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George Bush is not now, nor ever was a Conservative. He is a true moderate Republican (unlike leftists like Chrissie Whitman, Tom KEan, Rudy Giuliani, etc who are incorrectly termed "moderate" by the far left-wing press of America).

If any of you out there were not watching the Democratic Debate last night, Bush's relative Conservative credentials or the lack thereof pale into insignificance when compared with the nine dwarfs currently running for the Democratic ticket. Kucinich is scarey - he looks like Souter in drag, or a midget vampire. His prescription for more government spending and opposition to any American military involvement in the Middle East is frightening. Clark is a total imbicle. Only Bill Clinton could have made this moron a General. Kerry is a warmed over George McGovern. Edwards is an idiot. Sharpeton, unlike the mentally sharpe guy I THOUGHT he was, despite my philosophical differences with him, is a stupid, ignorant, bloated buffoon. Dean is really certifiable. I question his mental stability, along with his ignorance of international issues. The ONLY candidate there REALLY capable of even marginally functioning in the White House is Joe Lieberman and he is way down in the polling and in funding.

If any of these nutcases get elected President ( and I don't include Lieberman in that category) instead of Bush, we can anticipate the total collapse of America as we know it and massive new attacks from Islamofascists.

And so, Bush may not be perfect, but he is the best we have to go with. We can only try to exert pressure on him with letters, petitions, etc, to try and get him more to the right. The other thing we can do is start - NOW, plotting as to who we will back in 2008. My vote there goes to Condolezza Rice, but I'm open to other suggestions.

And so, Bush may not be perfect, but he is the best we have to go with.

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The other thing we can do is start - NOW, plotting as to who we will back in 2008. My vote there goes to Condolezza Rice, but I'm open to other suggestions.

Whether you like a certain person or not, when you say "well, at least he's not the other guy" or "he's the best we got right now" you should immediately start trying to find somebody else and not wait until after the 2004 elections. Yes, the party bigwigs would work against anybody challenging Bush, but that lays the groundwork for 2008.

I like the guy, I voted for him three times (but not in the same election!), but as President he is not what I expected nor do I think he has earned my vote in 2004 (not that it matters, I'm in Texas).

The GOP needs a good house cleaning at the very top. They seem to be more concerned with winning elections (which I guess since that is what they are paid to do, they are going to keep doing) than sticking to beliefs and issues that Conservatives have.

For better or for worse, the GOP leadership is going to take positions that pull in leftist/moderate voters, and that carries over to the President and his positions.

I don't expect them to step aside anytime soon, and like the democrats, if you don't have the leadership's blessing, you can kiss getting your candidate elected goodbye.

What that means is, your going to see more and more candidates that are either incredibly moderate in everything, or worse lean over the line to the left.

For many of us, that is just fine as long as they keep winning elections. For the rest of us like you and me that worry about the future of the country and what the GOP will look like when our grandchildren and great-grandchildren are adults, that means we face some serious choices.

If any of you out there were not watching the Democratic Debate last night, Bush's relative Conservative credentials or the lack thereof pale into insignificance when compared with the nine dwarfs currently running for the Democratic ticket.

Thank you for saying this! It needs to be repeated, often. I don't care what beef some "true conservative" has with Bush, they are complete asses if they do not vote to re-elect this man in November. With all things considered, the stakes are too high to allow one of the Dems back in the White House.