No, what it took was for these middle-aged adolescents, that have treated their whole lives as one big toga party, to be bitch slapped into the reality that they could actually get hurt or killed. They are thanking whatever God they have that there is a tough and adult administration in charge and NOT one of their soul mates.
Okay - now do the same with your new declaration!!! Put the words right out there to the same sources - and tell them where you stand NOW!!!
Hello friend! You've done stalwart work keeping the late night Romper Room known as FR "real". ;^) Although, having lurked around FR this mid-day past, any rancorous discourse and "vibe" during this shift is NOTHING compared to the tsunami of suspicion, conspiracy, disillusionment, impending peril and despair that colors the view of the daytime crew. YIKES! Someone should tell some of these folks ... "hey, you're not interesting enough to warrant the intrusive Federal monitoring of your activities." Here's a hypothetical surveilance report on 99% of us: "Surveilance report- Day 4 ... no change in subject's daily activity. Bitter, home during the day on computer, posting on Free Republic.com web site. Highly aggreived by something or someone. Subject is non-sensical and imbalanced, but presets no imminent threat. Recommend the immediate termination of surveilance. Please. I beg you."
Re: your post - I would agree with you regarding 70% of those who voted for Gore last November. They will support this Administration as loyal Americans. They are the trade unionists, the farmers, the Catholics, senior citizens, the apolitical good folk, the Suburban yuppies, the Gen Y pollyannas etc. who vote Democrat reflexively. The folks who watch "WWF Smackdown" "Ally McBeal" and "Survivor", play fantasy football, go to work daily for their families, and do the right things in life. The other 30%, from my observation, will soon emerge to try to actively undermine this President and our vital War effort. They fall, IMO, into two categories:
1.) The venal selfish Democrat hacks who see this horrible mass murder as a dangerous movement of the political discourse away from crass partisan demagougery against Bush and the GOP. They are afraid that any Bush success in protecting Americans will negatively influence their single mission to reacquire political control in 2002/2004 elections. Any ascension of Bush in this affair, presents a real financial threat to their very, very lucrative livliehoods as the architects, operators and beneficiaries of a $1+ trillion annual entitlement spoils system. Their payday relies on domestic discord, divisiveness and grievance.
2.) The counterculture elite who developed their world view during the Vietnam War and have waged a subsequent campaign to infiltrate and corrupt American institutions, foment racial, cultural and class divisiveness, and subequently aquire political power. They viscerally hate America.
This significant group of liberal Americans will emerge soon to oppose whatever measures George W. Bush takes in this historic battle. In their minds ... the 6800 fathers, mothers, husbands, wives etc. who were brutally murdered two weeks ago are victims - not of evil butchers and lunatics who wish to kill us - but rather they are the tragic casualties of an evil,corrupt capitalist/imperialist America.
They won't prevail this time. Best Regards!