Miss Marple,
There are a million ways you could have respectfully replied to and disagreed with my post. Instead, you accused me of being a petty Bush-hater. That kind of treatment (which mimics the Administration's tactis lately) is what will cost the Republicans the election in '06.
Yes, I've defended the President for years. The criticism Bush received for Katrina was disgusting, but that does not mean that ALL criticism against the President is illegitimate.
As for the Miers debacle, if there was any sexism, it was on the part of the Administration for thinking it needed to replace O'Connor with another woman. My opposition to Miers was never because of her gender, it was because of her talent. For the record, I AM over Miers. What I am not willing to forget is how the base was treated with the charge of sexism when any flaw in her credentials was pointed out.
Now we have this amnesty-by-another-name program. Once again, Bush is actively campaigning against the conservative position on the issue, and more than one Republican in Congress has hinted that those who oppose this program are racist pigs.
Ignoring your base is one thing. Treating us like we are sexists, racists, and bigots is another.
Respectfully,
Ninofan
And as far as the Miers mess, why are you still dwelling on it? It's over.
And I see that you are saying that MY comment is the type to drive you away. Well, you were threatening that before I said a word.
I have spent the last 2 weeks seeing the President that I admire and trust denigrated by a bunch of classless critics who don't have any idea of what is involved in the presidency, and can only gripe that their way wasn't immediately chosen by the President as the way to go. I simply am not going to cater to this any more.