First, you all label us as "loyalists" ... that's a pejorative term. We are supporters. That connotes proactive analysis, satisfaction and proxy. We know the score, believe me.
Second, your "chimp" remark tells much about your goodwill and intent.
Third, Bush supporters are sophisticated. We understand that in our system, no President can force his agenda through Congress. Anyone who based their vote for Bush on specific policy priorities is stupid. It was obvious that Congress was going to be 50-50, in that environment no Presidential program emerges from the equation whole. We don't have Kings, Mullahs, Potentates, Czars or Popes here.
People of intelligence and discrimination understand that a Presidential pretender is supported or discarded based on a measure of the "man": his demeanor, honesty, judgement, philosophy, leadership and experience. I voted for Bush because he convinced me that he is shrewd, honest, dedicated, principled and pragmatic. Yes, pragmatic. And, kids, he's Conservative. In the "real-world-outside-FR" sense.
If you asked Joe Gibbs or Chuck Noll before the season ... "Would you punt, kick a field goal, or go for the first down if you have the ball 4th and inches at the opponent's 35 yard line?" They'd look at you like the moron you are. It depends on the score, the time, the opponent, prior success or failure to run and the conditions. Pittsburgh Steelers fans had great confidence that Noll would calculate those factors expertly, and he'd make a move that was in the best interests of securing a Steelers win. That's good judgement. He's got the info, he knows the defenses, he sees the trends better than his opponents. He has the cruicial knowledge and understanding that no drunk sitting in some Pittsburgh bar is privy to; but they'll wail at every punt at the 35 or field goal at 4th and Goal nonetheless. They're as idiotic and unqualified to judge individual decisions as is the issue-by-issue deconstruction crew running roughshod here. Equally annoying, too.
There have been some mitigating circumstances since Bush's Inauguration, you know. Control of the Senate went to Tom Daschele March 24, 2001. President Bush became the Nation's Commander in Chief after September 11. To ignore those events, and their significance in limiting the President's ability to engage in partisan scrumming ... is to be a typical whiny and selfish Freeper. Rush: "Don't go Freeper on me" ... pathetic.
So, to summarize: Bush supporters are thoughtful, independent and mature. We've read the first part of the Constitution and we understand the Separation of Powers. Thus, we understand no President has power to force any agenda through the system. Events during the last year have changed Bush's leverage and his position. We don't expect Bush to waste capital on pyrrhic victories to placate some unappeasable fringe element. We trust him to make the right political call, at the right time ... all in the interests of preserving American life, liberty and prosperity.
I like our world better than yours.