Everything else aside, do you find Bush to be personally "LIKABLE"?

[UdoKier]

Politics, competence, etc. aside, do you find Bush to be personally "LIKABLE"?

Personally, I just don't see it.

[kwyjibo]

1. you forgot to include EVIL.

He seems very charming and charismatic at times.. but I'm sure Satan does too.

[UdoKier]

3. That's the funny thing - I've NEVER detected ANY charm or charisma.

A lot of other people see it. I NEVER detected anything likable about him.

[Nimrod]

2. Why sure!

I also like roadkill, trips to the dentist, and dirty diapers strapped to my head.

[dogtag]

4. The one and only time he's come off as remotely likable

was, of all things, at the Clinton portrait unveiling. He seemed almost human.

[noiretextatique]

5. this "likeable" thing is bull

he's not charming or interesting, or articulate or funny. he's completely unlikeable.

[jdj]

44. Disingenuous and target for projection. Redneck Horatio Alger

fans who don't know about his cheerleading past see themselves in him.

I didn't watch the debates, I can't stand him so much. I read the transcripts.

[supernova]

6. No, I intensely dislike

the anti intellectual attitude he displays, whereas I'm all about the intellect, baby.

So the good ole boy routine makes me want to pass him right by.

[Mz Pip]

11. My feelings, too

Bush does not strike me as stupid, but he is an intellectually lazy SOB. This down home, "plain spoken" clap trap may have had some merit in the wild wild west but even then I suspect our presidents were considerably more well versed in history and current events than Bush.

I find a man much more "likable" when he stretches himself intellectually and continues to push his limits. Bush absobes knowledge like a piece of granite absorbs water. It's not appealing.

I don't even think he's cute.

MzPip
:dem:

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

7. It's more than that

He is the epitome of every single person I have ever hated in my life--boss, cop, frat boy, jock, the worst of American authoritarian gang-rape culture.

[Clobbersaurus]

8. C'mon now guys... he has quite a charming way of...

combining ignorance, arrogance, bigotry, psychotic tendencies, and self delusion into an incredible potpourri of facism that is the model of success of young neo-cons worldwide. A true inspiration.

But seriously... I'd rather spend an hour locked in a trunk with a rabid wolverine than 5 minutes in the same room as that man.

[donkeyotay]

29. hilareous... choose your weasel! I'll take the one in the trunk

I can't detect anything likeable about the fraud. Like so many other Rovian lies, this one gains its credence through being told so many times.

A piquant zest for militarism combined with a careless disregard for the rule of law, draped in the flag, drizzled in quagmire - that's what the style-conscious neo-fascist is wearing.

:hi:

[Jacobin]

9. He a spoiled necrotic scumbag. I'd rather spend time with Charles Manson

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Me neither...

he's the guy you see in a bar getting drunker and louder and daring you not to be his friend. But you see no reason to be his friend.

When the fight starts, he'll be in the middle of it, even if he's just trying to duck out of the way. He might, though, try to recover his manhood by clocking someone from behind with a 2x4.

[Kanary]

12. Indubitably! But, then, I *like* venomous vipers...... ^_^

[ismnotwasm]

13. Not even remotely

In fact, until the debates, I didn't pick up on how strong his creep vibes actually were, I mean I KNEW he was a murderous thug and all that. But I have a finely honed sense of the creepy human vibe (for lack of a better word) I would cross the street to avoid him even I didn't know what complete sociopath he is

[MS68]

14. Yeah...what everybody else said

I also find it disconcerting that a guy that comes from a wealthy family never had enough interest in the rest of the world to visit a foreign country before he became president. Scary!

I also don't want a president that I would feel comfortable "having a beer with". I want a president that is smarter, more educated and more articulate than myself. I want to know that he will represent our country well out in the world and make brilliant decisions.

Did you see the footage of him meeting with the Pope? I've never seen two people look more uncomfortable in my life than he and Laura did. You can't even put a dignified, engaged expression on your face at least for the sake of the cameras when you're meeting with the pope?

[Mandate My Ass]

15. No, not even a little bit, even when he smiles it's out of meanness

and usually at someone else's expense. He's a sociopath through and through and while some of them have a glib surface charm, I don't see one bit of it in him.

[Berserker]

16. I find

my dog "LIKABLE" but he would not make a good president. But I would still bet he could kick smirks ass in a one on one debate.

[Not Me]

17. For the life of me, I can never understand this claim.

I don't understand why anyone would find him "likeable".

I'd much rather 'have a beer' with someone who's intelligent and compassionate; someone who lives life with a sense of passion and purpose, who genuinely wants to leave this earth a better place than he inherited it. NONE of these traits can be attributed to GW Bush*.

[neebob]

18. Sure, if you're a complete idiot

or you happen to like criminals.

[comradebillyboy]

19. he is a fucking jerk

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. I've run across more likable cockroaches.

Not to mention more intelligent ones.

His "charm" is the same kind that Reagan had. Just one of the plain spoken, down to earth, macho, cowboy, ordinary, folksy, have a beer, family oriented, church going, common people, icons.

Trans: A brainless nitwit powered by money and greed and to hell with everyone else.

[UdoKier]

21. I disagree on Reagan.

I disliked everything Reagan ever did, policy-wise, but I think Reagan's charm was real, and genuine. I couldn't help but like him myself. I nver voted for him (I couldn't vote until 1988) and I wouldn't have, but I can understand why even democrats were won over by him. He was a nice man who bought into a very flawed ideology, and in the second half of his term, hobbled mentally by Alzheimer's. increasingly relied on Bush sr. to run things

With Dubya, it all strikes me as very artificial. I don't think he likes people, or cares about people, or has any empathy with people.

