[SerpentDove]

>> Then stop calling him a 'betrayer.' It's not a word most people use with someone they have even an ounce of respect for.

For the most part, people who feel 'betrayed' misunderstood what he stood for in the first place.<<

Oh, you mean like Campaign Finance Reform? Remember how he called it unconstitutional on the campaign trail, and then made jokes to the press about how fast he would sign it?

But of course, because I expected him to keep his word, that makes me a Bush-basher.

[ohioWfan]

For me the jury is still out on CFR until the Supreme Court deals with it. I wanted Bush to veto it like crazy, and I don't know why he signed it when he disagreed with parts of it.

But it seems the difference between you and me when it comes to the President, is that I believe he has earned my trust, so my view is that there are things that he knows that I don't, which mitigate what appears to be on the surface. We are not privy to the goings on at the WH, but my clue that something was afoot was the seeming change in Mitch McConnell when CFR was signed. Perhaps Bush just made a mistake on that one, but I don't know that yet. With this President there is always a plan, and it is rarely ovbvious to the outside observer.

For you, it was a betrayal and you no longer trust him to do the right thing, which belies your claims that you support him.

All I know is, whether you define yourself as a basher or not, you don't have much respect for the President..........and I do.