The opponents of George W. Bush will tell you that the biggest problem with George W. Bush is that he is and continues to be George W. Bush.
These same people had the same problem with Reagan until recently, when he up and stopped being Reagan.
My question is what are they so afraid of? If he is really as awful as you say then he will destroy the Republican Party over the next four years. People will come to their senses and never vote Republican again. He will be Herbert Hoover the sequel. That is assuming that someone as awful as you say could even get elected again.
It’s ok if you don’t have a real answer to that I know what your fear is. And don’t try to pretend for a second you are not afraid. It is as obvious as your inability to have civil discourse about the man.
You know that GWB is not the next Herbert Hoover but you are afraid that Bill Clinton was. You are afraid that what is happening signals a long period where people with your opinions will be minority powers in this country. I believe you are right.
You probably think that Clinton brought the Republicans to the same level of apoplexy as you now experience. To some extent you are right. But there was something about Clinton that the Republicans saw that I don’t think you are seeing with GWB. They saw an opportunity. They used Clinton to highlight what is wrong and failing with the Democratic Party. With that they energized and expanded their base and managed to win the Congress and get it close enough so they could “steal” the Presidency
They are going to reinvent this country in their own image and that scares the hell out of you. I understand completely. Change is frightening but it is also inevitable. It is never as bad as you fear it is going to be and it is never as good as you hoped it would be.
I think the smart move here is stop all the rhetoric, stop all the fear, and start trying to work with those you currently hate. I think our system is a wonderful self balancing machine. It will probably never hit the target perfectly but it revolves around it closer and closer. Opinions shift one way, opinions shift the other, cooperation makes moderation makes a middle ground we can all live with.
We have had forty years of the Left very much in power. We may just have forty years of the Right very much in power. I know that makes a lot of you angry and that is the problem. Your anger makes you unbalanced, vulnerable, and desperate. Your anger makes you weak.
Your anger is not going to win you anything only your resolve is going to make a difference.