In 2000, George Bush won the Presidential Election by the majority of Electoral votes, which is the defining factor in a presidential election. He indisputably lost the popular vote, but assumed power anyway, thereby defying the will of the American people. If George Bush truly valued freedom and democracy, he would have given a concession speech, and made a suggestion about reforming the Electoral College system.
The foundation of any democracy is the people's right to decide who governs them. In 2000, the majority did not want George Bush as their President. George W. Bush took advantage of a loophole. He didn't care about freedom and democracy that day, nor any day after.
Every year, we celebrate Independence Day, the birth of the United States of America. The citizens of each colony had no say in who ruled over them, and that's what they wanted to change, and why they risked their lives, honor, and family. George Bush and his allies have desecrated the Constitution, and they've dishonored everybody who has fought for America's freedom since the United States was founded.
From Wikipedia:
United States presidential election, 2000
Vice President Al Gore came in second in the electoral vote even though he received 543,816 more popular votes than Bush. Such a close national contest contributed to the controversy of the election. This was the first time since 1888 that a candidate who clearly did not receive a plurality of the popular vote received a majority of the Electoral College.
The difference from a dot gov site, titled, 2000 Official Presidential General Election Results, shows a contradictory difference in the numbers. Rather than 543,816, the difference was 543,895. The numbers below are from that site.
Bush
50,456,002
47.87%
Gore
50,999,897
48.38%
The point of this is not to dispute who should be President, who should have been President or who shouldn't have been President. The American people spoke in 2004. The purpose of writing this is merely to point out that President George W. Bush is a lying traitor who, by his own actions, has given us incontrovertible proof that he favors power over democracy.
It really is quite fitting that Bush doesn't care about polls. He didn't care in 2000 either, when his approval rating was lower than his opponent's. His consistency is to be commended. I can't stand politicians who flip-flop on issues.