[George W. Bush]

Excuse my ignorance, but why is there so much activity attached to a vanity post by a guy who calls himself "Pukin Dog?"

He wrote a vanity designed to flush out trolls (broadly defined as those insufficiently loyal to the GOP on various policies) so the moderators could ban them. The moderators put this vanity in Breaking News, despite management's policy against vanities.

Given that he's been bragging about how many trolls he's bagged, it seems a fair assessment.

[William Terrell]

insufficiently loyal to the GOP on various policies

You mean as in "oath of fealty"?

Here is the result of "sufficiently loyal".

The truth is, there is about 30% of the voting public in each camp who vote for the party no matter what. The Republicans have so-called conservatives who would vote for Arlen Specter rather than Thomas Jefferson, because Specter is a Republican and Jefferson was a Democrat. On the Democrat side, they have a group who would vote for Zell Miller rather than Lincoln Chafee, because Miller is a Democrat and Chafee is a Republican.

Neither of these groups have any political clout. They are irrelevant to the political debate.

Neither party, nor any politician, has to work to get their vote. Consequently, their issues are of no concern to either party.

You've been had, and don't even know it!