Ridge is a good administrator and will do well at this job. But I have seen some of the most horrendous posts against him because he is not pro-life!
As for bombing, we have even had "so-called" conservative Congressmen calling for nukes. I for one am very thankful that our President is using diplomacy as his first weapon. I've been watching people slam him for not bombing someone...anyone...back to the stone age, and others complaining about him doing just that.
He is also rabidly anti-RKBA. I'm sure you've seen "horrendous" posts that point that out as well.....
It's causing me to question my affiliation with the Libertarian Party. I'll have no truck with people that put their personal freedom above the rights of the general populace to stay alive. This is war. They seem not to understand that. We did not start this war.
What's funny, is that they seem to want changes in our foreign policy as a result of these attacks, which is, in essence, exactly what bin Laden wants. I'll be damned if I let them talk me into that now, as a result of this.