Bush Bashers

The cognitive dissonance among Mr. Bush’s supporters is incredible. Over and over again, the only explanation they seem to be able to muster as to why reasonable people disagree with his administration is that such folks must hate Mr. Bush. Hmmm… clearly Mr. Bush’s supporters are not paying attention, nor carefully reading many of the posts made in this board.

But hey, whatever explains one’s world view, right?

I’ll say it again, I’m an average male that happened to serve in the Marines, I put myself through college after the Corps, I follow politics extremely closely and, as I have carefully documented, I (and countless folks around our country) have substantive and legitimate reasons to want to hold Mr. Bush accountable for the self-admitted “miscalculations” that got us into Iraq (and which will keep our armed forces there for years to come — which is exactly what Osama Bin Ladin wanted, a permanent target).

Honestly folks, if you guys don’t know what’s going-on in Iraq you’ve better start paying attention.

“At best, the experts said, Iraq will have a tenuous stability. A middle-ground estimate envisions increased extremism and fragmentation that impede efforts to build a central government and adversely affect efforts to democratize the country.” [ LINK ]

Mr. Bush chose to go into Iraq when he didn’t have to. To me, this is the biggest issue of this campaign, and the single gravest breach of trust that any Commander-in-Chief (or leader of any type) can make.

Now, I have documented these legitimate grievances, and (if any of you have read them and are intellectually honest) you will conclude that, as a citizen of this nation, I have a right to hold this administration accountable… and I will make sure that everyone I come in physical contact with is aware of these grievances, and that they vote their conscious come November 2nd. (As an aside, Mr. Bush’s supporters should be extremely honest, and ask themselves one simple question, “If Clinton had made the same miscalculations and decisions that Bush has made, would I be supporting Clinton at this point?”)

Now, if you guys feel more comfortable believing that it’s just personal and that these “left-wing loonies” are just a bunch of Bush Bashers, well, you keeping on deluding yourselves with that simple-minded explanation of the world.