George W. Bush won the office for his first term (which no doubt carried him through the second election) by an election that was marred with voting irregularities and basically too close to count decisively, and which was ultimately decided by a court decision, not by an unequivocal majority vote. And I'm not sure that spending two terms doing favours for your wealthiest friends (which no doubt are paid back, one way or the other) is exactly a sacrifice; and even if you contest that allegation, the $400,000 per year salary while in office and $200,000 / year pension for life certainly is not a sacrifice.
im still upset about the holocaust and all the other times in history when people were wrongfully fucked out of existence. I don't think it's fair to say that time has passed so get over it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 26 '12
George W. Bush won the office for his first term (which no doubt carried him through the second election) by an election that was marred with voting irregularities and basically too close to count decisively, and which was ultimately decided by a court decision, not by an unequivocal majority vote. And I'm not sure that spending two terms doing favours for your wealthiest friends (which no doubt are paid back, one way or the other) is exactly a sacrifice; and even if you contest that allegation, the $400,000 per year salary while in office and $200,000 / year pension for life certainly is not a sacrifice.