Are you amazed that Bush is still alive?

[Vesayen]

I have to say, besides Lincoln he is possibly the most hated president in American history. Perhaps it is because it is late but I can not think of any president who has ever been hated SO PASSIONATLEY by so many people-not neccesarily a majority of Americans, but I doubt so many people have ever hated a president so much before.


THAT SAID..... I am still completley shocked the man is breathing!

Now that I would put a bullet into him but as far as we know, NO ONE EVEN HAS TRIED!

I am *SHOCKED* that after 6 years of this lunatics mistakes and all th anger he has generated, he has not been assasinated... no one even tried that we know about!

Who else is shocked that almost 6 years later, he is still breathing?

[MrFun]

I completely, thoroughly despise his bigoted beliefs about gays, his deceivements and incompetent mistakes with Iraq, his economic proposals that favor the upper class and corporations, and so forth.


But those who wish to put a bullet to our president has no understanding how a republic democracy works. We decide rulers with ballots, not bullets.

[Vesayen]

....unless the supreme court intervines? Come on MrFun, your a smart guy, you know between all the corruption, jerry(sp?) mandering and party politics, Americans really have little to do with our goverment.

[SlowwHand]

Both of your IP's have been turned over to Homeland Security for terrorist incitation.

[MrFun]

Where did I imply or claim that our government is free of corruption and free of crooked politicians?

I still have memory of the 2000 election but that is a lesser evil than an assassination.

[Urban Ranger]

The reason for this is Cheney is worse.

[Zkribbler]

Reagan's policies were more repulsive than Bush's.

Bush has the added insurance policy of having Dick Chaney as Vice President. Who'd ever want to give him a promotion?

[Vesayen]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Both of your IP's have been turned over to Homeland Security for terrorist incitation.

LOL Slowwhand.



MrFun, it isn't about someone wanting to kill him for political change... I don't mean an organized group. I mean one really angry citizen taking him out.

I am surprised some really anti bush fanatic has not taken a shot at him by now.

Has there EVER been a president so hated in American history?

Maybe it is because it is late... but I can't think of one.




Reagans policies were worse, but was he as hated? Nope. He didn't involve us in any large military conflicts which are a pre-requisite for the level of rage needed.

I don't even think Nixon was as genuinley hated-his sleeze seemed distant to many people and did not draw actual outrage.

[mrmitchell]

Wasn't there some guy who ran out onto the white house lawn in early early 2001 and started spraying bullets into the air?

[MrFun]

Yeah there was, mitchell.

[Az]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
The reason for this is Cheney is worse.

That was ****ing evil, UR.

[Mr. Harley]

The other factor is that gun enthusiasts are disproportionately Republican. To get past the Secret Service you are going to need either a huge amount of luck (individual assassin with a handgun) or you are going to need someone who can hit a man-sized target at I would guess at least 500 yards. That means a gun enthusiast, and one of the largest groups of people who practice that are those who shoot prairie dogs for fun, and the military. Neither group is that likely to produce an assassin going after Bush.

It also may be tempermental. The mindset for a truly successful varmint/bench rest/sniper includes delayed gratification, patience, etc. Those traits are going to make a person more likely to have a successful life, which is inversely proportional to your willingness to face the needle to kill the President, IMHO. So it self-selects, at the same time. Combining both factors makes it an outside probability, especially when you add in the Secret Service.

[Proteus_MST]

Originally posted by Vesayen

LOL Slowwhand.

MrFun, it isn't about someone wanting to kill him for political change... I don't mean an organized group. I mean one really angry citizen taking him out.

I am surprised some really anti bush fanatic has not taken a shot at him by now.

Has there EVER been a president so hated in American history?

Maybe it is because it is late... but I can't think of one.

Reagans policies were worse, but was he as hated? Nope. He didn't involve us in any large military conflicts which are a pre-requisite for the level of rage needed.

I don't even think Nixon was as genuinley hated-his sleeze seemed distant to many people and did not draw actual outrage.

Could someone possibly do it?
When Bush visited Mainz (Germany) the security measures were extremly high. A large area of Mainz (where Bush would pass through) was cordoned off by police and only a few citizens where allowed into the area (of course not the Anti Bush protesters )
People who lived within this area where told not even to stick their head out of the window or they would risk a bullet into the head by Bushs security guards.

Of course I don´t know if the security measures within the USA are the same or if they are stricter iof Bush visits other (hostile ) countries.
In germany it would be futile, even suicidal, to try to shoot Bush

[DinoDoc]

Copy cat thread.

[Jon Miller]

no..

but if the two term ammendment is struck down

and it seems possible that voter fraud is going to give him a third term

then I tihnk an attempt would be probable

JM