[Miss Marple]

No, I am not saying dissent should be stifled. Get a grip!

It is one thing to disagree with the President's policies. That is not what I am talking about.

There are plenty of posters here who disagree with President Bush on one or more issues and are able to voice those objections with reason.

Then there are the posters who call him a socialist, threaten to go third party or vote for Kerry, and attack all who disagree with them. That is the type of large-scale vituperative disagreement I am talking about.

And Tancredo shouldn't be running to the press and airing disagreements in public. It does no good except to get Tancredo's name in the press.

[Neets]

I second that Jane. You never hear about party in-fighting from the Democrats...you can bet they hardly agree 100%, 100% of the time (Well except for their hatred of Bush), but they never run to the media and brag about their disagreements.

I would like to know Tancredo's real agenda in this.

He monopolizes every opportunity to pump these types of things up...and then claims to not be interested in a seat in the election....but just can't help himself in stirring the pot and attempting to make republicans look like a party in conflicted disarray.

[kristinn]

��5{��������ways leaks and reports about these retreats. Tancredo is a leader on immigration policy. He should be speaking out.

The rumbling in the party is not something stirred up by trolls on FR. It's real. To try to steamroll it into submission will lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy of voters staying home in November.

Now is the time for the party to make course corrections for November. That's what most of us are trying to do, including the congressmen so vituperatively attacked on this thread.

[applemac_g4]

"There are plenty of posters here who disagree with President Bush on one or more issues and are able to voice those objections with reason. Then there are the posters who call him a socialist, threaten to go third party or vote for Kerry, and attack all who disagree with them. That is the type of large-scale vituperative disagreement I am talking about."

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So it's ok to disagree with Bush as long as you don't actually do anything about it. Most curious.