There is a natural tendency to want to defend 'our guy', but when we do are we any better than those who defended clinton despite his many failures as a man and as a president?
When Bush, or any other pol, is right. I have no problem saying so, even that one time clinton got it right. ;-) I won't defend the indefensible. And when they are wrong, it is my God given right to say that too.
Whether it is because fear of government reprisal or because of political intimidation, when you are afraid to exercise your rights, you have already effectively lost them. I won't cede mine. Too many good men and women died to preserve them for me.
I believe that the 'gas price' argument is an extension of the bogus 'war for oil' argument. I don't want the president or any branch of the government, or any government panel to have the ability to set prices. I trust the free market to set prices. In relative terms, gas is less costly now than it was before. Inflation has hit many other items much harder.
If you get into some good discussions and fights, would you mind pinging me? Together we can fight ignorance and fear disguised as reason and principle. Okay?
I would be glad to ping you but I haven't learned how yet. If you could tell me how to do that, I will. Free Republic needs a tutorial to teach us how to post pics and ping and stuff. I just now learned how to copy and paste. LOL