Did you have a lapse on and shortly after 9/11?

[mvd]

Of course, we showed respect for the victims and mourned with all Americans, but did you have a lapse where Bush is concerned? I didn't have much of one at all. I just wasn't in the mood to criticize for a couple weeks.

Even my parents were trying to see the good in Bush after 9/11. :-(

[mvd]

1. Oops.. poll turned off

Well, you still know the general question.

[Justyce]

2. I got caught up in the

patriotism rhetoric, but NEVER in the bush worship -- I never forgot he was a piece of shit.

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. Not a moment

I was in the 12%.

[MsTryska]

4. I did.

but to be fair - i was so not politically in tune at that point.


i didn't even vote in 2000. and vaguely understood that soemthing serious went down in that election.


it took 9/11 to radicalize me.

and to be honest i was a bit heartened by his rubble and megaphone speech.


and then he decided to invade iraq, and it was all over.

[helderheid]

14. you just described me. I registered to vote for the first time ever in

2003

[MsTryska]

18. me too.....

in Georgia.


on my behalf tho - i was rooting for Jerry Brown back when I was in high school.

[helderheid]

19. heheheh

:) Yea, I was on the sidelines too! :)

[YOY]

5. Heck no

and it ticks alot of people off. No rhetoric, no pity, just logic, and analysis. If that upsets freepers...tough noogies.

[ComerPerro]

6. No, I still saw him for what he was

at best, he is an incompetent moron whose apathy and laziness, as well as his complete lack of leadership or concern allowed the hijackings on 9/11 to turn into the worst terror attacks in US history.

And, shortly after that, I began to see him as a hateful douchebag, in addi ton to being an incompetent moron, whose only claim to legitimacy was pimping the disaster and trying to benefit from it.

[kahleefornia]

7. I had a moment of

wanting to put flags on my car. But never for one second thought any better of Bush, and always thought the whole thing seemed a little too convenient for making a cause for war.

[mvd]

13. Yes, my poll was going to have different degrees

Including the opposite (angrier at Bush,) no lapse, minor lapse (didn't criticize as much, put flags on) moderate lapse (apologized for Bush or tried to see good in him,) big lapse (supported Bush and any foreign policy move at the moment,) and major lapse (would have voted for him.)

I'm proud to be in that 10%!

[MamaBear]

8. Honestly, no.

I live in New York, I work downtown, that stupid stunt with the bullhorn would have been the last straw if he hadn't broken my back already.

Count me as a proud twelve percenter.

[quiet.american]

9. No.

I must have been out of the room when they passed the Kool-Aid that said since 9/11 happened on his watch he was the best one to protect us going forward.

Also, his "look at me, Ma" speeches in the aftermath didn't do much to change my opinion of him.

[jane_pippin]

10. No, and my boyfriend yelled at me for it at the time.

He called me so I flipped on the TV and saw what was going on. I started bawling and somewhere in there the report mentioned that * was in Florida. The first thing out of my mouth, without even thinking, was "how convenient for him."

So the boyfriend said something like "now is not the time.." and I agreed and shut up about it. He was right too, because it was a kneejerk reaction based on nothing at the time.

[Eurobabe]

11. hell no, didn't trust the potempkin pretzeldent

for a nanosecond. it was easy, i lived in europe on 9/11 and everyone there hated him anyhow. amazing how the europeans had this joker's number, yet so many sheeple just flew the flag and huddled together like skeered animals.

quite honestly i'm glad i did not reside here when 9/11 happened. sure i was frightened for my family and friends, but i still think someday it will come out that the BFEE concocted this charade.

[trof]

12. No

[jpgray]

15. I really deeply wanted him to do well, and to do what's right

He just didn't do it.

[punpirate]

16. Nope... was suspicious of him when...

... he first announced he was running, and that feeling never abated. My first thought on that morning was why NORAD hadn't scrambled jets all over the eastern seaboard, and why he was far out of town on that morning.

Never have had any reason to trust him, didn't trust him then, and have much less reason now. He's a fuck-up. He's dangerously arrogant. He didn't suddenly become a saint on the morning of 9/11. He's still the same person he's always been.

[DoYouEverWonder]

17. I was in such shock

they really crossed the line that I couldn't write for about 3 -4 days. I was glued to the TV. After a while life got back to normal, but most of us didn't know then half of what we know now. That's why they aren't getting away with their crap this time. Too many people know and are watching. We all have seen that they screw up everything they do and in the process they will destroy us and the rest of the world if they have their way.

[4 t 4]

20. No

as soon as he made his speech saying "they will hear from us soon" it made me feel so scared he acted like a little kid playing cowboys and indians, if we would have had a peace president in the white house life would be so different now.