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He also apologized to China and then paid them for knocking our plane out of the sky. He has gone overboard promoting Islam in this nation, while essentially ignoring his Christian base. He is playing right along with the homosexual agenda. He talks tough on terror while doing his best to reward the Grandfather of Terrorism with his own nation-state. He abandons those who are most representative of his base, Estrada, Santorum. He jacked around with the UN for six months while our economy continued to falter, the uncertainty of the war no doubt playing a role in that.

This board SKEWERED Clinton daily (rightfully so!) for the same kind of policymaking. Now, because Bush has an (R) after his name, he can do no wrong. It's sad to realize that the ideologs on the right are no different in principle from those on the left: If it's "our guy," find a way to justify whatever he does.

I'll vote for Bush because he is better than having a Democrat back in the White House, but he is on a daily basis turning broken-glass Republicans into who-cares Republicans and is probably going to be a one-termer for it.

"This board SKEWERED Clinton daily (rightfully so!) for the same kind of policymaking. Now, because Bush has an (R) after his name, he can do no wrong. It's sad to realize that the ideologs on the right are no different in principle from those on the left: If it's "our guy," find a way to justify whatever he does."

I can't agree with your assessment. Yes, President Bush definitely plays politics, and that isn't right, but he's not the personification of the caricature you are presenting here. Don't forget the brighter side of things: His personal life seems very clean (after Klinton, this is a must!), he frequently appoints (and re-appoints) staunch right-wingers like Charles Pickering, Priscilla Owen, Bill Pryor and Tymothy Tymkovich to the federal courts. He's done many things to express his opposition to abortion, both through legislation and judicial nominations. He vocally supports abstinence and marriage, in spite of having only slim support for it in Congress. He's the staunchest supporter of the death penalty we've probably ever had in the White House (the first 3 federal executions in 40 years have taken place under his watch - 2 of which were minorities. Bill Klinton stayed the execution of them, simply because he was Hispanic). He very courageously stood against global popular opinion during the Iraq war and was and still is demonised for it. The list goes on. Yes, his approach to homosexuality has been disappointing, for sure. Yet, how often do you hear him verbally promoting it like Klinton or Gore did? He refuses to sign 'Gay Pride Month' year after year. The White House endorsed the recent Texas DOM Act which banned both gay marriage and civil unions. The President also refused to reprove Senator Santorum, though he surely should have done more to support him, I know.

Yet, people accuse Bush of being no different from Klinton. I encourage those people to sit back and very calmly think back to what the Klinton presidency was really like. Do you know why the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is the most liberal Appeals Court in the country? Dig a little and have a look at the percentage of Clinton appointees that are on that court (I'll tell you that he didn't appoint very many Bill Pryors or Charles Pickerings). Have a look at his 2 US Supreme Court appointees, openly called moderates but with a radically liberal voting record. Think back to the "I have one thing to say to American people . . ." speech. Think to the Starr Report and the unsuccessful impeachment trial in the Senate. Think of that whole era that stripped America of its moorings like never before. And then ask you if President Bush has done the same. You'll be out of your poor minds if you think we're no better off now than before.