But people who reflect and care about Bush's, and his supporters', values should be able to VETO performances by inappropriate acts. And in fact should.
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I'm not so sure that people that feel as you do are the only ones who support President Bush. FWIW, I do believe that patriotism and support of the troops ARE Bush's values. What makes folks like you (no matter how upstanding) worthy of a veto that people who disagree with you are not? That smacks of snobbery and entitlement, imo.
No offense, but you don't get priority on President Bush's agenda any more than I do. The American people as a whole do. Potty mouths and all.
I use the F-word, the S-word, ocassionally I've been known to tell a salty joke or two. I've taken pleasure at all the risque anti-Clinton jokes, anti-Streisand jokes, anti-Moore jokes, etc. I watch R-rated movies, enjoy a good action movie with tons of violence, I like hard rock, some rap, and can't stand country. I've even seen porn on the internet! (GASP) And guess what, I'm a Republican...
Just because I and others like things that some might not find to their liking doesn't make us less "Republican", less "American" or a lower form of life. It's a bit hypocritical for so-called Christians to spend so much time and effort to pass judgment, isn't it?
The base deserves special consideration, and much or most of the base -- I certainly never said all of it -- is seriously offended by Hollywood decadence. No doubt some of Bush's values -- e.g., patriotism -- have even wider popular appeal than public morality does. But that doesn't justify dismissing any claim to public morality's role in shaping an event as important as this second inauguration, which so many of us worked so hard to achieve.
Very well said ex!!!!