you know, before bush, I really wasn't that active in politics

[greenbriar]

I teach Government and encouraged the kids to become active by attending city council meetings, registering to vote, give blood ect...but I was not as addicted to politics as I am now,

I also never HATED any one as I HATE this pResident. Never have I had such a visceral intense hatred for anyone as I do right now.

[European Socialist]

1. Thought I hated Raygun and Nixon--but jr. taught me what hate meant.

[Greyhound]

31. That's funny (weird), I don't hate * nearly as much as I despise the

misanthropes that supported him. Yes, that includes all of the recent 'converts', because they still have the utter disregard for their fellow citizens that allowed them to vote for a blatantly unqualified, vicious, incompetent, frat-boy, in the first place. He's just what he is and always has been, I don't hate a scavenger for being a scavenger. :grr:

[TomInTib]

2. "Catalyst George" ....

Maybe you could direct the movie.

[AlCzervik]

3. he really has been quite a motivator for many of us, i have a visceral

reaction every time i see him and when i hear him speak or attempt to speak i feel like screaming.

[we can do it]

4. Me Too - Booshie IS A Uniter, In A Weird Way

[napi21]

5. You're not alone! I've always paid pretty close attention

but I have to admit, I NEVER HATED any politician before this one.

My husband on the other hand, was about as apolitical as you could find. I used to litterally force him to vote in every election, and beyond knowing who the current President was, he just didn't pay any attention. NOW, he grimbles all the time, argues with people at work, and consistently talks about how could so many people have elected such an idiot!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

6. Me Too. It Was The Whole Election Night 2000 and What Transpired

afterwards that sucked me in. I'll never forget that long night, longer next day and weeks that followed. It woke my mind up to what politics could really be and how dangerous that was. I will never be ignorant to politics again...

As a side note, as active as I thought I had been in 2000-2004 it was nothing compared to what I'm able to be now thanks to finding DU the day after the election and since finally officially joining a few months ago. DU is indispensable to me.

[AlCzervik]

8. those weeks after the 2000 election were some of the worst i can

remember and then seeing him sworn in was like some kind of horrible parallel universe.

[greenbriar]

10. When bush stole the election from kerry

I bawled like a baby

[AlCzervik]

14. me too, i just literally could not believe what was happening

how the hell could this happen again? don't answer, i know already but i was just shattered, i really didn't want my kid growing up in Bushworld.

[bumblebee1]

26. I did, too!

Along with praying for Bush to be assassinated. Election night, I played "Oh Canada" over and over again. I wanted to be living in any other country except this one. I know praying for an assassination is not a good thing.

[FearofFutility]

29. Me too :(

There have been several threads asking people to name one thing he has done that has been positive. I believe the only positive thing is that he has motivated people who weren't politically active to get involved. I was pretty oblivious before 2000, but since then, I've been a political junkie.

[greenbriar]

30. so he is a uniter hehe

just not in the way he wanted to be

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

12. I Was In Punta Cana For 8 Days Of It. I Spent Most Of My Vacation In

front of the tube.

And before you criticize me wasting my vacation (LOL), understand that my whole family was there and my sis and bro in law are big repubs. They trained my niece (not even 4 at the time I believe) to chant "Gore is a looooser Bush is a winnnnnner Gore is the looooser bush is the winnnner" every time I stepped out. :mad:

[AlCzervik]

16. i think i drank and smoked a lot at the time, i don't blame for

being on vacation, i don't envy you the crowd you were with.

[MellowOne]

7. Same here

I found DU after Bush stole the election from Kerry. I'm just a young girl but I'm learning more about politics from this forum, and I'm with you I've learned to really hate Bush.

[mymomwasright]

9. I wasn't active either

Now I feel compelled to correct every bit of wingnut crap I hear. I think I'm more dissapointed in people being blind to everything that's been going on for the past six years.

[NoSheep]

11. So how does your hate actively involve you in politics?

:popcorn:

[greenbriar]

22. I read everything I can about every situation

I listen to AAR and the bushbots

I watch more news that anyone should

I am active in my local party

I protest when the chance arises


ect

ect

[NoSheep]

23. What more can we do? It's an important thing to consider. All of us.

[greenbriar]

24. I question everything, I am so much more vocal than I ever was

I do not hesitate to point out things that are wrong



my family thinks I have become radical

[NoSheep]

25. That's a good sign! Good for you. I hope I will hear more of this kind

of thing. My boyfriend was a big complainer, but really wasn't DOING anything active to make a difference. He also didn't have any contacts that he spoke with who disagreed with him. So he was bitching in a vacuum! We have started to share together, a responsibility to confront whenever we can. Sometimes angrily, because we can't help it, but sometimes with a dignity that gets attention. We are all doing what we can.:pals:

[ellenfl]

13. i always voted and paid some attention but since

boosh . . . let's just say i am so glad to have found du. du has been my venting outlet and i have really needed it of late.

i don't hate the man altho' watching him has always made my skin crawl. i still don't undertsand how so many people were taken in by him and his false sincerity. he is an arrogant, incurious, mean-spirited, anything-it-takes-to-get-my-way, brat. he is truly an embarassment to my america.

to anyone who ever wondered what was meant by the 'peter principal', bush is the epitome of it.

we MUST make a difference in 2006 . . . for my sanity. i don't know how much more 'compassionate conservatism' i can take.

ellen fl

[LittleClarkie]

15. I'm a newbie too

I was a sheeple before 2004. I admit it.

[A Brand New World]

17. Same here. I've always voted but that was about it. I never paid

that much attention to politics or politicians other than in a very limited sort of way. But the minute I set my eyes on **, I hated him with a passion. I just cannot see why people cannot see what an evil person he is. I even changed my voter registration in Ohio to Repub so that I could against him in the primary election. I have never, ever felt such a dislike against a politician to go to that length in order to not have them elected. I was riveted to the TV during the 2000 election before and after the theft. I was crushed and went into a depression after the 2004 election. I spent days crying. It was a definite mourning period. Thank God for DU. It does help to know that there are sane people in this world. :toast:

On edit: I am no longer a registered Repub. I didn't realize at the time that I was changing my affiliation. I wondered after that why I was suddenly getting all sort of Repub propaganda. I asked the BOE and they told me why and ASAP I switched back to Dem. It was indeed a slimy period in my life!!

[WiseButAngrySara]

18. Same story here; and same with the hate, which is so intense I feel

guilty. Selection 2000 was a harginger of the evils of this administration, and I knew it then (at an intuitive level.) It's been worse in some ways than I could have imagined, and everything that has been forecasted here on DU has, in one way or another, come to light. Thank goodness for DU. I would have lost my sanity on several occasions without it, and without K.O., TDS and other outlets of truth.

[proud patriot]

19. Neither was I

:shrug: I had read Zinn and Chomsky but had never done
much about my outrage .

[lvx35]

20. Same here.

I dabbled a little in alternative political parties like green and libertarian because I thought they were "both bad" but then GWB taught me what bad really meant. Clinton is now my hero. If blowjobs in the Oval office is the cost of having government like that back, I'll pay for the prostitutes myself!!!

[greenbriar]

21. on the day of the first corination, I just watched in disbelief

second crowning of the idiot,I couldn't even watch

[Cleita]

27. That's because until now you didn't have to.

Before this excrement of a President, we didn't need to worry all that much. I did worry a lot about social programs which got me interested in being involved, but
nothing like this. I used to consider not getting something through a little setback. I never realized that the rug would be totally pulled out from under us with this idiot.

[greenbriar]

28. that is true

:(