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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sully- who wrote (713956)	11/18/2005 11:31:13 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Some people have such a perfect way with words.... LOL.... What makes Bush Hatred completely insane however, is the almost delusional degree of unremitting certitude of Bush's evil; while simultaneously believing that the TRUE perpetrators of evil in the world are somehow good and decent human beings with the world's intersts at heart. This psychological defense mechanism is referred to as "displacement". One way you can usually tell that an individual is using displacement is that the emotion being displaced (e.g., anger) is all out of proportion to the reality of the situation. The purpose of displacement is to avoid having to cope with the actual reality. Instead, by using displacement, an individual is able to still experience his or her anger, but it is directed at a less threatening target than the real cause. In this way, the individual does not have to be responsible for the consequences of his/her anger and feels more safe--even though that is not the case.

To: Sully- who wrote (713956)	11/18/2005 12:17:55 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

... There are quite a few blockheads in America today who falsely wear the label "conservative." Some blockheads equate being a conservative with ardent support of any war, no matter how unconstitutional, unnecessary and unjust the war might be. A true conservative supports the Constitution and does not support anybody or anything that violates it. Some people have said there is a resemblance between America today and the Weimar Republic, which eventually produced Adolf Hitler. I think there is some truth to that comparison. There are an awful lot of heel-clickers who swoon with admiration for any politician willing to bomb some foreigners. These same people are more than willing to trade liberty (which they make little use of anyway) for security. That is not conservatism. A wonderful Southern scholar, Dr. Clyde Wilson, has defined the difference between patriotism and nationalism. A patriot, he says, loves his land and his people; a nationalist loves his government. A conservative wishes to preserve the prosperity and health of both the land and the people, not squander them in unnecessary wars. Then there are those blockheads who think that if you do not support Republicans you can't be a conservative. These people merely show their ignorance of American politics. The Bush family has always been a pillar of what conservatives refer to as the "Rockefeller Wing" of the Republican Party. That's the liberal wing. They are for big government, globalism and imperialism. Bush only seems conservative in comparison with the radical left, which now constitutes the majority in the Democratic Party. reese.king-online.com