Absolutely. I always liked him, just didn't think he made a good president. But honestly, I've come home to the idea that history will prove that was he has done is right, and the Democrats are undeniably treasonous.
Lincoln was incredibly unpopular in his time, too.
If after all the unethical crap he has pulled you still refuse to see him for the lying criminal he is then we will still never have any end to any debate we would get into.
What follows is not my opinion. It's a part of the history of how Bush has molded our government to suit the needs of his cronies and reduced the ability of our government to serve its citizens. This list would be longer but it's late and I'm tired.
Bush apointments:
David Lauriski -- an ex-mining company executive --- was nominated to post of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health.
Dirk Arthur Kempthorne -- environmental groups characterized him as someone who has "almost always favored changing laws like the
Endangered Species Act and the
Safe Drinking Water Act to make them more favorable to commercial interests.
Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the Interior. She believes in
free market environmentalism and opposes recycling.
Gale Norton --- Secretary for the Department of the Interior from 2001 - 2006. Norton, a land development advocate and former lawyer at Mountain States Legal Foundation, an anti-environmental law firm, was strongly opposed by environmental groups and others largely because of her support for drilling in Alaska's delicate Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a way to explore for oil and gas.
W. David Hager -- a controversial doctor who has authored books about Christ's abilities to heal specific women's illnesses through prayer, to the Food and Drug Administration's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee. The committee, which plays an important role in shaping women's health policy, is slated to review hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women???an issue that some suspect conservatives want to hijack in order to cast doubt on the safety of birth-control pills. Hager, who assisted the Christian Medical Association with a "citizen's petition" asking the FDA to override the ruling that approved RU-486, has written that it is "'dangerous' to compartmentalize life into 'categories of Christian truth and secular truth'." It was also reported that Hager would not prescribe contraceptives to unmarried women in his private practice.
Jerry Thacker --Bush nominated an extremist who called AIDS the "Gay Plague" to the Presidential Advisory Commission on HIV and AIDS. He is a right-wing evangelical Christian who has called AIDS the "gay plague". Although Thacker withdrew his name from consideration on Jan. 23, shortly after his deplorable comments came to light, many questions remain about his nomination. Thacker???who attended Bob Jones University, which until recently banned interracial dating???has also called homosexuality a "deathstyle".
Bush's Iran-Contra Affair appointees:
1.) Elliott Abrams an assistant secretary of state under Reagan, pleaded guilty in 1991 to two counts of withholding evidence from Congress (i.e., lying) over his role in the Iran-Contra affair. Bush I pardoned him; Bush II has appointed him to the National SecurityCouncil as director of its office for democracy, human rights and international operations. The post requires no Senate approval.
2.) John Negroponte as ambassador to Honduras from 1981-85, covered up human rights abuses by the CIA-trained Battalion 316. He is Bush's choice for U.S. ambassador to the U.N. and, as Extra! went to press, was expected to clear Senate confirmation hearings.
3.) Admiral John Poindexter in Iran Contra Affair was found guilty of multiple felony counts for conspiracy, obstruction of justice, lying to Congress, defrauding the government, and the alteration and destruction of evidence, convictions reversed. Bush has appointed him Director of the Information Awareness Office.
Sources: Wiki, US office of budget management, US Dept of the Interior.
No person of ethical character would make these appointments when there are such obvious conflicts of interest between the people appointed and the needs of the American public.
