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No! That's what I really think! I think some of the Bush-bashers ARE arrogant blowhards! Not always; just most of the time. I don't expect everyone to always agree with Bush on everything. I don't agree with him on illegal immigrant amnesty. And I don't agree with him on restraining Israel at the moment. But neither do I expect him to be 44/99/100% pure, in my estimation of purity. I'm happy if he's "right" more times than what the alternative would have been.

On campaign reform (since it's such a litmus test for so many), he didn't sign it with fanfare, and expressed that it was a flawed bill. As a strict constructionist/constitutionalist, I could make the case that it's not the executive's place to decide whether a bill is constitutional or not; let the courts decide, which they will, and which Bush knew they would when he signed the bill. In the meantime, its signing has forced McCain to shut up and sit down -- not a bad thing in and of itself.