[Schakaljager]

nobody outside this realm gives a rat ass about CFR. besides, Bush never had a true hardcore conservative base in the first place, if he had one, the 2000 election wouldn't be such a mess. CFR ain't "read my lips" because most people just don't care. RINOs? why don't people of their states vote them out of office? because they simply don't care. This is political reality, and Bush is playing along, and I don't have problem with that.

[Mulder]

This is political reality, and Bush is playing along, and I don't have problem with that.

If I wanted someone to "play along", I would have voted for Gore.

As far as "political reality" goes, I'm seeing and hearing a lot of people who voted for Bush now saying they either won't do so, or will do so only reluctantly.

These are people who not only voted for him, but also gave money and volunteered their time. These are people who spent hours working phone banks, making yard signs, or going door-to-door for the Bush campaign.

The "political reality" is that if those folks bail, then Bush will be lucky to get the measly 37% that his father got in 1992.

[brat]

"This is political reality, and Bush is playing along, and I don't have problem with that"...well I do. We didn't fight hard and vote for him so he could "play along."