[what's up]

but Republicans (many on this board included) have been as guilty of bashing President Bush as was the media

Correct.

It is the left's #1 goal to divide their opponents and they must really be delighted that it is so easy for them.

I find it tragic the back-stabbing Pres. Bush has had to endure from people like those on FR. Bush is SO responsible for our safety today, stood irresolutely for pro-life issues, juiced the economy for years and he has to endure this kind of treatment.

It's really ugly.

[chimera]

One thing that liberals understand but conservatives don't is that to win elections you have to be united. Look at how they rallied around Clinton, flawed (by normal standards of decency) as he was. There were many on the far left who were (are) disappointed by Oblunder, but when the chips were down they voted for him. You didn't hear them pouting about staying home, or leaving the top of the ballot blank, or taking their ball and running away home to Mommy, or throwing away their vote on some quixotic minor party candidate. They voted for their guy and they won. Sure, Romney may not have been the ideal candidate, nor was GW Bush, but cripes, they are a darned sight better than anybody on the other side. In politics it is often the case that you can't always get what you want, a perfect candidate who is all things to all people. But you sure aren't going to advance any kind of political agenda if you keep losing elections. We've got to get candidates who match our ideals in as many ways as possible, but if we want to have any kind of influence on the national debate, we've got to run candidates who are smart, won't say STUPID things in a campaign, and who will beat the crap out of their opponents when crunch time comes.