[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by scottw

this is all Bush's fault...things would be much much better right now if that pillar of honesty and integrity had won, I mean, hadn't been cheated out of the presidency in 2000.....

I'm not saying this is all on Bush's shoulders. However, what I am saying is that these tactics shouldn't surprise anyone. This is the new method of pushing policy. With 24-hour "news" stations to push polarized agendas, death and destruction stir up the masses and build ratings.

If this was a real democracy, an electoral college would not exist and Bush wouldn't have won that election. Bush never would have been in Office to get almost single-digit approval ratings and Obama never would have been able to develop the support to be president.