This is going to be long, English assignment

Photo of someone controversial, with a character question underneath & 300 word character assessment. This is what happened. This is why I hate my English class.

Would you let this man borrow your car?

Would I let George W. Bush borrow my car? The answer is no. I would not let this man drive my car, because I feel that he has no respect for others, even the people that are most important to him seem to mean nothing to him, so I can not imagine that he would take care of my personal belongings.  George W. Bush’s character is flawed. There is not much reason to respect his authority because he had no respect for the people who are most important to him.

As former President of the United States, George W. Bush should have had instant respect from citizens of the U.S. This is not true. George W. Bush rarely acted as a distinguished leader of a powerful country, instead choosing to make jokes and avoid real questions from the press. Because of his actions and obvious disrespect for the citizens of the U.S., George W. Bush had the lowest final approval rating of any president since the final approval rating began to be recorded over 70 years ago.  The rating was 22 percent. (CBS) That means only 22 percent of Americans thought George W. Bush deserved their respect. Since the American citizens are the most important people when it comes to respect for the President of the United States, I think this proves his lack of authority.  A person in his position with that low of a rating has certainly lost his position of authority over the United States.

Sorry, George W. Bush, but you cannot borrow my car. I don’t believe that you would return it the way you borrowed it. I think there would be mud in the carpet and French fries under the seat.  You are going to have to find one of the 22 percent of Americans that thought you were deserving of their respect.

Click more for responsesFirst Classmate Response:
I am not sure if I would agree that President Bush lost his authority.  He may have lost the respect of many people in the United States as a person, but I think that he had his authority until the day that he was no longer President of the United States.

You may not respect George Bush the man, but Bush in his role as President of the United States must be respected.  To fail to respect President Bush even with his character flaws is not something I would consider doing.

Next Response:
George W. Bush will technically be “President” until the day that he dies. All Presidents are referred to as “Mr.. President” even after their term is completed. I think people today love to say that Obama has been struck with so much in his presidency already. To me it doesn’t even come close to the pressure that Bush faced as President. Bush was faced with the worst terrorist attack in the history of this nation, a spiraling economy, and multiple hurricanes that effected the Gulf Coast. Even after all of those things Bush still had higher approval ratings thus far than Obama. In my opinion, just looking at the issue of 9/11 alone, Obama would never handle that specific situation with as much poise, confidence, and determination as Bush did. During those rough days, weeks, even months after 9/11 Bush was respected by everyone in this nation as he stood there with us as we all tried to pick up the pieces. I do not think Obama has enough respect from the nation currently to become the leader the American people would need if we were ever attacked again. And personally, bashing a man who loves this country and actually served in the military to protect it, unlike being a “community organizer” like Obama, is un-American and offensive to all American soldiers.

Third Classmate Response:
Im going to have to disagree with you here. The Bush family is known for their charitable donations. The Bush’s donated close to 80,000 of the 600,000 they made last year to a list of charities, such as the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Marthas Table, and in rebuilding Catholic Churches in New Orleans are just a few. I dont believe that someone who didnt care about others would donate so much time and money to assist other people.

 

AAANNNDD my response to all of those:
Donating money to a charity or two doesn’t mean you care about anything. It is a social requirement of businesses and people who make a certain amount of money. It is an effective offset for guilt because, as you have demonstrated, the public assumes you are a good person if you donate to charity.

Also, I love that you guys are telling me I have to respect the authority of the President, no matter what (which, by the way, is what must be done in a communist nation, not a nation that is free to choose and impeach its leaders), yet you bash our current president. And this is in an assumption you just pulled out of nowhere that I support the current president’s authority, either. I’m not supporting Barack Obama here.  That logic doesn’t check out. It may help to point out that I never mentioned our current president in my assignment. So you’re making assumptions based on nothing and calling me “un-american” for it. It’s “un-American” to sit back and grin in the face of someone who doesn’t share the same values as you that is representing you to the world. It’s “un-American” to just get in line and chant along. Does that sound familiar to you? That’s because dictator-ruled communist countries must do it. You can sit back and take whatever is fed to you, but you might want to watch who you are calling “un-american.”

You can’t make something a war against Democrats and Republicans when it just isn’t. So stop.

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