Don't be too harsh, they elected Bush because 1. They didn't think it's a good idea to change command-in-cheif when the country was in a war. 2. A lot of Americans are conservative, religious who like lower taxes and smaller government. Bush pretended to support these idea during election
while actually his government is more wasteful than ever. 3. They fell prey to Bush's scare tactic. During the election, Bush reminded American on 911 and issue
terror alarms on a daily basis, this tells the people: "Listen,only I can protect you, elect me if you want to live'. He is trying the same scare tactic, telling Americans: "Listen , if you don't pass the $700B bailout bill, the credit market will immediatelly freeze, and you won't get pay check next week, and will be evicted from your house unless you have the money to pay the mortgage in full.