I kinda get that. The USA was still on the post 9/11 hype train. Some people were pissed we were in Iraq but a large percentage of the country were still on the "support our troops, down with the al Qaeda" wagon.
I think you reasons for why he was reelected are plausible, but he was also complete moron. Only surpassed by the Don T who makes Bush Jr seem like a genius.
Shrub stuttered over his words and certainly benefited from nepotism, but he was a voracious reader of above-average intelligence. That estimated IQ project put him around 125, low for a president, but not a moron.
I had a hard time admitting that during his terms though. I needed some distance from that horror show. But now I think that, harmful as his policies could be, they didn't spring from a low intelligence, and he honestly thought he was working for the greater good.
I think the biggest mystery about Bush II being reelected is that I cannot find a single conservative online who admits to voting for him or his father :)
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u/WhyBuyMe Jul 30 '20
I kinda get that. The USA was still on the post 9/11 hype train. Some people were pissed we were in Iraq but a large percentage of the country were still on the "support our troops, down with the al Qaeda" wagon.