JONATHON GATEHOUSE
His penchant for fantastically expensive military photo-ops. Or the swaggering, belt-hitching walk that cries out for a pair of swinging saloon doors. And though, God knows, we have too many of our own syntactically challenged politicians to be casting stones, shouldn't the leader of the free world know that "misunderestimate" isn't a word? Yes, we're cavilling, but clearly there is something about George W. Bush that gets under the skin of Canadians. After all, vehemently disagreeing with the policies of American presidents is almost a national pastime. There has to be another explanation for our extreme reaction, the desire afoot in the land to see him turfed from office. That and the unprintable sentiment about him and the horse he rode in on. Even before we know whom he will be running against this fall, Canadians have made their decision. Only 15 per cent, according to an exclusive new Maclean's poll, would definitely cast a ballot for Bush if they had the opportunity.
Full article:
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/po...09_74911_74911
I didn't post this up as an anti-bush article but did think it was an interesting read. I think my view lies somewere along that of the students. After 9/11 I supported him quite a bit, yes I still disagreed with some of his trade policies and such but not enough to care about him being turfed in the next election, then with the Iraq fiasco I started to distrust him, his staff, and their motives, as well as some of the things he had been pulling both outside and inside his country.
[ 02-03-2004, 11:03 AM: Message edited by: pritchke ]