Saddam or Bush?
I had an interesting thought about public opinion over the weekend. President Bush's job approval rating has sunk so much in recent months, I think it's fair to ask this question: Who's has a better public image right now -- Bush or Saddam?
Now it doesn't take much to realize that the years of killing, torturing, and other things by Saddam make you easily say Bush shouldn't even be in this debate. But because so many believe the former dictator was really irrevelent to American people, that he never really posed as a threat, and his reach was so limited to his country -- I'd argue that millions of Americans would say Bush is lower on this totem pole.
So, who do you think has the better image right now?
Now it doesn't take much to realize that the years of killing, torturing, and other things by Saddam make you easily say Bush shouldn't even be in this debate. But because so many believe the former dictator was really irrevelent to American people, that he never really posed as a threat, and his reach was so limited to his country -- I'd argue that millions of Americans would say Bush is lower on this totem pole.
So, who do you think has the better image right now?
posted by The Divoteer at 12:34 PM
3 Comments:
Ya'll suck -- I post a question -- you answer? No?
I almost wrote something... then deleted it because it was stupid.
Fine, fine, fine. Insulting me worked, I will answer your question.
Since I live and grew up in the United States I'm going to say Bush.
HOWEVER, if I was an Iraqi it'd be a tougher call, especially because I'd likely see Bush (and Americans) as imperialists who say they want to liberate us but will only impose the American way of life in Iraq, thereby taking over and running the country from military bases and afar.
HOWEVER, it would be further complicated if I had family members who were maimed, tortured and otherwise horrifically murdered by Saddam and his army. If that were the case, I'd likely be in the Bush camp.
But these are all assumptions and I can't go around making those, now can I? Because we all know what happens when we assume things: it makes and ASS out of U and ME.
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