I've been a news/political junkie since I was a baby and that's NOT an exaggeration. My mother programed me to be one, from birth. My beloved mother was also a history fanatic and so, I followed in her footsteps, in that as well. Posting erroneous and often spurious things, as "fact", drives me up a wall!
Sadly, many people here, though professing an interest in and knowledge of politics and history, are abjectly lacking ANY knowledge or comprehension of either. If there was an entrance test to belong to FR and a second one, which members had to pass with but 70%, after a year or two, there would be far fewer FREEPERS and a whole lot more intelligent postings!
President Bush is one of the so few as to be negligible, presidents who ran and governed the same way, no matter what they ran into/was thrust upon them. Anyone, ANYONE who claims that they voted for him, but now he hasn't/isn't doing what they expected, had NO idea who or what he was when they voted for him, or is lying.
What a delicious thought!
I lagged behind you in interest........I waited until I was 10 to become interested in politics, and haven't stopped since, but I do bow to your superior knowledge. That's one of the best things around here........learning from those who really know their stuff, and watching them demolish those who come up against them.
Sorta like watching Gen. Honore wipe out the idjit press yesterday. Yeah, baby!! Good stuff!