[OWK]

Maybe you don't realize just how bad you're getting spanked in this thread.

My argument is on the table.

Bush is a leftist.

Either rebutt it.. or live with the fact that you support a leftist.

Simple as that.

[Sockdologer]

It's amazing when you can "spank" someone in a thread
without even making a real argument. Bush is further to
the left than some of us. But he's also championed a lot
of conservative causes, which you can view in post 170.
Your leftist list pales in comparison.

Now. Tell me how ensuring a Democratic win helps the country - And I want an answer this time. Not
a defensive question.

See, being better than the left may not be good enough
for you, but I'd pick voting for someone who's a little better than the left over someone who is completely left
any day. You may not like the situation - but
let's be realistic. There are two options. They may be ugly. But you're supporting the worst of them and that
doesn't make much sense to me.

[Tamzee]

Bush is a leftist.

Silly rhetoric. Bush is center-right compared to the overall political spectrum, the exact type of candidate the right needs to use to stay in the White House. If we run someone more conservative than he is, the swing voters in the middle throw their votes to the current leftist.

If you don't like the system we have which forces us into this choice, blame the founders you pretend to respect. They created a system that would limit shifts of power to the opinions of broad coalitions. Broad coalitions are inherently moderate, great for stable and slow change in our country but much to our dismay and to the dismay of the Greenies at the edge of the left.

The founders forced us thankfully into a situation where if we want to force significant change in our government, it can only happen with a majority of the public behind us.... quit your useless whining and help us pull more lefties over to the right.

[Warren_Piece]

If immigration and spending were the only issues, the statement "Bush is a leftist" would be 100% true. Think about it:

Abortion - Bush is a leftist?
Our relationship to the UN: Bush is a leftist?
Our relationship with Old Europe: Bush is a leftist?
WOT / Iraq : Bush is a leftist?
Religious Freedom: Bush is a leftist?
Global Warming/Environment/Kyoto: Bush is a leftist?
Judicial Appointments: Bush is a leftist? (Maybe a wimp, but a leftists?)
RTKBA: - Not neccesarily conservative, but leftist? (ie proposing new gun-grabbing laws
Cultural/The Family/Values: Bush is a leftist?

I'm sorry - there is no way your statement is true. Bush isn't conservative on a few issues (there is a difference between not being conservative and being a leftist), and they may be important to you, but they are not even 30% of the entire equation. You cannot discount the other items just because they aren't at the top of YOUR list.