Right, those malcontents were out walking precincts in 2000, 2002, and 2004--for W. I guess they hated the president secretly. That makes them official af_vet_1981 traitors, I guess.
I happen to be in the "hold your nose and very reluctantly support her because the president has made a big bloody mistake and I don't want it to turn into a huge, smashing defeat" crowd. Half the time, I feel like I'm compromising my principles to go even that far. And I ran hundreds of volunteers for W in the last two elections and am a party official.
Do you see a problem that this is the strongest reaction I can come up with in favor of my president? Or does that make me a af_vet_1981 'traitor' like most of the other folks on this thread?
Honestly, your posts on this thread are so over the line that I suspect you think you are being funny. On the other hand, I fear you are not.
Most people on the thread are not trashing her. It is a relatively small handful of whiny malcontents. Treason is as treason does.
"I happen to be in the "hold your nose and very reluctantly support her because the president has made a big bloody mistake and I don't want it to turn into a huge, smashing defeat" crowd. Half the time, I feel like I'm compromising my principles to go even that far. And I ran hundreds of volunteers for W in the last two elections and am a party official."
I originally shared this sentiment. But consider that defeating the nominee would very likely rally much of the base behind the Senate GOP. Which we need a helluva lot more than we need to rally around Bush, going into 2006. As has been stated ad nauseum: Bush isn't running again, for anything, ever. We need to be focused on congress until 08.
Many of the people supporting Bush on this pick without reservation, would be defending Bush were he to nationalize all private industry in the country. They're conservatives second, Bush men first. As AF brutally points out, all criticism of Bush is treason to him. There's no compromise with that and there's no future in embracing it. The people who are the future of the party, understand the electoral implications of dividing the base and attacking movement leaders who inform opinion.