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Art, in the interest of truly understanding the point you are trying to make, I think many of us would like greater clarification of your standards. I realize you are loathe to set down specifics, but is there a line which a President can cross which will disrupt your support? I agree stongly that we should support our government and country and I would like to see less vitriol and hate in our politics. But Democracy needs agreement and dissent in order to thrive and grow. Should we be more civil? I believe and wish we were, but Democracy can be an ugly process. You have said that you almost wish Kerry will win because many of us will learn that GWB is not the cause of most of our problems. I agree that the President clearly cannot be blamed for all of the ills in America and the world, but I firmly believe that if anyone else who ran for the White House in 2000 (Gore, McCain, Nader or Bradley) had won, we would not be in Iraq, at least not in the manner we are now. So it is foolish to say there is really no difference in who our leader is.
edit/ Art, I also wanted to thank you for the topic and thoughtful insights. Hopefully threads like this can remain thoughtprovoking and civil.
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