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To: DMaA who wrote (161492)	3/22/2006 9:18:03 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793991

Your example of bushbot behavior was flawed since, as you point out, there are many reasons for supporting the Dubai deal beyond freakish devotion to Mr. Bush A long time ago, back in the day when Rebublicans were only beginning to criticize Bush, I posted something to the effect that there were a lot of Bushbots about--people with "freakish devotion to Mr. Bush." I didn't use that word as it either hadn't been coined yet or I had never heard it so, unfortunately, I can't come up with a keyword that brings up that discussion. But as I recall, you were among those who jumped on my assertion. (BTW, I supported the Dubai deal. So much for your distortion of the Bushbot "definition." You can't think of anyone who actually is a bushbot. It is interesting to see the topic come up again now that criticism of Bush is widespread and it's all but impossible to defend him universally and to see how many Bushbots there actually are. May they continue to be "comfortable" in their echo chamber...

To: DMaA who wrote (161492)	3/22/2006 11:53:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793991

I believe you misread my definition of Bushbot. I said, "a Bushbot is someone who supports Bush no matter what." I mentioned opposition to the Dubai ports deal as an example of NON-Bushbot behavior. My intention was not to suggest that support for the Dubai ports deal would automatically make you a Bushbot. There were many reasons for supporting the deal. Some of them based on flawed reasoning, some of them based on different assumptions and expectations. Reasoning is the opposite of "bot" behavior. Calling someone a "bot" is not a compliment.