Reagan did. Remember the story of the woman who wrote to Reagan because his budget cuts were going to make her lose her home? He sent her $1000 check of his own money.

I think that story is a good illustration of both his empathy on the one hand, and his cluelessness about what he was doing to people with his policies.

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. I don't think bush* even likes himself

let alone other people. I hope Kerry beats him badly in the election. That would finish off bush* mentally and he deserves it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

43. A charming pschopath.

He was "clueless" because he didn't pay attention, or was too stupid to pay attention.

Gee, he bailed out one woman! How sweet. Of course the thousands who also lost their homes got zippee-dee-do-dah from the nice old guy except the boot.

I don't give a rat's ass how "nice" and "empathetic" the old fool was, he was a lousy president.

Hell, LBJ was a nice guy and truly empathetic towards the people he tried to help. But, then there's the matter of 3 million dead Vietnamese..

[UdoKier]

49. You make my point for me. LBJ was deeply flawed, Reagan moreso.

But on some level, they bother showed hints of humanity, and I believe they both believed that what they were doing is right.

Bush constantly claims that everything he does is righteous, but I don't sense that he's put much thought into whether it actually is or not at all.

And the few hints of "compassion" Bush has shown were for photo ops and were transparent and insincere as hell. And I agree that Reagan was a lousy president. But I would trade Bush for Reagan OR LBJ any day.

They were leaders. The resolute, christian, sincere person the right-wingers all follow blindly is nothing but a Rove-GOP construct. He doesn't exist. The real Bush is a petulant man-child. That's why there are constantly "insiders" coming out with books insisting that "the Bush you see on TV is exactly how he ius behind the scenes. He and Laura are always so gracious, etc.". I don't think they'd be so desparate to convince everybody that the cardboard cutout is real if it wasn't very obviously FAKE.

[Endangered Specie]

22. You forgot... utterly stupid.

[buddhamama]

23. not to be too dramatic

but when i watch him on tv look into his eyes, there is an emptiness about him...he creeps me big time.

[MisterP]

31. you mean his charming CHARLIE MANSON EYES!?

[LibertyorDeath]

24. No he is an arrogant smug delusional self important shit

A major phony & insecure pathological Liar.
With some sort of short man syndrome where he has to constantly show how
tough he is. When in reality he is a spoiled effeminate
son of wealth.

[immoderate]

34. Wwweeelllllllllll...Put!

LOL

--IMM:headbang:

[LibertyorDeath]

46. Cheers

:toast:

[greekspeak]

25. I cannot think of a single redeeming quality the man has

He embodies the polar opposite of everything I stand for. From gloating about executing people as Texas governor, to his need to overrun anything with less money than him, there is little to be desired from Shrub.

[NYC Liberal]

26. He's an arrogant jerk

who only thinks about himself.

Remember when Laura criticized a speech he gave when he ran for Congress, he drove the car straight through the garage wall?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

28. No, I dislike him because he's a regular guy in the worst sense

He represents the willfully ignorant, chronically angry, overly competitive, xenophobic underside of American culture.

[immoderate]

30. How can you like someone you can't trust?

--IMM

[Sophree]

32. F*CK NO!

I don't see it, either.

He's an asshole.

[RapidCreek]

33. John Wayne Gacey was nice.....until that is...he got you in his basement

He was a birthday clown and was very proud of the picture he had of himself shaking hands with Ronald Reagun.

RC

[Disturbed]

35. w is a phony..

a Sociopath. He is about as likeable as a scorpion.

[LibertyorDeath]

48. Killer clown one twisted individual

[Tangledog]

36. Did you ever work in a company...

...that employed more than 40 people?

If so, there was somebody there who had a high-level job with a vague description, held consultations with people who were fired a couple of weeks later, and tended to get politely but noticeably in your face about "team spirit" and "everybody's got to chip in and shape up" and "can-do people".

Every worker bee in the joint, including you, spent 2 hours a day emailing resumes to everybody this side of Jesus. But you may or may not have ever gotten around to identifying this person as one of the main reasons you hated that job so much.

On edit: damn, I hate it when I leave out the crucial noun in a sentence that's already too long!

[Tracer]

37. I find him profoundly detestable.

I could say a whole lot more, but I'm polite.

[VOX]

38. NO. If he weren't so dangerous, I'd pity him.

But since he and his right-wing cronies have dragged this country down into the sewer, and now are knocking on hell's door with our collective future (all in the name of profit), I find him **thoroughly** unlikeable, and utterly detestable.

From his mock piousness, to his blind stubbornness, to his barely closeted cruelty, I dislike that man intensely.

[Demoiselle]

39. I checked Other because even the longest list was incomplete.

I have always found him to be a craven type. He had a "cringe" thing going in the first debate with Gore that reminded me of some smart ass kid who knows he's in trouble and is waiting to get smacked. Now apparently the "cringe" has turned into petulant impatient Boy King behavior.
As George Carlin put it so brilliantly last night on Bill Mahr (sp?)when he was asked why W looked so pissed: "Because somebody finally stood up to the little oil pimp."

[bobthedrummer]

40. He's a war criminal too.

:thumbsdown:

[JerseygirlCT]

41. I've never understood that "likeable" thing with him -m

he's always seemed self-absorbed and petty to me.

[TrogL]

42. He's "likeable". So's my cat. I wouldn't want it running a country.

[Sugarbleus]

45. I'M the kind of person you'd want a beer with...not that putz

He grossed me out the first time I ever layed eyes on him. He throws of some really bad vibes.......

I wouldn't share an elevator with him. :puke:

[TahitiNut]

47. He's almost as 'likable' as crotch rot.

:shrug: Well, not really. I just thought I'd try to be as complementary as I could.