"C'mon...isn't blind, unthinking loyalty a principle?"
It's nothing like "blind" loyalty. It's trust in President Bush and loyalty to him based on his proven record of standing firm against our enemies when others did not. Most Bush critics are acting out of cleverness and Arabaphobia. An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness and a pound of Arabaphobia merely pays the toll on a dirt road to a darker place.
So how is that race card working out for you? Most of the folks here are just busting it out for the first time. Until about a week ago it was only left-wingers that used it.