For some of us "Bush-bashers," our political loyalty lies with the founders and the Constitution they gave us.
"I back our President but if he were doing something unsavory (like lying under oath,) I could not support him."
He swore an oath before God and the people of this nation that he would uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. He lied. By signing unconstitutional legislation he has not upheld the Constitution. By refusing to pursue the crimes of the Clinton administration he has failed to defend the Constitution.
"What President Bush is doing is not betraying the conservative cause. He is using politics to confound the left."
Says you. Bush is not betraying the conservative cause because the conservative cause has been defined down. So-called "conservatives" never stand their ground on principle. They go along with the "conservatives" in power so as to not rock the boat. If they had stood their ground when Bush signed Campaign Finance Reform, the Patriot Act, the Farm Bill or the $26 billion increase in education spending, they would have been branded as Bush-bashers by people like you. But good little conservatives are supposed to just go along with Bush because he's a brilliant political strategist trying to confound the left. Did you ever stop to think for one second that he might actually believe in some of the leftist things he has supported?
Great post.
This deserves being repeated.
Regards
J.R.