Your Opinions (Now) on the President?

borgslayer · **Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:30 pm Your Opinions (Now) on the President?**

I want to hear what you think of the President and if you think he has done a good job, fair job, or a bad one. On running the economy, the government, and the war in Iraq.

Arellia · **Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:33 pm**

I'm goin' with fair. I think he has good intentions, don't get me wrong, but the border thing he did awful on, and Iraq was more bloody (on our side) than it needed to be. The economy... well... if we get through this gas thing, he'll have done alright.

PrankishSmart · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:23 am**

If it wasn't for the iraq war, I think he would have been a good president.

madlilnerd · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:21 am**

He's an idiot. A complete and utter idiot. How he got voted in twice I'll never know.

Starbuck · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:33 am**

He only got voted in once, actually. The first time around, with all the vote counting in Florida... yeah, I found it ironic that his campaigne (sp) manager was incharge of the recount.... but this isn't the place for that argument

I think he had good intentions, but they just didn't work out.

Alucard · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:24 am**

he did a good job with Katrina... It's not his fault he couldn't get help there immediatly. But he got it as fast as he could.

Starbuck · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:39 am**

Well, they knew for awhile that Katrina was comming, and you mean to tell me, that a couple school districts couldn't take a couple of days off, and send the school busses to help evacuate the poor people who couldn't afford to get themselves out?

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Alucard · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:22 am**

Arellia · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:42 am**

IntrepidIsMe · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 10:45 am**

I'd say hes done a fair job, all in all. Not exactly great, but not bad either.

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LightningBoy · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:42 pm**

LightningBoy · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:47 pm**

You've got to be kidding. You want to look at ineptness, look at the loudmouth mayor of New Orleans who had a fund to enforce and rebuild the levies about a year ago, and he used to money to help fund a new Casino in the area. The governor of the state could've gotten everyone out of New Orleans, when 4 days before it hit, they said it was going that way. The local government was illprepared, and then they whine to the feds to dig them out (which they've done a fine job doing thus far).

You want to look at the failures, look at Louisiana's state and local government.

LightningBoy · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:51 pm**

Theresa · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:15 pm**

Like Syd said, getting the people out before hand was the mayor's and governor's jobs. They failed.
That said, I don't think that Bush handled Katrina that well. Of course, I also don't blame him for it. You have all of these black politicians, newscasters saying that response was slow because it was primarily black people. I suppose the "poor gangs" stealing weapons and turning sniper on those there to help them affected anything...
So, yeah, Bush means well, and I really think his goal is to help the people, but... he's got a ways to go.

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Puck · The Texan Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 5596

I think you can put some blame on all government levels. Yes FEMA did a *beep* job. I can understand how it would take a while to get men actually to New Orleans, but as for food and supplies...how hard is an air-drop? Of course, at the same time, if New Orleans has been planning this for years, and planning to use the Superdome in such a manner, why didn't they actually prepare the Superdome before hand and stock it with supplies?

I don't have the actual article or anything, I have read so many lately I can't remember where I actually heard this, but the news was saying that the plan for the eight district of New Orleans was to give enforement 87 water bottles. There plan for a district of the city was to have 87 water bottles? Does that even fit the definition of the word 'plan'?

Finally, I was hearing somewhere, that the the winds actually in the city of New Orleans only reached about 100-110 mph, with gusts I am sure, but still. That is classified as about a level 2 hurricane. The levees were supposed to withstand a category 3.

You can blame practically every government official involved in this for something, and in time, we do need to figure out blame, and take a very in depth look at those. However, right now, I really don't think is the time for bitching, and pointing fingers.

teya · Commander Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 423

^ The thread is about what we think of Bush's presidency. His response to this disaster is an illustration of why I think it sucks.

If we can't use this as a reason yet, then I suggest that those saying his response was terrific should also be chided for "pointing fingers."

Puck · The Texan Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Posts: 5596

teya · Commander Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 423

^ Again, you're saying its okay to use his response to the hurricane as an example of why he's a good president, but it's "silly" for someone with *experience* in disaster prevention and response to use it as an example of an inept presidency.

Obviously, I disagree.

Theresa · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:24 pm**

Sunday was bad, but Monday was when the levees broke, and all hell broke loose.

Aaaaanyway, don't want the mods of this section to yellz at me,

Kasey · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:08 pm**

I don't point any fingers at Bush. He did ok. I feel sorry for the people, My prayers are with them.

Republican_Man · **Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:53 pm**

He has done a good job on almost everything, minus illegal immigration, in my opinion, although there are some here-and-there things that I don't think he's done well, I'm sure.