I've come to this thread way late - and maybe the commentary gets more civil later in the thread - but right now I have read the first 30 or so comments, and I'm pretty damned disgusted with what I see....
To every keyboard commando and cubicle Einstein out there on this thread who has resorted to insult-flinging and accusations against GunsareOK - of everything from national socialism, to anti-semitism, to being a druggie to being personally responsible for the 8year Hell of the Clinton administration:
You don't know what you are talking about.
It's fairly obvious to me that none of you knows GunsareOK, because if you did you would know how foolish all your flit-shinging really is.
I have known GunsareOK for approximately 10 years and he is as conservative as they come; which is apparently why so many of you lost your cool and fell into the namecalling spree. I have worked side-by-side with Guns on almost every single election, for local, statewide and national offices, in those 10 years. He has walked precincts, stood outside stores, made phone calls, driven through freaking blizzards, stood for hours at gunshows, stood in the cold for weeks outside Cheney's House during the Gore Wars, donated a boatload of money over the years to FR, NRA, SAS, MD gun rights groups (and more), contributed probably more dollars than he could aford and incalculable hours working for dozens upon dozens of conservative (read: mostly Republican, there may be a couple of conservative rural MD Dems) candidates; and never did he do it so he could get a peach appointment with a particular administration or any other personal gain (save for the hope that he could afford to retire in peace one day and have money left over after paying taxes to buy ammo for plinking at targets on his own plot of land.
Those who made and make idiotic and ill-informed accusations and insults against someone who they don't even know - and who I dare say is a helluva lot more active in the real world of political activism than most folks who wear the "conservative" or "Republican" badge - are reflecting the negativity back at themselves rather than at GunsareOK.
I know GunsareOK, and I know that he is an extremely intelligent guy who doesn't make rash decisions or jump to conclusions. If he says he's none to happy with Bush and won't vote for him again, then I'd be inclined to listen to his reasons; and he would be able to intelligently state them.
Maybe the only dumb thing he's ever done is to think that he could have an intelligent debate with some folks here.
P.S. One last thing...
...when other people talk the conservative talk, GunsareOK walks the walk. He's donated a lot of money to help fund the rallies to support the troops that the DC Chapter has held over the past two-plus years; and he's been at all those rallies, too. So, when the real enemies of freedom have tried to take over the streets of DC and attack our country's foundation... and when even the Republicans in high office didn't defend their War on Terror tactics... he was out there doing so.
Were you?