[Ahban]

A good read. Bush is not even a conservative by my measure, but to them he is outrageously far right. They are so prissy.

[etradervic]

It's not about what he does. It's also not so much about who he is. It's about where he is. With the Republicans in control of the House and Senate, the Executive Branch is the most attainable means for the Democrats to regain power. The Democrats are currently, as they say, "disenfranchised" and are mounting a desperate effort to obtain political relevancy.

This hatred is primarily about power not culture. If a liberal Republican like Senator Specter were President instead of Bush, the hatred would still be there.

[Edit35]

Two points. The Democrats are ticked beyond reason that, due to the 9/11 attacks, it is a REPUBLICAN who now has the opportunity to change the world for the better. Secondly, a large percentage of Democrats truly HATE anyone with strong respect in Christianity because it reminds them they are living a questionable lifestyle.

(The hate, I believe, stems from the latent guilt that is inherent in all human beings. No one wants to be reminded they might be living a lifestyle not necessarily approved by their parents)

If that is too psycho-babblish, well, so be it.

[Zack Nguyen]

BIBLE THUMPING Similarly, Bush's Christianity seems evangelical and literal. It comes across as disturbing to liberals of the country who see religion as a mere social formality at best, useful for weddings and funerals, perhaps comforting at Christmas and Easter of course, but otherwise a potential threat to the full expression of lifestyle "choices."

This is the key. The radical left is becoming more consistent in their anti-Christian rage. They hat eBush because he believes in right and wrong, and this belief comes from an unchanging source. This reminds the radical left of judgment, and they hate it.

[Marauder]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/jogging.asp

They hate him for this kind of stuff, too.

[ladyinred]

Very well done.

Bush is real, and that is the problem.

[nothingnew]

VDH heads up

FMCDH(BITS)

[nothingnew]

Thanx bubman for a full VDH.

FMCDH(BITS)

[hemogoblin]

ping

[luvbach1]

Victor Davis Hanson has nailed it.

[luvbach1]

...the Left's unhinged odium will resonate with and embolden not only our enemies abroad, but also the deranged, dangerous folk here at home.

This is very portentous.

[AnAmericanMother]

Minor point - the Manichaeans have nothing to do with this, and Bush cannot by any stretch of the imagination be considered a follower of that particular heresy.

Manichaeans posited two equal and eternal gods, one good and one evil, locked in an eternal struggle. The elect must reject all earthly things (including most foods, marriage, etc.) in order to draw near the divine principle of good.

In contrast, Bush is just your typical born-again Southern evangelical Methodist. Nothing mysterious about that, though.

[Jaysun]

For now Americans seem to be split 50-50 over the reelection of George W. Bush.

The assumption is always made that the 50-50 is because the liberals are "energized" and are coming out in droves. The truth is that the majority of Americans are more Conservative than Liberal. The 50-50 split is caused more by a large number of disenfranchised Conservatives than anything else. Truly Conservative politicians (Ronald Reagan) tend to do well in America.

The idea that we have to "move to the middle" to be elected is both absurd and damaging. Compared to what Conservatives give up, Liberals give up almost nothing when supposedly "moving to the middle." The term "moving to the middle" could more accurately be described as: "abandoning some of your beliefs to the idiocy that is modern day Liberalism."

I'll be voting for the President and will do whatever meager things that I can to encourage others to do the same. I just wish that Conservative politicians would wake up. Better yet, I wish that some Conservatives would run for office.

[VeritatisSplendor]

I was down in the farmer's market in Mount Pleasant, SC, and a woman ahead of me said to her companion, oh, that's very bad, they have a Bush sticker on their truck.

She couldn't stand that line any more and went away, but her companion said to the farm lady, Bush doesn't like organic farming, you know.

And the farm lady said pleasantly, that's all right, Kerry stands for a lot of things I purely can't abide.

Now that's common sense, politicians aren't going to agree with every one of your beliefs.

More sense from a SC farm lady, than from obnoxious yuppie elitist self-congratulatory liberals.

Mrs VS (Tarheel in exile)

[Chu Gary]

To me, this is one of Steyn's best ever. I believe that the continued petty attacks by the Left are accomplishing a great thing for our side - driving the independents to our side. Bush in a landslide! Kerry may not even be able to gain re-erection in Massachusetts.

[TASMANIANRED]

"Not long ago a Frenchman explained to me why he hates Bush, who "thinks linearly" and has no sense of the "problematique."

I wonder if the french had the same problem with Roosevelt thinking linearly over the Germans marching into France.

[3catsanadog]

Here, here!!!

The leftie liberals have been trying to pull the wool over our eyes by trying to demonize Bush for what he has done in office while the fact of the matter is is that they have hated him since the wee hours of the morning on Nov. 8, 2000.