[Tamzee]

Saber, you'd be a lot more credible if you seemed to approve of President Bush's actions occasionally. It appears that close to 100% of your time here at Free Republic is spent criticizing him, not just proposing alternate policies but using sneering insults toward President Bush and sounding almost like a woman scorned.

So I have a bad attitude in your mind? Well, I can only assume a few different reasons for a member of Free Republic to spend most or all of their time attacking President Bush...

1. The Freeper is actually a liberal who does in fact disagree with MOST of what Bush does.

2. The Freeper is a one-issue voter who doesn't CARE about "MOST of what Bush does", that Freeper only cares about that single issue. In other words, that Freeper must have a pretty shoddy sense of values, not actually any more admirable than a liberal's set of values, really.

3. The Freeper actually DOES agree with "most of what Bush does", but they expect to be able to agree with ALL of what Bush does... they want a president that mimics their own values to a "T". Well, that's a prima donna voter with a fairly spoiled sense of entitlement. Yes, it IS a sense of entitlement to expect a president to closely match your ideals when your ideals are shared by only approximately 30% of the population. The left has their welfare queens, we have our "conservative value" queens.

[Sabertooth]

Well, I can only assume a few different reasons for a member of Free Republic to spend most or all of their time attacking President Bush...

That speaks to your own self-imposed limitation.

Here's a #4:

This Freeper recongizes that there is no shortage of "shut up and vote, Bush can do no wrong, an we can't talk about it anyway" cheerleading on this site. There is no useful purpose to be served by more of the same unrealism.

So, I prefer to go get the facts that give pause to the site's self-hypnosis and bring them back here, so that people can make more informed decisions.

I distrust groupthink and appeasement, therefore I believe dissent and debate are legitmate and valuable functions to be served, and that there is far too little of both at Free Republic.

You think I lack credibility? Suit yourself.

I have trouble with the credibility of those who can't construct consistent arguments, and who are forever making lame excuses for President Bush when he errs.

I prefer to build my own through informed argument.