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Re: Bush Booed at Inauguration...
When I saw him throw out the first pitch at the National's game and he got booed, I laughed. This wasn't as funny. I don't like him in any way shape or form, and I won't miss him, but it does suck to take that job and then get booed by millions of people, probably all of which have no idea how difficult it is.
Oh well, GObama.Funny stuff goes in this area right?Comment
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Nobody enters a presidency expecting to exit with a sullied track record. The President makes decisions that he believes will best benefit the nation as a whole. Whether or not his choices succeed depends much on factors outside his immediate influence. The President's job, then, is to manipulate odds, not to dictate outcomes. Though the reaction at the inauguration may have served to clearly demonstrate the widespread dissent with the policies of the last two terms, it also served to display the threshold for public composure, which in its current state falls far below standards that any reasonable individual would set. It seems that many constituents are ready to receive but not to give, almost as if it's the President's tacit duty to be a wellspring of prosperity. Nonetheless, risk and gain coexist; you can't have one without the other. Unfortunately, not enough people seem to recognize this fact, and what would have otherwise been a joyous occasion was tarnished by a smear of ill-bred contempt.Comment
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Yes, booing is unreasonable. Next thing you know people will start criticizing him publicly!
Jesus **** man it's not like they pelted him with shoes. Publicly and nonviolently expressing dissatisfaction with the President is reasonable discourse. Is it "classy"? Maybe not. But it's definitely not unreasonable or unexpected for a guy with the lowest public opinion polls since Nixon.He who angers you conquers you. ~Elizabeth KennyComment
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I'm not exactly saying it was unreasonable, but that it was unnecessary. The former President doesn't need a reminder. He's well aware of public opinion, and rubbing it in isn't going to change any of the decisions he made. In any case, it's more about being tolerant than being classy.Comment
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The problem with that idea is that the point of Bush being there wasn't a "Bush leaving office" ceremony. It was a "Obama sworn in" ceremony. Their focus shouldn't have been so negative... in fact, they should have been expressing glee at the idea of him being out of office if they hate him so much.
All things aside, yes, freedom to express one's self is a great thing, but that doesn't mean one still cannot be prone to expressing one's self immaturely. I don't think anyone is saying that they shouldn't be free to do what they did, just that they should have known better than to do what they did.
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Ok, then why was Bush leaving office during Obama's "sworn in" ceremony? Have him leave office before the Inauguration. Simple.
Seriously, they knew this would happen. Who voted for Obama? Mostly Democrats. Who attended the inauguration? Mostly Democrats. Who hates Bush the most? Democrats. Actually, non-Republicans.
Wow, I think I just blew my mind.
Sometimes I wish I were Republican so I could see why people like a president who managed to destroy the entire world in just eight years.Comment
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in 2000, only about 17.9% of the American public voted for Bush
in 2004, only about 20.6% of the American public voted for Bush
in 2008, only about 23.2% of the American public voted for Obama
I'm not seeing more than half in these numbers...
figures are just estimates. 2000 popular vote divided by 2000 census.
2004 and 2008 percentages are from popular vote divided by 300 million people. so of course the numbers arn't accurate but they are somewhat close.
just because a president won the election, it doesn't mean more than half the american people voted for him. Half the population didn't/cant vote.
ps someone flame me pleeasseeee
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Nitpicking
I'm pretty sure everyone meant half of the people that voted.
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Not gonna flame, but we both made a mistake here. I misused 'American public' in my first post and you took my mistake as such and ran away with it in a really literal sense.in 2000, only about 17.9% of the American public voted for Bush
in 2004, only about 20.6% of the American public voted for Bush
in 2008, only about 23.2% of the American public voted for Obama
I'm not seeing more than half in these numbers...
figures are just estimates. 2000 popular vote divided by 2000 census.
2004 and 2008 percentages are from popular vote divided by 300 million people. so of course the numbers arn't accurate but they are somewhat close.
just because a president won the election, it doesn't mean more than half the american people voted for him. Half the population didn't/cant vote.
ps someone flame me pleeasseeee
I meant to say American eligible voters which would change your statistics drastically. I thought I was implying that I wasn't talking about everyone under 18 who can't vote, and those that abstained.
Oh hey, blu. =)Comment
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Sorry Squeek, I credit you as too intelligent to sink to that level. You'll just have to accept your natural inability to think like a moron.
I personally think he should have been thrown out of office, but hey, we'll just conveniently gloss over everything.
I like how it was like "oh god we got attacked, let's do whatever the government says and give away all our liberties, despite our cries in the name of freedom" and then it was like "yes, kill those ****ing negro arab fags, they did it all" then it was "wait why are we not winning a war against an ideal?" and then it was "oh wait that was a bad idea" and that turned into "what *** would think of getting into a war like that? wow, crazy people these days" and now, we wonder how we just, as if by magic, just happened to stumble into all this mess by accident. It took 8 years of conscious decisions. Nobody spun the bottle, rolled the dice, or picked from a hat. Everybody is accountable, and nobody is innocent. Any time we accept what has been handed down from the government, we are complicit in what arises. But won't worry, we'll find a way to screw up again and conveniently make excuses for everything..
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Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way."
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ok people no one how WE elected deserves to get booed off the stage. you guys are pathetic. I will laugh at your face when obama F*CKS up the country even more.
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Originally Posted by jewpinthethird[link]:
"If you get stung by enough bees you turn into a bee,
because the venom gets into the blood stream which
spreads bee DNA throughout your entire body...
changing your genetic structure into a bee's.
Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way."
Originally Posted by MrRubix[link]:
"Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?"
Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz[link]:
"My pity-sex depreciates at a rate of 5% annually."Comment
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Re: Bush Booed at Inauguration...
Thaor are you really ThaorComment
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Re: Bush Booed at Inauguration...
WE as a country voted on Bush.
How would you feel if you got a bad grade on your report card and everyone booed you because you got a bad grade.
He may have done some bad things but being President is a huge deal and a lot of pressure is put on him to make the right choice. If Bush pleased one side of the people then he wouldn't please another side. Every decision he makes only pleases one side of America, the left or the right. If we didn't go to war in Iraq who knows what could be happening right now. We could be thriving and not it this "recession" or we could be being bomb left and right. You need to think about what COULD happen.
Don't call me retarded for having different political views then you. Especially because i can see both sides of it while your sitting over there completely oblivious to the consequences that could happen if we go the other way. I wish you could be banned from this forum for being ignorant.Comment
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