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The White House is putting real Americans in a very difficult spot -- by design. They seem to think we would never vote for a Democrat. Of course, NEVER for a "Liberal" of the Clintonista mold. Kerry, never. Dean, never. Lieberman, never. However, there is still one outcome the WH seems to have failed to factor in -- massive numbers of Republicans (even in that 49% support column) can still vote -- none of the above.

Exactly.

I agree with 80-90% of your assessment. Probably, I fit your definition of "ultrapurist" more than any other...

Ironic- up until the 1992 election, I would have been arguing the same things as the other Bush-supporters, using the same rationales...

But the problem is that the system is rigged, and relies on people thinking only to the level of such arguments, and never further... Realistically, there are no fundamental differences in the candidates to be the next dope to sit in the White House. In every way that matters, there are no real differences. Actions do speak louder than words. Bush may have an "R" behind his name, but it's a little "r." And judging by his actions as of late, I'm reminded of two quotes:

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does NOT mean to stand by the President or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country."
--Theodore Roosevelt

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear."
--Marcus Tullius Cicero 42B.C.

What Bush proposes, is by definition, nothing less than treason.

But the problem is that the system is rigged, and relies on people thinking only to the level of such arguments, and never further... Realistically, there are no fundamental differences in the candidates to be the next dope to sit in the White House. In every way that matters, there are no real differences.

Yada, yada, yada. If you think there are no differences between Bush and the demos, you are mistaken. I guess you would like to have the UN and Kofi Annan run US foreign policy, which would happen under a demo President. And I guess you like the tax hikes a demo would bring.

But you keep on ranting endlessly Eric, that seems to be your strong suit.