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Well get used to it. A people that reelected George Bush, doesn't really have a lot of credit in that sense.

That's not fair, Eppie. Someones previous choices might not reflect his or her current opinion. People do learn from mistakes. Besides, iirc only one poster on this forum has ever acknowledged to have voted for Bush. Most people here might be Democrats, for all we know :whistling:

In all seriousness, though, choosing for Bush wasn't totally wrong for Americans. He might have been easily influenced, but he did plenty to stimulate US economy. For example, the reasons for the current financial crisis are complicated, but investors loosing faith now that Bush will leave has a part in it. He seems unpopular now, but that wasn't always the case. Not in the US. Sure, some of the things he did may proof unfavourable in the long run, but maybe not in his own view, be it a questionable view or not. And he didn't start or sustain the war in Iraq all by himself, either.

Also, many voters (American or not) will simply choose the candidate of their favorite political party. There is nothing wrong with that. And we Europeans must not forget that Democratic and Republic do *not* stand for Left and Right, as we know it. Those parties mostly differ in opinion on how to organize their government, not on political views. For example, if you are against Bureaucracy, you are expected to be Republican because those stand for less interference from a centralized government.