Rationale for George W. Bush's initial Presidential campaign

[elcorazon]

Why on earth would any one of proper mind and spirit have ever supported this guy in the first place?

Can anyone give me a coherent rationale as to why they or others might have found him to be an appealing candidate other than the fact that his last name is Bush?

[DownWithTheLeft]

He believes in moral government and a faith-based intitiative, and he was electable

[elcorazon]

He believes in moral government and a faith-based intitiative, and he was electable

ludicrous. like anyone doesn't believe (or claim to believe)in "moral government"... faith-based initiative - merely an obvious backdoor around the first amendment. and who really cares about that anyway?  he was electable... apparently by the skin of his teeth anyway.

next.

[Gabu]

lol

[DownWithTheLeft]

He believes in moral government and a faith-based intitiative, and he was electable

ludicrous.

next.

Obviously you will say ludacris to any answer, but I will continue:

1.) He supports outsourcing of jobs
2.) He defeated a very popular governor and showed his campaigning skills
3.) He had experience as the governor of a large state
4.) He was not John McCain
5.) He was good at appealing to the base and reaching to moderates

Anymore?  Or are my attempts futile?

[elcorazon]

He believes in moral government and a faith-based intitiative, and he was electable

ludicrous.

next.

Obviously you will say ludacris to any answer, but I will continue:

1.) He supports outsourcing of jobs
this is why you want him elected or not
2.) He defeated a very popular governor and showed his campaigning skills
kinda irrelevant to being president, no
3.) He had experience as the governor of a large state
ooh
4.) He was not John McCain
nor was anyone else in the world other than John McCain of course
5.) He was good at appealing to the base and reaching to moderates
based on what  - the fact that he was golfing buddies with the conservative democrat who was majority leader in the Texas HOuse?

Anymore?  Or are my attempts futile?

[YRABNNRM]

His last name was Bush.

[Boris]

Restoring "moral authority" to the White House while promising the same Clintonian economic conditions with a bigger tax cut and smaller government.

Yep, we can all see how well that turned out.

[Dr. Cynic]

He came off as an everyman... Kinda dullwitted and relaxed as opposed to Al Gore's stiff image... The public will choose an everyman over an egghead in most cases... Clearly not my cup of tea, but that's how life is.

[memphis]

What George Bush did very well was unite the evangelical and business wings of his party, not an easy thing to do if you really think about it. These people have very different, though not always contradictory, interests. Of course, the name is what really made the difference though.

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He believes in moral government

You mean like billions of dollars in no-bid contracts to his buddies?

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How about some science-based initiatives?

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So was Hitler.

[J. J.]

1.  He was willing to emphasis his personal moral code.

2.  He came off as less hypocritical than Clinton (and Gore).

3.  He was seen as someone who would do what he thought was right and not bow to the political winds.  While called "stubbornness" today, it was a real plus after 8 years of Clinton.

4.  Faith based initiatives were not a "back door" around the First Amendment, but a recognition of how may people of faith to do contribute to society.   The failure to understand that dooms the Democratic Party.

5.  Ironically, when first elected, a de-emphasising of foreign affairs.  A turn inward.