Good post, something that has been hard to get a few people here to grasp.
Debate, even heated, is always going to occur when policy is the topic. I think this goes far beyond policy straight to philosophy. If DC gets its way, we will have nothing to debate because we will be given marching orders from DC with no input.
And I certainly hope no one thinks I’m Bush-bashing. I’m only writing what I’ve long thought about him, even as I voted twice for him.