"so many of us are quick to vocally not trust his judgment. I see that as a serious flaw in logic. "
What a disconnect.
"trusting his judgement" is not based on logic. It is the position based on emotion.
Asking for evidnece, proof - that is the logical position.
Saying "bush is a good man and I like him and trust him" is, by definition, the emotional position.
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I probably should have said - trust, based on past performance -
For example, as I approach an intersection, I trust that traffic lights are going to work the same way they have always worked. To me that is a logical position.
We have 5 years of past performance of President Bush. That is more data than just "feeling" that he is a good man.
This argument always makes me laugh. Of course we have to vote for candidates we trust. We don't know what is going to occur (at any level of gov't). Did we know when we voted in 2000 that 9/11 would happen? Did the people who voted for Jeb, Blanco, or Haley Barbour know that there would be devastating hurricanes?
In our system, we don't get to throw out the office holder if some new situation arises - we have to stick with who we elected.
Some people *are* one-issue voters - they pick because of their favorite issue, but they're the ones who are usually disappointed when something unforeseen arises.