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But the thing is, any reasonable news consumer that's been following this administration and the Democratic opposition to it over the past five years is going to take anything the Democratic leadership conjures up against this president with a hefty dose of salt - I ain't talking about grains, here, but buckets. The howls of outrage about anything and everything having to do with Iraq and the war on Terror have hardened my perception of a select group of Democrats (you know, the ones we see on TV and in newsprint every day) to the point where I don't think I owe them any presumptive characteristics at all - I'm going to take a good, hard look at every accusation they make before I make up my mind that it's substantive, or hogwash.

And people, that ain't my fault - it's the Democrats fault. Just as it's the fault of the Bush administration that I don't take their word about a damned thing anymore either.

So no, I don't think I owe the Democrats, or the Republicans any presumption of patriotism, or legitimacy. And neither do you. The two parties have shown themselves to be so clearly more interested in incumbency, rather than governing, that they've stripped themselves of that mantle all on their own.

That have made me a fan of Cadillac Tight and Don. I find myself more comfortable with people like Don and John Cole for pieces like this one.... Than I do for most Progressive Blogs, who just jump from "Bushwhack," to "Bushwhack," without ever really taking the time to focus on anything. That is a movement of desperation, not consideration.

Oh dont get me wrong... I think this Administration is full of it... This post, reflects a lot of my personal feelings about the Bush Presidency. But the fact of the matter is, the Bush Presidency has been a road littered with failed opportunites for Democrats. Opportunities to present a REAL alternative instead of jingoism and attacks. Republicans have all but dared us to present an alternative, instead of rising to that challenge, our leadership has stumbled from "scandal to scandal," trying to find something that would stick. And at each stage, we have been outplayed about as badly as my beloved Trojans were outplayed in the Rose Bowl. Despite his knee being on the ground (reference to Vince Young in the Rose Bowl), Karl Rove keeps lobbing touchdowns into the End Zone of Public Opinion. This President may or may not be a liar, fraud, evil, Intelligent Stupid... fill in the blanks.... But he is fortunate enough to be liked by a narrow majority in this country, one that is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

I have NO DOUBT that many conservatives are embarrassed by Bush. I have little doubt that many feel betrayed by him, and even less doubt that many have serious doubts about the honesty of the Administration. Like Don, most of them are not going to join Cindy Sheehan in her next protest march, unless there is definitive proof of that dishonesty, even then there will be some who will insist that any such evidence has to be fabricated. It is the nature of the game. So the BLAME BUSH movement is a failed one. Does this mean that we should stop caring or pointing out activity that we percieve is unconstitutional? No it doesnt. But until the Democratic Leadership starts focusing on an alternative vision for America, we have little chance of reaching the vast middle, who care less about the political scandals, that the impact government has on their everyday lives.

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