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Rush has always magnified the weaknesses he sees in Washington. The first time I ever heard him, he was raking the first Bush administration over the coals. It isn't that he doesn't support the president; it is that he challenges him to be the best he can be by exaggerating the dissenting voices within his own party.

I am personally disturbed by a lot of the all-or-nothing attitudes and the ensuing flaming going on on this forum lately. Why does everybody have to be labeled either a Bushbot or a Bush basher? Why can't we just support our president, but challenge him when we believe he is wrong? It is a far more loving thing to correct errors, or at least try to, than to ignore them and and instead allow them to drive a wedge between people. Why should this be any less true for the president than for anybody else we care about?

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Why does everybody have to be labeled either a Bushbot or a Bush basher? Why can't we just support our president, but challenge him when we believe he is wrong? It is a far more loving thing to correct errors, or at least try to, than to ignore them and and instead allow them to drive a wedge between people. Why should this be any less true for the president than for anybody else we care about?

I know people who THINK they know my positions will just drop in a faint, but I pray for our President continually.

And it is our DUTY as FREE CITIZENS to correct our Administration when we believe it is doing wrong, and to use our Constitutional rights AND our power as a voting populace to register our disapproval.

Does a loving parent give a child anything they want?

It might come as a shock to people...but WE are the loving parent, not the President.

As I've said, I have MANY Bush-supporting close friends! I certainly do not call them "Bushbots", nor do I call anyone that except those who will not tolerate debate on his decisions one iota without a flamefest.

Granted, there are some dissenters like me who are more provoking than thought-provoking.

But then again, we're not the ones running around here trying to paint everyone who disagrees with the President as a traitor.

Gets hairy.

But as always...I hope for the best, and expect the worst.

Keeps me from going extreme OR burying my head in the sand and pretending that a President with an (R) designation after his name means everything's just gonna be okay from now on. **g**