Catherine- great post at 1:12. I think that really sums up what alot of us have been seeing. I have several liberal acquaintences (formerly friends) who began the “Bush lied, Bush is Hitler” memme shortly after the UN resolution failed to pass and it was decided that we’d go to Iraq anyway. From that time on, it has been non stop fabrications about the president- picked up like an echo chamber by other liberal friends and you quickly find yourself as the only conservative (and sane) person in the room. I don’t find it unusual to dislike the sitting president- I disliked Carter, from everything I’ve read I would have disliked Johnson- but sanity does not consist of grossly distorting the facts and on occasion, 100% lying about the president. And its not little stuff, its vicious stuff- as Samuel noted, how can anyone possibly say Bush is Hitler ? DO people really believe that or is Hitler just the worst thing people can come up with ?

I really started to get angry when the libs started using the Bush=Hitler mantra. Its so outrageous, so utterly false at the core of the accusation, that I can’t believe anyone would be so crazy to accuse President Bush of being on par with a madman who ordered the senseless brutal deaths of thousands of Jews, not to mention tried to conquer much of Europe. But try to argue that with an ABB’r and you’ll get anger and contempt and usually alot of namecalling. “You’re a neocon” or “you’re one of those religious christian fanatics”). The utter lack of civility for people with an opposing view is incredible. On that note, you mentioned you think Bush winning in 2004 may defuse a very volatile situation (im paraphrasing obviously). I’m not so sure about that – the democratic party has been taken over by madman and I can’t imagine for one second that we won’t get another 4 years of “bush stole ANOTHER election” or “the swifties lied and Bush was re-elected”. They’re just too worked up to let it go – to them, Bush being re-elected is akin to Gorebot’s “Digital Brownshirts” staying in power for another 4 years.

PLUS, quite honestly, I’m not sure I’ll ever forgive the far left for the last two years- I’ve lost 2 friends because of the democratic rheotoric- and here’s the thing- these friends didn’t come to any of the ABB conclusions on their own – they were moderate democrats that ended up getting sucked into the lying disgusting world of the democratic underground and moveon.org- knowing I was conservative, they’d throw DNC talking points at me and time after time, I’d prove them wrong- and they’d just get more and more mad. One guy I know, who might as well be a Soros spokesperson, says that the Bush memo’s are not forgeries and it doesn’t matter who sounds off on it- he refuses to even look at the controversy with an objective eye and claims its some kind of vast conspiracy to do in John Kerry.

Its the lefts own damn fault. A couple of months ago, I couldn’t figure out why the DNC couldn’t field any truly excellent candidates- after watching the DNC flounder and botch even the simplest political responses, I see that many of the moderate liberals have written off the democratic party because its leaders have gone insane.

I would love to think the political powerkeg will defuse itself come election day. But quite frankly, I don’t think it will. I know for my part, even if Bush wins (which I believe he will, by at least 10 pts), I’m not sure I’ll ever forgive the far left for the sheer amount of anger and frustration they’ve caused me over the past 2 years.