how is he an imperialist? He is merely attempting to keep the US in it's position as a super power, which he should. We are a free democratic state, so we have the full right to be a superpower. But that does not make him an imperialist.
He's driven up the national debt to extravagant amounts
In order to combat terrorism. It's worth it.
His ties with big business are sickening
Capitalism has always helped people (the ones who work hard and make a good effort). Bush is supporting this. When I said what I said, I meant the tax cuts primarily - trickle down economics.
There's no such thing as "keeping terrorism in a small place". it's everywhere.
True; but you
can limit the spread of the global war on terror by keeping the majority of the war in a central zone where it an be fought.
He's against basically anything that us socially progressive
I don't know if the sentance was cut off (i do that all the time), but I think I got what you meant, so:
Bush has been against social progressivism, yes, but those policies are merely in keeing with Christian faith. We are, after all, one nation under GOD, and many of the socially progressive ideals (abortion, gay marriage, etc) are non-Christian. Others (illegal immigration, drug control) are more because our nation has to keep itself afloat, and allowing huge numbers of illegal immigrants to merely swamp the country or allowing laws on hard drugs (softer ones like Marajuana I can see the merit in your guys's poition) would not be good for it.
Capitalism forces poverty to work properly
Capitalism forces the poverty-stricken to work*. If you don't work in a capitalist society, or you have not worked, then you fail. Poverty is, for the most part, a result of people not working hard enough. There are, of course, other factors, but those are mostly anti-Capitalist ones. For example, an adult cannot go back and get a high school diploma. The high schools are run by the government! The times when Capitalism has caused poverty is merely bad timing, and in tmes like those
some measures to try and help the poor are nessesary.
I know what I'm talking about - right now my family is neck - deep in debt and falling faster and faster. But it is mostly because my parents (God bless them both, I love them so much) were really stupid with their money when they were young. I understand that kids do stupid things, but that doesn't mean the government should help them back up.
* I think our definitions here of work differ. We define work as somehow contributing to the country. A manager does it by owning a business and providing jobs, creating products, and keeping society stable (I'm sure you realize that, in today's society, without the rich, there would be a lot of problems). The stock owner is helping out these people who contribute by buying share s in their company - helping via extension. The laborer and the farmer, I think we agree here.