[Archived] American Presidential Elections

[Rovermatt]

Edwards is out which is a shame but it makes sense to stop blowing money on a lost cause. He would make an excellent VP though his record in that position is questionable as he failed to carry either of the Carolinas in the last election in spite of the fact he's the most southern person you can imagine, lacking only a grey uniform, a big hat and a horse with a quaint name.

[American]

... he's the most southern person you can imagine, lacking only a grey uniform, a big hat and a horse with a quaint name.

Most southern people don't get $400 haircuts....

[Rovermatt]

True. Still he proves that not all rich, white southerners are complete gits.

[Scotty]

Hilary Clinton seems to be the most intelligent of the candidates imo. An intelligent American president would make a nice change.

[neekoy]

If I had a vote, I have to say it would be going to John Edwards. He has consistently impressed me and his policies and ideals are very much in keeping with my own.

And he can speak to the dead, so that has to be a plus.

[Rovermatt]

Eh?

[American]

There is a psychic named John Edwards.

And Hillary isn't as intelligent as she thinks she is. I can go on with other reasons she'd be a bad president (always pandering to the Jewish lobbies, so there goes any chance of a brokered peace in the Middle East - she won't be tough enough on Israel to get them to go along with anything they deem iffy).

[Bazzanotsogreat]

There is a psychic named John Edwards.

And Hillary isn't as intelligent as she thinks she is. I can go on with other reasons she'd be a bad president (always pandering to the Jewish lobbies, so there goes any chance of a brokered peace in the Middle East - she won't be tough enough on Israel to get them to go along with anything they deem iffy).

Agree- Clinton always postured as being much tougher on the Jewish lobby and much more pro Palestine than his predecessors. The truth was that under Clinton US aid to Israel actually increased. Cant see this changing under his wife.

[philipl]

One of the most interesting developments is the way that John McCain has emerged as the almost certain Republican nominee. He has quietly rescued the Republican Party from the God botherers and the neocon freaks and the one candidate who chopped and trimmed to fit in, Mitt Romney, is the one who fought and lost. As opposed to Giuliani who made the tactical blunder of not fighting at all!

At least the Republicans are going to spare America the horror of another version of "W", easily one of the worst American Presidents in history.

[Rovermatt]

Surely the worst?

[broadsword]

Well, there's been quite a few presidents, I wouldn't know.

But let's just say they'd have to go some to outdo Bush for sheer incompetence.

[Rovermatt]

The most terrifying thing is that he got re-elected.

[Flopsy]

yeah but Kerry was a rubbish candidate

[Rovermatt]

But he was up against George Bush...

[American]

But my taxes are lower....

[USRoverME]

But it was John Kerry, Rovermatt.... believe it or not, Bush was the lesser of two evils.

[Rovermatt]

But my taxes are lower....

Can't argue with that.

[awhom111]

But it was John Kerry, Rovermatt.... believe it or not, Bush was the lesser of two evils.

Agreed...

I sleep a lot better at night knowing that neither Al Gore nor John Kerry have ever had the chance to run this country...

[Rovermatt]

So you don't lose sleep that George Bush is at the wheel?!

[Bazzanotsogreat]

The problem is Matt is that you are basing your opinion solely on Bush’s failed foreign policy. Whilst I agree that the neo-con FP has been disastrous , fp only constitutes a fraction of what a president has to do. The only people that can truly tell us how/good or bad a president has been, is the citizens of the US.

[philipl]

Can you see any blue numbers in the right hand column?

I think the US citizens agree with the rest of the world on the subject of George W Bush's total incompetence.

Just to be helpful- if you scroll down far enough, the citizens of San Diego narrowly gave him a positive rating back in 2005. All the other 499 most recent opinion polls in the USA have given him negative ratings with most of the recent ones showing over 30% margins for disapproval.

[Bazzanotsogreat]

Can you see any blue numbers in the right hand column?

I think the US citizens agree with the rest of the world on the subject of George W Bush's total incompetence.

Just to be helpful- if you scroll down far enough, the citizens of San Diego narrowly gave him a positive rating back in 2005. All the other 499 most recent opinion polls in the USA have given him negative ratings with most of the recent ones showing over 30% margins for disapproval.

This is a "two term" US president, who is a lame duck those figures would correlate with the fact that he has been in power for nearly 8 years. I agree that his foreign policy has been a disaster. But to make the claim that he is the worst president the country has ever had based on foreign policy alone is an extremely tough call.

On that premise was Johnson a worse president than Bush?

[philipl]

They correlate with a total flop. The earliest of those polls is three years old.

[Bazzanotsogreat]

They correlate with a total flop. The earliest of those polls is three years old.

No doubt but he was re-elected after-all. Its a major call to state that he is the worst presdent the US has ever-had, surely it takes more evidence & analysis than one-failed piece of FP as evidence to decide this.

[Rovermatt]

The problem is Matt is that you are basing your opinion solely on Bush’s failed foreign policy.

No, I'm not.

It's amazing how he's getting off lightly with regard to the Katrina situation in Louisiana.