[WestVirginiaRebel]

I kind of figured that would be your reaction. Never mind the fact that this guy worked for Reagan, supported the invasion of Iraq, supports the idea of preemptive first strikes, and doesn't like the role that veto power has in the UN Security Council.

And of course I'm a troll for thinking that competence is a requirement in wartime, for believing in actually doing something about border security instead of paying lip service to it, and for believing that Islamic Nazis who want to blow us up are actually a bigger threat to our way of life than gay marriage. And for daring to disagree with the GOP party line on some issues, for believing that they are nanny-staters and big-government spenders and NOT true conservatives-yeah, for all of these things, I'm a troll.

Or maybe I'm just where the Republican Party used to be.

[Dane]

You did read the rest of the article, didn't you. He blamed the entrenched beauacracy and not Bush himself, but you already knew that but decided not to disclose it.

[NetLiberty]

I'm with you. My demand for brains and competence in public service rises above Republican/Democrat. If "our side" is dropping the ball, as it plainly is, then they need to be called to account for it.

As I see it, border security is a minimal requirement of government. If you aren't controlling the borders (and amazingly this doesn't seem to be a priority for Bush), then you aren't really doing the job of government. Especially under our current threat.

Oh, and one more thing--it is truly moronic to think that these issues should be hushed up during an election season, or that those who bring them up are DU disruptors.