[Mercuria]

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**

[sweetliberty]

I couldn't agree more! I was reading one thread last night and there was one poster who was foaming at the mouth and spitting profanities and launching vicious personal attacks against several others who dared to question ANY of Bush's policies. For the most part the arguments of the others were fair and reasonable. That is SO counterprocuctive to what we want to see in this country, as conservatives.