OK, understand a couple of things,
The election of 2004, was the highest voting percentage *ever* with 61% of
the population voting. Until that point the average has been around 40%
That means that roughly 40 to 60% of the population either
1) doesn't care or...
2) doesn't think that their vote (read: voice) is heard
25% of the population at large isn't a simple majority. There's never been a
president in recent memory elected by a simple majority of the population at
large.
Most Americans that do vote, do it more on the basis of domestic issues than
foreign policy, because it has greater impact on their day to day lives.
More to the point. You're basing your perception of the people of a country
based on their leader... it's a wrong way to go about it... especially when
you've been exposed to a pretty decent cross section of Americans on this
list.
Scott A. Stewart
ColdFusion Developer
GNSI
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:28 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Gel's perception of Americans
America is a ***Democracy***
It is a free voting society, the people VOTE for their leader.
How can you bring Papa Doc into this discussion as being relevant to a
Democratic vote?
You can't even compare that to Castro since he too is a Dictator and
was not voted into power, so one can never make a statement except
subjectively that any Cuban majority want him in power.
Bush didn't come to office by force, or by coercion. This latest
election he was **VOTED** in by a popular majority.
He won the majority of the People's vote.Therefore when people outside
America thinks he represents the views of the American majority , then
I can't see how you can say they are incorrect. Whether you personally
like it or not he is YOUR President, and moreover as President of the
UNited States he is supposedly the leader of Western Society by
extension. Which is, for me, a problem since I do not agree with much
of his actions as President.
He served TWO terms.
Are you also going to say that a majority of Americans did not want
Clinton as their President?
Up to late last year Americans loved Bush, he was their darling! The
country was and is split and horribly divided over his policies but
his religous conservative base is still strong.
And hell yes! The Germans of the time **Wanted** Hitler as their
leader, and fully supported him!They went to war based on his Ideals!
On 1/6/06, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To base the perception of a people on their leader is just wrong. Would
you
> base your perception of Haitians on "Baby Doc" Duvalier ?, your perception
> of Germans on Hitler? While Bush is the elected leader of the US, he is
> neither "the Voice of the People" or representative of 75% of Americans.
>
>
>
> (while Bush won over 50% of the vote it was 50% of 61% percent of the
> population that voted leaving about 75% who didn't vote for him)
>
>
>
> There are Americans who think like you perceive that we do, but they are
in
> the vast minority
>
>
>
> Scott A. Stewart
>
> Webmaster/Developer
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