my own personal opinion is that it is OK for repubs to criticize repub leaders and big government programs except during an election year.So, we're allowed to complain about GOP big-government policies, except during the one time every four years that they're actually... accountable to us, their employers?
Man, I would sure like to have a job where my supervisors could complain and fume at me all year long about my waste, fraud, mal-investment, and abject incompetence -- except during my annual performance review, at which time they'd be allowed to tell my employer nothing bad about me whatsoever!! Nice work, if you can get it!
i got more criticisms on this thread for saying we should support (rather than criticize bush) during a campaign than i did on another thread where i called pat buchanan a maniac and a closet fascist.
it's strange that saying we shouldn't criticize our candidate during a campaign should provoke such a reaction. but then, jerry ford lost to carter partly because the conservatives sat out the election. way to go, boys!