Originally Posted by
mlambert
I don't agree with everything he says or does, but Bush is okay by me. He does his job. Personally, I wouldn't want it. Each administration has the unfortunate duty to clean up the previous administration's mess. To have to meet the demands of many conflicting sides, I would be forced to stab someone in the head with my letter opener.
What I can't stand, however, are people who don't even vote just making blanket statements like "Bush sucks" or whatever. One of my best friends is like that. She will say something like that and then can't even give an example of something that he has done completely on his own to back it up. Then to top it off, she doesn't even vote.
I don't blame 90% of what is wrong with the country on the politicians. I blame it on the media. I don't even watch the news anymore because each network is owned by some corporation with its own corporate agenda. So, maybe 1% of what is reported is the actual truth. It used to be when they taught news journalism they taught to be objective and to report the facts with an unbiased opinion. Now, you are taught how to make money and to market your story for the highest bidder. For example, ABC is owned by Disney. Disney owns ESPN, Touchstone, Pixar, Miramax, Lifetime, A&E, The History Channel, Biography and forty plus radio stations. So, that very quickly means that little Emily falling into some well chasing a ball is getting on the news and then that gets turned into oh my god the mom wasn't watching her close enough and she should be in jail so let's charge her with whatever we can concoct and then we'll turn her best friend's cousin's wife's dog life story into some made for movie because the dog just happened to be chasing the same damn ball into the well and he is stuck down there, too. And that is just one example. Talk about propaganda.
You know if the general public can formulate bad opinions from not being given all of the correct information, imagine what that guy's job is like. I feel sorry for anyone in his shoes, really.