[FreedomNeocon]

The whole 'center' is thrown off by how far wacko the left has gone (into outright communism in parts).

Bush, quite literally, is what the MSM would have called a 'moderate'... always trying to get along and find compromise. Thats what has fired up so much of the conservative base.

But of course he gets no 'credit' for it from the left, and predictably the right will only concede so much.

Its particularly ironic that Bush said he wanted to be a 'uniter' and has tried and ends up being odd man out by being in the middle when the 'passion' is on the ends... of course he still gets derided for being the object of division.

[plain talk]

well stated.