[L.N. Smithee]

No, Bush isn't my ideal leader, but instead of piling on him like others, I choose to stand by him.

Fine. YOU stand by a policy that allows anyone who can crawl across the southern border to enter the country years after national security supposedly became the priority of the government. YOU stand by the nomination of an utterly underqualified crony with a law degree over known, established, tenured jurists to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court. YOU stand by silently as people who reach out to embrace you in the spirit of bipartisanship stab you in the back. YOU stand by as shady characters from your political opposition are given a pass on federal crimes while every misdemeanor of folks on this side is celebrated as if it is worthy of capital punishment. YOU stand by as rock-solid, tax-cutting, government-shrinking conservatives are shunted aside as RINOs like Richard Riordan and Lincoln Chafee are promoted.

Meanwhile, I will be demanding more, mindful of the old adage that if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

[mike_9958]

Keep it up... rant, rave and scream about how bad everything is, how some conservatives aren't conservative enough for you. And if you can persuade enough people to see the world exactly as you do I will applaud. But if you can't, and you succeed in only fragmenting us and losing us a major election out of apathy or anger you will be lumped into the extremists who lost us an election.

My fear is that McCain will run as an independent and spoil / split the conservatives like Perot did, because Conservatives will fragment. (I'd hate to think of another Dem president).

I often wonder where the line is between a Leftwing extremist is that says the Bush is bad and Rightwing extremist who says Bush is bad. I'll stand by the guy I voted for - thanks