As if you ever did...
I maxed out to him financially early in the Republican primary in 2000.
I gave to him financially in 2004, though I confess I didn't max out.
How much did you give?
Obviously I voted for him on both occasions.
In 2004 when a lot of conservatives were bitching, I posted here talking about his conservative achievements. Some of these are still worthy of note, including war on terror, telling the UN to go "elsewhere" shall we say, and for making some decent pro life stands, including stem cell. For those reasons, especially national security, I urged people to vote for him. Like many here, I was scared out of my gourd on election day in both 2000 and 2004.
Even in this controversy, I have pointed out that his Court of Appeals nominees are outstanding. Perhaps even better than Reagan's. Moreover, I have consistently said that he was a man of faith, a genuine and good man.
That said...I am not going to just keep my mouth shut when anyone gives us the largest entitlement since LBJ (inexcusable), who eviscerates the First Amendment by signing McCain Feingold (which he acknowledged was unconstitutional...but wanted to leave that up to the courts). Nor am I going to keep my mouth shut when someone says that "institutional racism" played a role in the New Orleans response. And let's don't even get started on borders on the "assault weapons" ban.
The bottom line for me is that GWB's domestic agenda is liberal in the extreme. We never would have let Clinton get away with this crap!
And...in that context...came this appointment. This is his single most important domestic act. The second most important was Roberts. And he gives us this. The only defense is that we must trust him.
I agree that if you just think about his court appointments, he might merit some trust. But if you think about his larger domestic agenda, he deserves to be mistrusted, because he has, in fact, betrayed us.
Now people are telling me that if we knock down Miers, Bush is going to really screw us and show us that he's in charge. The only rational conclusion is that he was never for us.
In which case...the only rational conclusion...is that we should not have supported him (in the 2000 primary, that is...after that, there is no real choice).
So don't try your glib remarks on me. My support has been real. As have my criticisms.
The Bush bots are going to just have to accept that this problem was not created by freepers....we are only responding.