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Either that, or we are a test market for the DNC on how to divide conservatives.

The anti-Bush element here are NOT conservatives. They are anti-statist malcontents. They hated Bush 41, they hated Clinton, now they hate Bush 43. They hate America, and they couch it as loving the Constitution and some imagined America that has never existed.

Conservatives who get the job done are solidly behind Bush, and well satisfied with the GOP. 49 million strong in 2000. This FR element consists of dismal old men, losing life and aging gracelessly.

Conservatives who get the job done are solidly behind Bush, and well satisfied with the GOP. 49 million strong in 2000. THIS FR ELEMENT CONSISTS OF DISMAL OLD MEN, LOSING LIFE AND AGING GRACELESSLY!

You hit the nail squarely on the head -- PERFECT analysis!!!!

Thank you so much for your post. You said it all.
BRAVO!

how to divide conservatives 101

Have Bush open his mouth!

They hate America, and they couch it as loving the Constitution and some imagined America that has never existed.

You couldn't be more wrong, bucko.

You are the worst example of Bushbot I have ever come across. Most of the conservative here on FR have been here since the beginning fighting the good fight. We supported Bush because he told us he was conservative and we believed him. Now we feel cheated. He signs and supports one liberal agenda item after another and we are supposed to be happy about it. The fact is that if Hillary Clinton was doing half the stuff Bush is doing most of you Bushbots would be crying blooding murder, but because George II is doing it it is all right with you. I for one am tired of hearing about some supposed Bush agenda to outwit the Dems. The only agenda I see is Karl Roves agenda to get Bush re-elected by talking like a conservative and governing like a liberal, thus playing both sides of the street. It may be successful, but that doesn't make him a conservative, and doesn't make many of us happy. My greatest concern is that so many of your type have no guiding principles in your life. You are wrapped up in the personality and not the actions of the person you support. How pathetic.

The anti-Bush element here are NOT conservatives. They are anti-statist malcontents. They hated Bush 41, they hated Clinton, now they hate Bush 43. They hate America, and they couch it as loving the Constitution and some imagined America that has never existed.

That is about the biggest bunch of malarkey I've yet read on here. I'm quickly becoming anti-Bush myself, because he's not acting like a conservative. I voted for his father twice. I voted for Dubya and sent about a thousand faxes to influential people during the election dispute.

What you're trying to do is paint anyone who criticizes Bush as some kind of radical, which is utterly ridiculous and naive to the Nth degree. The problem is not with those who criticize him. The problem is not even with those who support him. The real problem here is with people like you, who BLINDLY support him just because he's a Republican in the White House. You tailor reality to justify this inaccurate portrayal of the man. You find genius and strategy in everything he does, when it's JUST NOT THERE.

You can spout all the nonsense you want to in order to convince yourself that only some tiny contingent of radicals are growing disenchanted with Bush, but that doesn't make it true. It just makes you look as ideological and disingenuous as those who supported Clinton no matter WHAT he did. You remember those people, right? The ones on TV night after night, defending his perjury because that was what was required in order to be a good Democrat?

What's the difference in what you're doing now? None. As I've said before, if Clinton had made EXACTLY the same policy moves as Bush is making now, you and most of the others here would have (rightfully) been screaming to high heavens. Bush does it, though, and it's genius. Strategy. Always some masterful plan of setting something up.

Bush is either a pro-big-government, liberal leaning Republican, or else he's almost as good at pandering and playing politics as the Slickster was. It's one or the other, no matter what other kind of delusional picture you try to paint.

MM