ZOT!!! I come not to praise Bush, but to feed the kittens.

[TheSmiler]

I'm really having a hard time deciding who to vote for this time around. Immediately after 9/11 I strongly supported the President because I truly believed that we would be tireless in his efforts to protect this country.

However, since then I have begun to lose trust in President Bush for a number of reasons. I know this may be an unpopular topic of discussion here, but I wonder if some of you can tell me where I'm wrong.

I strongly supported the war in Afghanistan, as did most Americans, but with the invasion of Iraq I think the President overplayed his hand. I have a very hard time with what seems like a long list of exaggerations from the White House to justify the war. If we had found the massive stockpiles of WMDs that Donald Rumsfeld insisted were there, then I would have no problem whatsoever. But it's beginning to appear to me that the war had nothing to do with WMDs at all.

This is difficult for me to say, because as a lifelong Republican I have always had an unshakeable faith in the military and a belief that our soldiers would never be sent into harm's way unless it was absolutely necessary. The war in Iraq is beginning to look to me like a ruse that was perpetrated on the American people still grieving after 9/11. I believed before the war that President Bush would never squander the trust given to him by the American people to keep them safe, but it looks to me like he did exactly that, and that bothers me immensely.

Bush was elected on a platform of inclusiveness, and he promised to unite this country rather than divide it. However, any sane conservative must admit that he has done the exact opposite, and divided this country to such an extreme that I have never seen before. If I thought A truly United States of America is crucial for victory in the war on terror, and I don't believe that Bush is the man to unite us. I'm not saying John Kerry is, either, but that's the root of the quandary I find myself in.

I truly don't know who to vote for this time around. I can't bring myself to vote for a Democrat just yet, but I need to be convinced that Bush deserves another term.

[RetSignman]

Let me just say...OH, he's gone?

[Publius6961]

If we had found the massive stockpiles of WMDs that Donald Rumsfeld insisted were there

An outright lie, Abdul.

You had me semi-convinced that you were a normal human being until I got to that sentence.

Sorry.

[Arpege92]

You call yourself a Republican? You are some piece of work my friend who has allowed himself to be fooled by the liberal media and liberal politicians who will say just about anything to get into the White House.

You have forgotten that everything Bush has said about Iraq is the same things the Democrats were saying when Slick Willy was in office.

Unless you have been in a coma these past few days, a Democrat by the name of Sandy Berger, who by the way served under Clinton was caught red handed stealing top secret documents. Ask yourself what was so important about these documents....obviously Mr. Berger is trying to hide something from the American people. Of course the liberals are trying to spin this, and you, a self described Republican has some nerve to show up here and call President Bush a liar.

Do yourself a favor and join DU.