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I hate U.S. President George W. Bush. There seem to be quite a few of us Bush haters. Yet, for all its pervasiveness, Bush hatred is described almost exclusively as a sort of incomprehensible mental affliction. One reason Bush hatred is seen as inherently irrational is that its immediate precursor, hatred of Bill Clinton, really did have a paranoid tinge. It's certainly true that there is a left-wing fringe of Bush haters whose lurid conspiracy-mongering neatly parallels that of the Clinton haters. Mainstream Democrats have avoided delving into Bush's economic ties with the bin Laden family or suggesting that Bush invaded Iraq primarily to benefit Halliburton. When Democrats proposed creating a Department of Homeland Security, he resisted it as well. But later, facing controversy over disclosures of pre-September 11 intelligence failures, he adopted the idea as his own and immediately began using it as a cudgel with which to bludgeon Democrats. The episode was telling: Having spent the better part of a year denying the need for any Homeland Security Department at all, Bush aides secretly wrote up a plan with civil service provisions they knew Democrats would oppose and then used it to impugn the patriotism of any Democrats who did -- most notably Georgia Senator Max Cleland, a triple-amputee veteran running for reelection who, despite his support for the war with Iraq and general hawkishness, lost his Senate race thanks to an ugly GOP ad linking him to Osama bin Laden On top of that, it took the monomania of a third-party spoiler candidate, plus an electoral college that gives disproportionate weight to GOP voters -- the voting population of Gore's blue-state voters exceeded that of Bush's red-state voters -- even to bring Bush close enough that faulty ballots in Florida could put him in office.

Focuses on the concept of public contempt of several political figures. Statement that generally contempt was made to dethrone princes, rulers, etc., in older times; Criticism of efforts of former U.S. President Richard Nixon to end the Vietnam war; Comparison of his efforts to those of Pope, who was struggling to maintain docile order and discipline in the Church on the issue of contraception; Role of mass media in encouraging contempt or criticism of regimes; Use of Watergate affair as an issue to denounce Nixon; Statement that Ideological politics, in particular, seems threatened; Need for changes in the political system.

The author focuses on the reaction of the right-wing Catholic blogosphere community on the electoral win of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama. He notes that as a blogger supporting Obama, he has received personal attacks from right-wing Catholic keyboards-blogs and bloggers. He adds that the responses from such community tend to be a mixture of a little substance and a lot of personal contempt. He stresses that through a hate-filled blogosphere politics is provided with odium which misdirects people of faith and good will.

In this article the author examines how the Democrats' contempt towards the Republican Party could alienate undecided voters during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The author states that "contempt" has been the defining quality of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. The author also analyzes the Democratic electorates' political attitudes towards Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin in regard to her qualifications and intelligence.

Will the Democrats' loathing of President Bush lead them to make a big political mistake? It's a question many observers have raised in response to the rise of Howard Dean's Bush-bashing campaign. Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe called Jeb Bush the party's top target for 2002: "There won't be anything as devastating to President Bush as his brother's losing in Florida." Florida is where Bush hatred started, where the Democrats' disdain for an underachieving frat boy began to morph into something more malevolent. In 2001, Democrats kept hoping that some Bush initiative -- his pro-life executive orders, his review of arsenic regulations, his tax cut -- would be the early stumble that gays in the military was for Bill Clinton. Bush's priorities as president, with the large and understandable exception of the war on terrorism, were his priorities as a candidate: tax cuts, education, Medicare, tort reform, missile defense. Bush's promise to restore honor and dignity to the Oval Office was certainly a shot at Clinton, but Bush did not run on anti-Clintonism as Bob Dole had, to some extent, in 1996. Clinton was not on the ballot in 2000, while Bush will be in 2004, so Democrats will have to be tougher on the incumbent than Bush was then.

The article responds to editor Jeffrey Rosen's criticism of an article by Jonathan Chait regarding United States President George W. Bush. No article of mine has received anywhere near as much attention--positive or negative--as the defense of President George W. Bush hatred that I wrote last year ("Mad About You," September 29, 2003). In this space last month, Jeffrey Rosen asked, "Might not [Chait's] decision to wallow in his hatred of Bush run the risk of distorting his judgment?" So Jeff must mean that the fact that I despise Bush as a man has compromised my judgment. But, if my Bush hatred were interfering with my critical faculties, then I would reflexively oppose Bush even when he takes positions that I would normally be expected to support. Yet I unequivocally and repeatedly defended Bush's decision to invade Iraq, the single biggest policy decision of his presidency. Conservative propaganda has created a fantasy president, but this one is named "George W. Bush." If his followers did not revere him so slavishly, and if frank appraisals of his background and personal qualities had not been so marginalized, it would be much easier to accept with equanimity the fact that the leader of the free world is basically the Godfather of the Bush family.

