My "mentality" is the product of the facts of what Bush/Ashcroft have done, but I don't think it is defeatist.
Bush/Ashcroft shut down the campaign finance task force which was investigating the criminal corruption of the Clintons and their gang. It was investigating Chinagate, which means the corruption that damaged our national security.
As part of shutting down the investigation, Ashcroft sent Robert Conrad, the head of the task force who had told Reno to appoint an IC to investigate Gore, out of town to NC.
Most recently, Bush/Ashcroft allowed the CEO of Loral, who was the largest single contributor to the DNC at one time, to skate free while they fine the shareholders of the company for making China's missile program better.
What possible evidence is there that Bush is going to "unleash" the DOJ when he and Ashcroft have spent a fair amount of time this past year buying additional leashes?
I think it is the Bush crowd that is the defeatist bunch, convinced that they just can't succeed in doing what is right with respect to the Clintons' corruption. Sadly, for a whole bunch of people, its "Bush....right or wrong, Bush".
This is taking the easy road. It is easy to think this way, and I entirely disagree with it.
My expectations did not include for Bush to undo 8 years of Clintonism in one year. That's unrealistic.