You are the typical liberal, with the typical narrow minded opinion from a narrow minded perspective. Yes, My President didn't go to visit the troops in person...and so you bitch about that. And yet, last year when he did...the liberals complained that he was using his personal visit as a "political tool" to get the military vote. How many more people would be needed to give him protection when he was over there? Than you would complain that the people needed for his security would be better used protecting a military base. So you complain when he does visit and you complain when he doesn't visit. Face it, you've just got to whime about something. You had your chance to voice an opinion during the election (that's assuming you even voted!), and America decided the direction you wanted to take the country in was wrong. It appears that being a liberal requires nothing more then being against everything, without having something better to offer. John Kerry? John Edwards? Get real...a coward and a pretty boy for the two most important offices in the world? Or maybe you would like Hillary? A woman who was married (and supported) the worst sex offender the White House has ever had? Hell, she didn't even have the backbone to condem what her husband did!! No, I think I'll vote for and support a man who has a position and stands up for it...even if it isn't popular!

Thom,

Your post reminds me of the old cliche, "What are you against?"

"What'd you got?"

I find it hypocritical that he did it in an election year, and the moment the man gets elected, he makes phone calls, which could arguably be made on the American people's dime. As for whining about something, isn't that the point of a blog? I did vote, thank you very much, and I voted for the man who was at once the biggest flip-flopper and the most liberal Senator all at once (which, if you think about it objectively, is impossible in a normal world). And you voted for a man who never changes his mind. EVER. Or admit he could of possibly been wrong. Oh, by the way, condemn is spelled like this. Now, I'll concentrate on ignoring you considering I used the world liberal three times in the last post at LEAST.

I'm sorry you feel the need to attack those who don't agree with you. If the best you can do is complain about my spelling, then I feel good. As you said, the point of a blog is to express agreement OR disagreement with issues. This is your site, so I won't write any more, but it's a sad state of affairs when you won't/can't stand up to those who have a different view from yours. And I'm glad you voted...that's the American Way.

Fair enough. And I did tell you what I thought. I addressed a good part of what you had to say with my own opinion. The reason I chose to even ignore you is I could see this argument would of gone on in perpetua, with me blasting your choice of candidate and you yours. I'm glad you do believe that voting is the only way to go.

Surely blasting Bush for not visiting the troops is more right wing than liberal?

What's your definition of liberal thinking?

My definition of liberal is providing social services to people that need them. Everyone should be able to have a roof over their head, food in their fridge and clothes on their back. Don't get me wrong--I don't favor the Iraq war in any way, shape or form. I frequently wrestle moralistically with the fact between that it may have been started over the biggest oil deposit in the world, that the majority of soldiers are of my generation, so it's my generation dying, and believing Bush is just misguided with a lousy sense of politics. There are days I want to believe the third, and that he's not malicious.

I feel since he had time to visit the troops last Thanksgiving, he should of had time to do it again, considering he made the bed that they lie in, and that it's a responsibilty cop out. There are other articles to help prove the whole liberal issue if you'd like--while I may be 'right wing' about this issue, I'm a little bit more liberal than some bloggers who article politics, little whip, for example.