Comments on the perceived contempt for Texas during the 2000 United States presidential campaign. Assertion that cultural differences may contribute to the attitude; Opinion that the beliefs of Texas governor George W. Bush are part of a shared regional culture; Statement that conventional wisdom holds that mobility, international markets, national media and economic growth have destroyed regional distinctiveness.

The article focuses on the convention of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It states that if delegates of the organization expected to see its president John L. Lewis step down with a show of decent humility they must have been rudely shocked. Not content to heap scorn and denunciation on all who favored a resumption of peace talks with the American Federation of Labor Lewis exposed the CIO to contempt in eyes of its enemies by declaring it lacked the "strength of bone and sinew" to command decent peace terms.

The article reports on the introduction of a bill by Oregon Congressman Charles O. Porter to stop the manufacture, sale or gift of any type of U.S. flag where its use might cast contempt. It notes that the use of flags as dresses, shirts and handkerchiefs started when the perennial problem of the penniless Haitian peasant women was felt in the country. It reveals that products became widely used in the country's areas and islands.

The article discusses cultures of the U.S. in different centuries. The article adds insults and contempts initiated violence leading at times to a duel in the 19th-century and minor offences shrugged off in mid-20th century. The article further discusses microaggressions mentioning sociologists Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning 'Microaggression and Moral Cultures'. Study by economist Steven Horwitz focusing on overprotective childrearing and adult supervision seeking Americans also included.

The article discusses the case of retaliation against whistleblowers at Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals in the U.S. Topics mentioned include the classification of abusive conduct involved in retaliation, such as public humiliation, false criticism, and contempt, as workplace bullying, existence of physical and psychological violence in VA hospitals, and the government policies to address such retaliation.

In this article, the author focuses on the racial discrimination issues in the U.S. as of 2013. He informs that out of the 3,000 abortions performed daily in the country, 43 percent are African Americans but they only make up 13 percent of the American community. He also mentions that talk show host Tavis Smiley has stated that the U.S. has shown contempt for African American men and discusses violent crime statistics in U.S. cities.

The author offers opinions on political and social aspects of mass media. It is argued that the familiarity with public figures generated by the constant exposure given them by mass media has resulting in a prevalent attitude of contempt towards those figures and by Americans towards each other, as is said to be exemplified by reality television programs.

In this article the author ruminates on shifts in U.S. public sentiment between disdain for and admiration of individuals commonly referred to as White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs). She suggests that the prevalence of Tony Hayward, the English chief executive officer (CEO) of the oil company British Petroleum (BP), in the media following the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has turned the majority U.S. attitude from one of Anglophilia to one of Anglophobia.

The author stresses the need for noncommissioned officers (NCO) of the U.S. armed forces to understand the difference between discipline and abuse. He cites the effect of abuse committed by NCO on junior enlisted members. He notes that NCO are considered as the most influential leaders in the military, who are responsible for training and guiding their subordinates and carrying out the overall mission. He advises NCO to always remember that harassment, abuse and humiliation cause resentment, disdain and defiance.

The article discusses a court case wherein a newspaper publisher allegedly unfairly characterized the actions of a former head of a high school English department, subjecting him to public contempt and disgrace. The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division ruled that the teacher can pursue his libel suit against the newspaper publisher. The court denied the publisher's request for dismissal because it failed to demonstrate that the article it published was true.

Focuses on the decision of U.S. Force officials not to place Lieutenant Colonel Stephen L. Butler under court-martial for his contemptuous remarks against President George W. Bush. Overview of the military codes violated by Butler; Penalties that would have been faced by Butler had he gone to a general court martial.

The article contends that the wave of public anger in the United States is an indication of skepticism about big government rather than a simple manifestation of contempt for a lightweight President or Congress. It is asserted that the deepest source of collective pessimism in the country is the perception of moral breakdown in the country. However, People in the country still think positively about their personal life. It is worth noting that 76 percent of the people think that the U.S. government is run "by a few big interests" rather than for the benefit of all the public.

The article comments on the public's contempt for advertising in the United States. The results of an Opinion Research Corp. survey showed that advertising has enjoyed a long, uninterrupted history of deception. Eighty percent of the respondents assert that advertising frequently seeks to persuade people to buy things they do not need or cannot afford.The results of the survey indicated newspapers and magazines have fewer negative attached to their advertising.