Should the World Be More Welcoming to Bush?

What the future holds

The Republican Party look forward to more years in power while Democrats hope for a break.

I am an American who supported John Kerry and the Democrats in the last election. I don't think there will be a new Republican era in America. If you look into our past, whenever we have found ourselves in trouble, we have elected Democrats to office. Talk about "family values" all you want, but Bush won because of his perceived leadership and because of the fear many Americans have over terrorist attacks. Add this fear of terrorism to pandering to the Christian right, and you have a winning equation. The Republicans could very well continue to win elections. However, if the Democrats are to win, they only have to get back to their roots and expose the Republicans for what they are. If things in America get worse within the next two years, the Democrats will have a very successful election in 2006, and probably 2008. David Smo, USA

The Republican Party will fail in the long term for the same reason that it failed in the 1920s. The overspending and overreaching will lead to an economic collapse. The budget defecit and the trade defecit cannot be sustained. I think that a lot of pain is in store for the "true believers". --Roger McCorkle, USA

I am an Brasilian living in the United States and as such I have gotten the chance to see Bush's policies at home and how they affect the world. He has proven from his first moment in office he believes the US can do things without consideration to the rest of the world. He won't make any real strides towards global unity, he will travel, shake hands-make a good show for the camera and walk away. I fear that his actions will further polarize the East and West and strain relations with allies. He seems to want things his way without considering the other nations that are affected by his actions as president of one of the most powerful nations on earth. I don't believe this term will be any better than his last, I think it may actually get worse. -- Luciana, USA

Bush is a modern despot leading a far right wing that has taken over the Republican Party. He will fail but before that he will continue to ruin the US. Eventually, the "normal" Republicans will take back their party. The world must reject and fight him every step of the way. -- Erni Stetz, USA

"Get your facts right!" and "What do you know?"

The president is not a popular man in some quarters of Europe.

What can Germany or other liberal countries help the United States with? The German army is so small and has no modern equipment, just what could it do? I wish President Bush would not visit Germany. I believe it was Gerhard Schröder and other German politicians that said bad things about him in the press. Maybe if Germany and the world would try to be a little like America it wouldn't always have a ten percent unemployment rate and a economy that is going no where. Our president can only serve eight years, while yours can serve for life. Wouldn't it be nice to give some younger leaders a chance, they couldn't do any worse then Schroder. -- Marc Johnson Sr, USA

Your reporting and editorials are out of touch with reality. You are not listening to Bush and you certainly don't understand him or the people that elected him. A little bit of help from our allies would go a long way. In the meantime, while we wait for the A380 and the next German election, as the dollar is so low, jump on an old fashion 747 and renew your contact with real Americans. It would do us both some good.-- Jack Matheny II, USA

This bent against conservative American leadership by the European media never ceases to amaze me. Perhaps the question should be "will the world work more closely with Bush on global issues?" - or will you continue to be on the wrong side of history? Your leftist media continues to ignore facts that might get in the way of Bush-bashing. Are you not aware that the US senate during Bill Clinton's presidency unaminously voted against ratification of Kyoto, or do you choose to ignore this, and other facts? -- Courtney Kuch, USA