Actually, the change of government between Clinton and Bush was a dramatic test for our nation's rule of law. I find it most fascinating that people on the left now are claiming that the Bush administration has an invalid mandate. Those on the right mostly shared their ideas and raised money during the Clinton years. But now that Bush is in office, the left is talking revolution.
Those on the left who failed to acknowledge the victory for our democratic republic with the Supreme court ruling on vote counting and the invocation of the Electoral college in the 2000 election couldn't be more unamerican. It is those very institutions that could bring them back to power legitimately.
Upholding constitutional rule of law is non-partisan and anyone who wants to usurp those hallowed tenets without due process just because he disagrees with their outcome is a traitor, especially during wartime.
Good observation.
The left's fundamental hostility to law based democracy is showing, and has spread to many 'Rats that would not normally consider themselves left-radicals.
As much as conservative Republicans came to hate Wm. Jefferson Clinton, as much as they were ashamed to have The Rapist as President, I could count on the fingers of one hand (and have fingers left over) the number of times I heard Republicans say of Clinton, "he's not my President." Conservatives understand that such a declaration is an implicit repudiation of the Republic's constitution, and of the core principles of representative government.
As to the number of Democrats who said of Bush, "he is not my President," I lost count within weeks of his election.