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RE :"respect and admire President Bush.I don't respect him, and I don't admire him...because he's not a conservative, period. He's a RINO bastard."

No, GWB's a liberal. And those that worship him must be liberals too. They attack Democrats for the same things they loved Bush for doing. If you love Bush you are their friend, if you think he was a failure they hate you. They live in 2002 forever. Only a few crazies live in that world. That short time for them is like 1960s to the liberals . They cannot let it go either.

I know how you feel about President Bush, rabs. And I know that how you feel about people who see more than you see in his character and in his policies. I also know how you feel about those of us who can disagree with some of his policies and still deeply respect his integrity, strength, courage and most of all for me, his faith. He's a good man, and all but the most jaded politics-only leftists and rightists understand that.

I also know that your sole criterion for being a conservative is hating President Bush. I know that you support candidates who are off-the-wall and have positions that I consider to be liberal (I believe Libertarians are as liberal or moreso than RINO's because of their stance on social issues). I believe that your conservatism is limited to your economic politics, and my conservatism covers my entire life. That's why I get out of my chair and work for conservatism and you think that posting anti-McCain articles on FR is enough. I think you should be doing something real.....something tangible......something pro-active.

At any rate, I appreciate your attempt to be civil here, and I would appreciate it if it would continue.

I am pro-life, pro-military, pro-national defense, pro-conservative judges, pro-business, pro-tax cuts, and in those areas President Bush was a stellar conservative.

So I think, that while I certainly disagree with some of what he did, calling him a RINO is foolish. He is a center-right Republican, and not at all "in name only." That's a misnomer. Obviously he wasn't across the board conservative, but that doesn't justify your hatred.

As for calling him a 'bastard,' that speaks only for your inability to criticize without personally attacking, which is why you and I have had problems from the beginning.

How about both you and me turning over a new leaf? I'm willing. Are you?