Do you blame him?
These same people are saying "we know you aren't a racist.. Now put on the white hood, sit in the back and vote like we tell you."
This might be a political calculation to you, but to Trent it's the rest of his life we are talking about here.
I personally gave considerable money and time during this past election for the republican cause, and I am not a republican. I voted for Dole as senator although I did not care for her. All I heard day after day was that the republicans needed to take back control of the senate so we could have more conservative judges etc etc. That was all fine, no one complained. Now the republicans are in danger of losing control once again. I fail to see how that is my fault and why I do not have a right to hold Bush accountable.