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The way I see it, we conservatives have always held principles to be more important than the man. We criticized the Rats for their weathervane policies and their worshipping of Bill Clinton as though he could do no wrong. And here when we're doing the same thing, the defense from some quarters on here is its politics and the President knows what he's doing. Now if this same defense were applied to Clinton, it would be roundly condemned and ridiculed as pandering to the lowest common denominator and elevating the President to an absolute dictator. The thing is when President Bush breaks faith with the base, there's this tendency to excuse it instead of reproving him for it and insisting he uphold the principles that our movement is dedicated to and to fulfill the conservative agenda in the work of our government. If Rush is excoriating the President, its out of a sense of responsibility to keep him from continuing on a course that is detrimental both to his political future and to the future of this great country. Let's hope President Bush takes it to heart for he will thank us for it later.