Amnesty and my membership in the Republican party

[blueerica]

TS - are you a supporter of Bush simply because he pisses off the "classic progressive liberal" ?

You do know you can be Republican, you can hate the Democrats, all without supporting Bush... (I can't stand the card-carrying mentality, on any side of an issue.)

As for me, I've been a Democrat. I've been a Republican. Right now, I'm neither and I think it keeps me from being further disillusioned from the whole process. I don't get to be disgruntled with "my party" when I don't have one.

[Tramspotter]

Originally Posted by blueerica

TS - are you a supporter of Bush simply because he pisses off the "classic progressive liberal" ?


No, it's a fringe benefit.

You do know you can be Republican, you can hate the Democrats, all without supporting Bush... (I can't stand the card-carrying mentality, on any side of an issue.)

Hmmm, is being judged as having this card-carrying mentality caused by not sufficiently bowing or compromising your positions or is it simply not getting fully on board with the Bush=Hitler bandwagon. Or the Reagan commandment to not speak ill of another Republican... How might one disavow the possibility of this "Mentality" ? You know what I cant stand? Actual sanctimony and condensation that is most prevalent when wearing the cloak of being above the fray Which I am not.

As for me, I've been a Democrat. I've been a Republican. Right now, I'm neither and I think it keeps me from being further disillusioned from the whole process. I don't get to be disgruntled with "my party" when I don't have one.


That way you get to be disgruntled with everyone else it would allow one to be not only to be un-engaged, but disillusioned with the entire process (A pox on both their houses). Which is not at all undeserved or unreasonable. Yet it seems to me the only danger becomes from this vantage is to develop an insufferable political superiority complex. But I am sure you guard against that by being as measured as you are in most of your discourse and non-discourse for that matter you always strive for balance and non-confrentation. I myself couldn't to the same degree you do nor would want to, and crap I'm a Libra

Make sense?

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Tramspotter

Make sense?

Part B, yes.

As for Part A, I asked it because of a previous comment of yours:

I share many of the same broad stroke problems you have with bush. But I think your forgetting the best thing of all about bush. He is hardline in the exact areas that completely piss off your classic progressive liberal... even if he doses little to nothing policy wise it's not caring about their pet issue that seems to drive them particularly nuts and be the real travesty to them.

It reads something like "I support Bush, despite not liking a lot of things about him, only because he pisses of So-And-So."

Thus, is your support of Bush (which has little, IMO, with being a Republican, as I know more than a few Republicans that aren't happy with Bush) simply because he pisses off the "classic progressive liberal" ?

[Tramspotter]

Originally Posted by blueerica

It reads something like "I support Bush, despite not liking a lot of things about him, only because he pisses of So-And-So."

Thus, is your support of Bush (which has little, IMO, with being a Republican, as I know more than a few Republicans that aren't happy with Bush) simply because he pisses off the "classic progressive liberal" ?

You subjectively added ONLY and SIMPLY.