Everyone here is to blame if a discussion turns south, not just pro-Bush or anti-Bush folks. It should be the responsibilty of eveeyone here (not just the mods) to help stave off personal attacks. Even though this is politics and emotions tend to flare up from time to time, this forum should keep the standard of no personal attacks/flaming.
I disagree with Manx in that we should not incluse stats in our arguments. They help us back up the argument and affirm that we just didn't pull something out of our asses. (I suspect that most liberals would like to keep facts and stats out of the arena of ideas, eh Manx?? j/k
) Opinions are great, but opinions backed up with facts are better.