
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Rock On JTEXAS,<br />Ya know, if Al Gore got more votes than Bush then why doesn't he run again? This time the results would be very clear to all those who don't understand our constitution.
 
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Only if Gore would have won his home state :D
 
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I am an expat - US citizen living in Ghana. I do hear a good bit of negative about our country and our president, but the people here were all excited about Clinton when he was in office. It doesn't take long, if you ask the right questions, to get them to be all excited about Bush. Unfortunately they are fed a good bit of liberal media and no conservative media, so there is no "balanced" reporting here. Therefore, you do get the "Ugly American" label - like I said, until you talk with them, explain a few things, and ask them what the more liberal side has really done for them.
 
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Well, aspeck, hopefully the people you deal with on a regular basis deal with you as an individual & don't try to blame you personally for all the perceived problems our govt causes them.<br /><br />Remember when Clinton defeated Bush the elder? I knew a surprising number of otherwise reasonable, rational people who were genuinely fearful for the future of the American Way Of Life. Personally I think there are much worse things than to have a Democratic white house to offset the Republican congress. Having been a staunch republican "party line" kind of voter at one time, I can tell you that my economy got a lot better during the Clinton administration (note: do not read that as an endorsement of any member of the Clinton family, or a criticism of any member of the Bush family or any other kind of shrubbery for that matter.)<br /><br />It also is my own personal opinion that in many cases, the office makes the man. Had 911 not have happened, I believe Bush would have gone down in history as a nondescript, unmemorable president. As it happened, when decisive action was required Mr. Bush stepped up to the plate and made the tough decisions. There might well be any number people from either party who could have done so, but all we know for sure is that Bush actually did.
 
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"small movement"? Must you all be reminded, bush, I believe (correct me if'n i'm wrong), is the only person in the history of the United States to win a presidential election, WITHOUT winning the popular vote... 500,000+ more voted for Gore... Who says the majority rules? Obviously did'nt happen here...<br />
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Snapper, correct me if I'm wrong, but a candidate can not be elected to office with the "popular vote"(total population),...only by the "Electorial vote"(winner of each state gets whatever the electorates allowed for that state).<br /><br />Bush won, stop the recounting silly its embarasing..... :D <br /><br />Send a thread of what your ballot looks like this time around and I'll be glad to help out you folks in West Palm. So yas dont vote for the wrong man again,....geez! :D
 
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Odd.. Such a nice young man... Come on an help the old farts get the hang of them new fangled touch screens on election day.... :p <br /><br />Better yet, go to dade county and make sure no dead folks are casting a ballot or folks voting twice.... :eek: :p
 
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Anyone who is President will be, to an extent, rembered for how he handled the promblems that were presented while he held the office. Has Bush done well? That will be debated countless times until Nov. I know this, IMHO, Mr Bush has restored some amount of dignity and respectability to the office of President. Now, if I could just get one ride on Marine One :D
 
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snapper... :D
 
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