[marlon]

Oh and by the way judging by your handle, AfganIraqVetern I assume you served over there so I would just like to say THANK YOU!

[AfghanIraqVeteran]

No problem. 4 months Afghanistan, 6 months Iraq. Love my job! I knew this post would get some blood boiling! It did mine!

[Jonah Johansen]

"....the Bush administration, viewed by the bulk of the Canadian public as overly >>>[religious]<<< and conservative."

I believe the real energy behind "Bush hating" is anti-Christian bigotry. If you listen carefuly to their rants you will always hear a phrase like "right wing christian" "fundamentalists" "religious right" The phrase is always used in a derogatory sence. It is used as a term of derision. If you listen to them speak they spit the words out like some kind of racial slur.

When the demagogues of the left fire up the crowd with "We will take back this country from them" rhetoric; the 'them' is not really Republicans but people with tradtional religious values.